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Old 01-06-2017, 04:35 PM   #823
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I was BBSing in the days of 300 baud modems (I'm pretty sure I can still whistle a 300 baud carrier tone) and just at the end of 110 baud acoustic coupler days, and I thankfully was never aware of any supposed charge for modem use. Could this have been limited to certain Bell operating companies?
I don't really know. I lived in Houston where Southwestern Bell operated and they did that. I had the impression it was more general but I'm not really sure.

A lot of people I knew with modems also weren't aware of it. If you went to the store to buy a modem they didn't tell you. If you joined a computer club you were likely to find out about it.

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