10 Dec
2003
10 Dec
'03
12:49 a.m.
Nico de Jong said ...
<snip>
To the best of my knowledge, the fabrication of
1/2" tapes has seized.
The last manufacturer was eMag, AFAIK. They are now even advertising
a new service : recertification of old/used tapes. They are also largely
out of stock now, with regard to new tapes.
...
Nico
</snip>
We regularly purchase databases from outside sources. All but a few default
to sending these on 9-track 1/2" tape (the bigger reels too). The mail
houses still using the 1/2 tapes actually have a service charge of $75 to
$100 per ten-thousand names to put them on floppy, cd or email. Maybe
they're just trying to get rid of the thousands of junk tapes they have
around. Anyway, I end up with a closet full of tapes every year.
Kelly
10 Dec
10 Dec
3:36 a.m.
On Wed, 10 Dec 2003, Kelly Leavitt wrote:
We regularly purchase databases from outside sources.
All but a few default
to sending these on 9-track 1/2" tape (the bigger reels too). The mail
houses still using the 1/2 tapes actually have a service charge of $75 to
$100 per ten-thousand names to put them on floppy, cd or email. Maybe
they're just trying to get rid of the thousands of junk tapes they have
around. Anyway, I end up with a closet full of tapes every year.
This reminds me of the telephone company charging to NOT have your name
listed in the phone book* (perhaps ink costs MORE when they use less, or
maybe the NOT_LISTED field in their database table takes up so much data
that it requires them to have additional disk drive space on hand to
accomodate it).
* at least where I am
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5:15 a.m.
This reminds me of the telephone company charging to
NOT have your name
listed in the phone book* (perhaps ink costs MORE when they use less, or
IIRC, the original purpose of this was to offset the cost of increased load
on the 411 directory information system, presumably because people would
call that after not finding you in the book. But, don't we now pay for 411
calls? --Patrick
3:19 p.m.
On Wed, 10 Dec 2003, Patrick Rigney wrote:
Yeah, something like $1 per call after our free allotted 2 calls per month
(it used to be four, and then only $.25). This is why I use the internet
for everything (which is why the prices for directory assistance keep
going up...are you seeing an infinite trend here? :)
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This reminds
me of the telephone company charging to NOT have your name
listed in the phone book* (perhaps ink costs MORE when they use less, or
IIRC, the original purpose of this was to offset the cost of increased load
on the 411 directory information system, presumably because people would
call that after not finding you in the book. But, don't we now pay for 411
calls? --Patrick 
6:37 p.m.
This reminds me of the telephone company charging to
NOT have your
name listed in the phone book
Or their charging more to not turn off DTMF dialing. (Which actually
the CRTC let them get away with refusing to do unless your line is one
of the few that got grandfathered in as a no-DTMF service; I would much
prefer they'd made Bell be honest about the rate increase.)
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