At 1/31/2002 04:06 PM -0600, you wrote: >On Thu, 2002-01-31 at 12:26, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: > > > > Thank God in a few days I'm out of this country and back to Guatemala and > > my DSL line (flow-limited to 128Kbps, but what the hell). <smile> > > > >Out of curiosity, what do you have to pay for DSL in Guatemala?
Well, as I said they put flow limits on it since international bandwidth for us is *expensive*; I know, I used to run an ISP. 128 Kbps for $70, 256 Kbps for $100, don't remember the rest. Also have choice of cable ($65), ISDN ($65), or wireless using MMDS ($100). Other than the lack of copper and fiber infrastructure you'd expect due to the country's size and lack of relative wealth, it's a pretty good market. Odd though it may seem, Guatemala was one of the first countries in the world to roll out commercial-grade Internet access over cable; we had our first customers up and running on a 4 Mbps segment in Feb/1996. Telecom has also improved dramatically. I pay $40 for my cellular phone and get 300 outgoing minutes during the month. Incoming minutes are free (calling party pays a little more), so I actually get nearly 1,000 minutes from my $40, and long-distance to the USA averages $0.25/min. -- Rodolfo J. Paiz [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
