It was Sep 29, 2000, 12:12, when Austin L. Denyer keyboarded:
>Secondly, International roaming rates are dictaded by the TelCos that the
>call gets routed through. When I was in Italy for example, the price was
>mainly down to the overhead charged to my provider by TIM (the cellular
>carrier for that part of Italy).
Well said.
In Europe phone charges also exist for local calls. During the day I pay
$4/hour to be online. I don't like to spend that kind of money on stuff
like US politics debates that I can read in the newspaper anyway.
>I have even offered to set up a seperate list for off-topic posts, as soon
>as my system is up full-time. That offer still stands, as soon as I have
>the hardware to do it - this machine is being switched between operating
>systems too often at the moment.
They can even have it for free at www.egroups.com...
'nuff said.
Paul
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