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IP: Vin[t] Cerf Article on Second Lines
From: David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Wed, 09 Apr 1997 07:58:28 -0400
From: LinkHoe () aol com Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 07:35:22 -0400 (EDT) To: farber () cis upenn edu Subject: Vin Cerf Article on Second Lines Dave: I read Vin Cerf's article on second lines. His suppositions and conspiracy theory arguments are way off base. Bell Atlantic and NYNEX, in our joint filing, made a pretty strong argument that applying a higher SLC on second lines did not make sense. It is administratively complex and difficult to apply, especially today. So many people are living in group arrangements and so many people have second and third lines that are billed to other members of a family that we would not have a clue whether a line is truly a second one used by the same person or not. If such a SLC were to be applied, it would not take people long in a household long to figure out that all they would have to do to get around the charge is to list each line they have under another member of the family. I believe that Sprint, among others, made the strongest argument for a higher second line SLC. I don't know whether any of the other RBOCs did or not but I think many of them feel as we do. Vin should realize that while there may be some true conspiracies in the world, this ain't one of them. We never pushed for any sort of "modem tax." Regards. LINK HOEWING Bell Atlantic External Affairs
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