Re: BellSouth does it again...

Dan Geiger (dang@livingston.com)
Thu, 24 Oct 1996 14:54:28 -0700

>From: Jon Lusky <lusky2@earth.voyageronline.net>
>Subject: Re: BellSouth does it again...
>To: jeff@apex.apex.net
>Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 14:22:20 -0400 (EDT)
>Cc: portmaster-users@livingston.com, linuxisp@pcg.com
>Sender: owner-portmaster-users
>Reply-To: Jon Lusky <lusky2@earth.voyageronline.net>
>
>Jeff T. Carneal writes:
>> Just wanted to let you know that BellSouth has recently released the
>> 'Screw-everyone-I-can' tarriff. You see, in many regions of BellSouth
>> land, business lines with hunting cost about $55 / month. So, in order
>> to get around the extraordinary sum of a business hunt group for dialin
>> lines, many ISP's offer services from a residence and get residential
>> lines for a much more affordable cost (roughly $20 / month). Well, this
>> is how it happened until yesterday...
>

PacBell also has separate residential and business rates. And I understand
that once you've registered a number as a business customer, it's
"near-bout" impossible to convince them to change you back to residential.
Dan

>$20 a month was for RESIDENTIAL USE of lines. You use them for a business,
>you should pay business rates... you cheated, you got caught, now you're
>screwed, and I seriuosly doubt your public service commission is going
>to have much sympathy for you. 19 ISP's here in Tennessee got caught too.
>
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