Another take on the AT&T issue:
"AT&T and the All-You-Can-Eat Dilemma" http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/68876.html -- -Rob de Santos From: Richard Cuff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 2:28 PM To: [email protected]; Internet radio discussion Subject: Re: [Internetradio] AT&T considers incentives to curb heavy data usage | Signal Strength - CNET News I remember writing a script in my modem software (ProComm 2.4.3...had to look it up...) that would dial up CompuServe, check the AP News headlines, download the latest hour's news, check for e-mail, download it, and log off. Typically in a minute or two. It was all text, of course.... Richard Cuff reminiscing in Allentown, PA On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Rob de Santos <[email protected]> wrote: The one upside we have is that metered usage was the norm in the very early internet days (remember CompuServe per minute pricing?). Customers hated it and eventually every major ISP at the time abandoned it.
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