Re: Check this out
Well, the article also said that charging by the packet is "outrageous", which if I followed some of the BBN/GTE thread, was exactly what some were proposing. I think its only a matter of time before the PSTN and the Internet are one and the same, and regulated by PUC's. So I'd have to think also that either the concept of "long distance" will change, or perhaps something as crazy as per packet, long distance internet charges will come into existance. --Dean At 04:28 PM 9/1/98 -0400, you wrote:
I think the operative words in this article are "embarrassingly" and "stupid".
- paul
At 10:32 AM 9/1/98 -0700, James B. Slayden Jr. wrote:
Something of interest! And may set some precedence?!
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On Tue, Sep 01, 1998 at 08:36:12PM -0400, Dean Anderson wrote:
Well, the article also said that charging by the packet is "outrageous", which if I followed some of the BBN/GTE thread, was exactly what some were proposing.
I think its only a matter of time before the PSTN and the Internet are one and the same, and regulated by PUC's. So I'd have to think also that either the concept of "long distance" will change, or perhaps something as crazy as per packet, long distance internet charges will come into existance.
Yeahbut when the call originates at Customer X's premises and terminates at a phone number that is local to Customer X, it is rather silly to talk about long distance charges. The fact that someone is endorsing exactly that is what is "embarrassingly stupid." Oh, Sure... down the road when we're all talking over IP networks instead of the PSTN, things may change. But that's not the case now. -- "You know, I've decided lizards aren't too smart." --Me, to "Junior", one of my iguanas
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