> --__--__-- > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 21:42:45 -0400 > From: Greg Wooledge <greg at wooledge.org> > To: chat at freenetproject.org > Subject: Re: [freenet-chat] Message boards > Reply-To: chat at freenetproject.org > > > --wxDdMuZNg1r63Hyj > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Aaron Ingebrigtsen (krepta3000 at msn.com) wrote: > >> People like me can't afford to use things like DSL and must=20 >> therefore use Local Phone Calls. As far as I know, that comes down to on= > e=20 >> single monthly price that doesn't change no matter how many local calls w= > e=20 >> make. If things are done differently in other countries then that is WAY= > =20 >> wrong!! :( > > Guess what? > > You're wrong. Most of Europe pays a per-call or per-minute charge (or > both) on "local" phone calls. For some people in the UK with whom I've > spoken, it's cheaper to get broadband at a high-but-flat monthly rate > than it is to use dial-up and pay by the minute. (Of course, that's > only for the lucky few who live in a place where broadband is available.) > > And believe it or not, your flat rate isn't universal in the US either. > When I lived in San Antonio, I got to choose between a flat-rate monthly > phone call plan for X dollars, or a plan that let me make Y calls per > month for X' dollars, plus Z cents for each additional call (where X' < X). > > --=20 > Greg Wooledge | "Truth belongs to everybody." > greg at wooledge.org | - The Red Hot Chili Peppers > http://wooledge.org/~greg/ | > > --wxDdMuZNg1r63Hyj > Content-Type: application/pgp-signature > Content-Disposition: inline > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAjzcdxQACgkQkAkqAYpL9t91RQCgmb4OOF8iQewdCDPm2gkMZrzS > 5T0AnRtN7QxCAmeoWTaUxgmCOTUlApPT > =9SDc > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --wxDdMuZNg1r63Hyj-- > >
Saturday,11May 2002 21:15 from:Ana ribeiro dos santos (a.ribistos at netcabo.pt) subject : getting in communication with other Humans Hello Everibody ! as a start I must say I?m happy to" hear " of Greg again! and again Greg is well informed `bout Europe : in Portugal , where I live , when I start with the web . my telephone bill rose up quite as much as my monthly house rent, I ?m not able at the moment to tell you numbers but seems we have the most expensible phone of Europe; so I gave up internet by phone and now I?m in the cablenet, it?s the same price every month but to afford it I stop phoning people , and we comunicate by mail to save some money, but it happens that cablenet runs in Microsoft, fails most of the time, and achieves a state of slowliness which makes us craisy. . . DSL :people says its okay , but most of us cannot afford it. . . Well my best regards for you all ana ribeiro dos santos > > > > --__--__-- > > _______________________________________________ > Chat mailing list > Chat at freenetproject.org > http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/chat > > > End of Chat Digest -- _______________________________________________ Chat mailing list Chat at freenetproject.org http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/chat
