Blake Farenthold <blake@pro-party.cts.com> (01/09/90)
>[Moderator's Note: It was not a modem 'tax', but rather, a requirement >by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company that users of modems in >general, and BBS operators in particular, pay business rates for their >phone service. >... I'm sure more news will be forthcoming soon, and that the >sysop's organization will keep us informed. PT] Actually if you are really interested in the issue find a site that carries the usenet newsgroup alt.cousard which started out as the tx.cousard. That group carries all the info about the ongoing battel w/SWB. Thr group has a s/n ratio with a lot of messages that don't contain what I'd concider useful info. The group is, however, interesting as it has a lot of "non-usenet" sites (mainly bbs's) that have hacked gatewats. I beleive it is carried as a fidonet echo-mail conference as well. We carry it as a conference on pro-party (512/882-1899 3-9600 HST). UUCP: ...!crash!pnet01!pro-party!blake ARPA: crash!pnet01!pro-party!blake@nosc.mil INET: blake@pro-party.cts.com Blake Farenthold | Voice: 800/880-1890 | MCI: BFARENTHOLD 1200 MBank North | Fax: 512/889-8686 | CIS: 70070,521 Corpus Christi, TX 78471 | BBS: 512/882-1899 | GEnie: BLAKE