FCC doing it again...

[Earl Wallace]

In article <246 at cfa.HARVARD.EDU> wyatt at cfa.HARVARD.EDU (Bill Wyatt) writes:
>...
>I don't want extra charges either, but in addition to the above 
>consideration, modem calls are not the same simply because they
>usually last much longer than a voice call. Somewhere I read an
>estimate that if only 20% of household had modems in regular use,
>the phone system would be hoplessly bogged down.
>...

Why do we have to pay more bucks to operate our modems over the phone
lines than a voice user?  If companies charged $$ based on how much of
a service you used, the Post Office should charge MORE for bulk mail
rather than less :-)