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Posted by Blinky the Shark on 06/28/05 20:08
Els wrote:
> dorayme wrote:
>>> From: Mark Parnell <webmaster@clarkecomputers.com.au>
>>> Previously in alt.html, Els <els.aNOSPAM@tiscali.nl> said:
>>>> So - you pay per byte? Or per month?
>>> We were paying per month for a set number of hours, then extra per hour
>>> after that. We could have paid a bit more for unlimited hours though.
>>> But that's just as expensive as broadband anyway.
>> Here in Sydney you can get good and reliable dialup for $20 Australian a
>> month, and you can be on all day and generally not be kicked off. You can
>> pay less and more with varying results... What is a tempting budget
>> conscious strategy is some ADSL for about $29 with 200 MB download limits
>> and you get slowed down to 56 or even 64 after limit is reached. You get the
>> huge advantage of being able to use your line again as a phone and are not
>> otherwise worse off. There are just some up-front costs of about $100 to get
>> the thing established (often they will throw in a suitable modem).
> And that's what they call civilized? What good is a 200MB download
I was the one who used "civilized", and you're usually pretty much in
tune with such humor.
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