avcnet time limits and cost for services

[kkaufman@h5.avcnet.org]

(I hope this goes to the right area; if not, sorry!)
As a supporting member of one of the avcnet services I would
like to suggest that the proposed fees for anything more
than short amounts of online time and the "basic services"
(e-mail and news) be kept to a minimum. Having just moved
to the area recently and not being affiliated with any
local educational institution, I was glad to see that 
there exists a community-based online services network.
It is important, in my opinion, to keep any proposed fees
low enough so that the cost to users would not approach
that of AOL. 
If the feeds from Bates are free, then perhaps something
to cover the costs of maintaining the phone line, computer
equipment, software upgrades, and sysop time would be in
line as far as I'm concerned. Perhaps there are other
costs that I'm not aware of.
In any case, to the operators of the avcnet and those at
Bates, THANK YOU!  -Kurt Kaufman