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To: Carolyn who wrote (6182)	5/25/1999 10:51:00 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (3) of 28311

CNN is reporting that the phone cos. will start charging long distance rates for internet service It won't fly..... If it does, LOOK OUT webportals. I certainly will become more sensitive as to which site I look at and how often. Fewer people will participate in idle websurfing, exploring what is out and what isn't, as their cost-consciousness goes up. Charging based on data-packets is the stupidest thing they can do. Afterall, most ISP's already pay for their bundled T-3 and Fiber connections on a monthly rate without any limit on the data that is sent across that connection. In fact, much of that bandwidth is actually wasted since ISP's have to maintain enough bandwidth to meet their max peak hours. But at other times of the day, their bandwidth is underutilized. Charging the customer for internet access in a manner similar to a long-distance telephone call will spell the deathknell of ecommerce, IMO. Regards, Ron

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