Subj : z1b link
To   : ROSS CASSELL
From : TODD COCHRANE
Date : Thu Apr 19 2001 11:19 am

->  TC> Been dealing with MCI/GTE/ATT/UUNET and handful of others long enough
->  TC> to know exactly what the gambit of cost are and were.. Did a lot of
->  TC> dealing in getting circuits up and down the eastern seaboard.

->  TC> You may have been surprised who was hosting some of those FIDO hubs in
->  TC> the beginning..

-> You may have worked with all them providers, wanna bet their price structure
-> varied by location? Bet a gallon of GASOLINE costs differently in 
Spartanburg,
-> SC as opposed to Honolulu?

You may have be surprised but basic cost were usually the same but
usually the mileage fees was what killed ya in remote locations..

-> If the 4 major players responsible for making Fidonet available via the
-> Internet diverted resources away from their ISP business, they had a right 
to
-> charge for said service and you had a right to make use of these services or
-> not.

If Fido even used 1/2 of 1 percent of there bandwidth I would be
surprised..

Todd...
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