Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 19:45:03 -0500 From: Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com> To: marko@uk.radan.com, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cool, A White Snowy Christmas in Sunnyvale, California 8) Message-ID: <4.1.19981221194415.00914a80@genesis.ispace.com> In-Reply-To: <367EB47A.526E7B65@globalnet.co.uk> References: <19981220235019.A6362@keltia.freenix.fr> <4.1.19981220152518.00ac53d0@genesis.ispace.com> <Your <4.1.19981220151248.00ac5c60@genesis.ispace.com> <199812202020.MAA46296@rah.star-gate.com> <4.1.19981220152518.00ac53d0@genesis.ispace.com> <4.1.19981220203743.04583160@mail.lariat.org> <4.1.19981221104151.03df1690@mail.lariat.org>
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At 08:50 PM 12/21/98 +0000, Mark Ovens wrote: > > >Brett Glass wrote: >> >> At 08:37 AM 12/21/98 +0000, Mark Ovens wrote: >> >> >Actually, we also have a special area code (0845) with a _low_ (a >> >relative term) per-minute rate that all ISP's (and CompuServe and AOL) >> >use. >> >> Low for you; outrageous for the US. When I was in the UK this summer, I >> paid an average of 18p a unit from hotel rooms. Just checking e-mail, >> when I could do it, cost a bundle. >> > >Hotels of course charge whatever they like, which is usually many >times more than the real cost of the call. Surely the same must be >true in US hotels? Sure, it is that way here.. Depending on where you go you can easily get screwed into things. Especially in places that are backed by a corporate butt-kiss from like AT&T or Sprint, or something like that. --- Drew "Droobie" Baxter Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange, Bangor Maine USA http://www.droo.orland.me.us PGP ID: 409A1F7D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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