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Posted by dorayme on 06/29/05 05:31
> From: "Richard" <@invalid.com>
> "dorayme" <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
> news:BEE73CF0.13AFF%dorayme@optusnet.com.au...
>
>> 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 do have to figure in the hidden costs though.
>
> If you don't want to tie up your only land line you need an extra one. If
> you do tie up your only land line you will be tempted to use the cell phone
> to call out for the required pizza etc. Expensive.
>
> If you don't tie up your land line then remember that it's 20c or so for
> each phone call to reconnect.
>
> I convinced the bloke next door to move from the AU$20 a month dial up plan
> to AU$45 a month (then) cable, basically by asking him how many phone calls
> his daughters were making to connect. Turned out to be AU$40 per month in
> phone calls.
>
>
Yes, I understand what you are saying. Depends on the case. In my case it is
convenient to be on dial up all day, have the mobile for incoming and use
email and text messaging online and the occasional call by leaving dialup
(at 22c a pop and 100 free calls, it is very little). And I don't eat
take-away - I like living on this earth and want to be around.
Hey, about neighbours: may I share with you the intense irritation at the
fellow opposite me. He was not happy with even his 1.5 MB ADSL. When he was
away I had to help his dad do something and I downloaded Firefox in a
minute or two or three (imagine that after being on dialup). O No! This
connection was not goddamn good enough for the son, he announced to me he
had a new connection now, something slightly more fancy than adsl (still on
copper tho) and now has 5 or 10 times faster without the former pesky 10GB
download limit. Yeah well! I have thought of two possibilities to deal with
this situation, both probably illegal. (1) Buying him a wireless router and
taking some of his bandwidth. (2) Killing him outright and suddenly. I
really would hate to do latter as he is quite a nice chap.
dorayme
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