From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Dec 21 01:11:45 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA26482 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 01:11:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.rdc1.nj.home.com (ha1.rdc1.nj.home.com [24.3.128.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA26477 for ; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 01:11:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from garycor@home.com) Received: from home.com ([24.3.185.85]) by mail.rdc1.nj.home.com (InterMail v4.0 201-221-107) with ESMTP id <19981221091141.RKOY23562.mail.rdc1.nj.home.com@home.com>; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 01:11:41 -0800 Message-ID: <367E10FD.A1F644FA@home.com> Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 04:12:29 -0500 From: "Gary T. Corcoran" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mark Ovens CC: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cool, A White Snowy Christmas in Sunnyvale, California 8) References: <4.1.19981220152518.00ac53d0@genesis.ispace.com> <199812202020.MAA46296@rah.star-gate.com> <4.1.19981220152518.00ac53d0@genesis.ispace.com> <4.1.19981220213341.009a9160@genesis.ispace.com> <367E0725.4749B7CB@uk.radan.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Mark Ovens wrote: > So, when I read US citizens complaining about $89 for a 256k/128k > service it makes me laugh (well it makes me cry really :-) ). Don't > complain, you guys have got it good. Then I better not tell you that I get cable modem service with an approximate max of 1.4Mbps downstream (fastest I've seen in the wee hours of the morning) for US $40/month (as a cable TV customer, $50/month otherwise). Oops... :-) Yes, those few (about 2 or 3 hundred thousand so far) of us with cable modems have it *really* good in the U.S. I'm spoiled... :-) Gary To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message