From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Dec 21 16:48:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA21380 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 16:48:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us (Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us [169.244.111.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA21373 for ; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 16:48:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from netmonger@genesis.ispace.com) Received: from celeris (56k-port4000.ime.net [209.90.195.10]) by Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us (8.9.1/8.8.8-Loki) with SMTP id TAA04765; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 19:48:29 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from netmonger@genesis.ispace.com) X-Server-ID: Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us, OCSNet - Orland Maine USA X-Coord-Name: Drew "Droobie" Baxter, OneNetwork Exchange X-Coord-Addr: Droobie@Openlink.orland.me.us X-Coord-Pager: USA: 207-471-2719, http://pagedroo.orland.me.us Message-Id: <4.1.19981221194415.00914a80@genesis.ispace.com> X-Sender: netmonger@genesis.ispace.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 19:45:03 -0500 To: marko@uk.radan.com, Brett Glass From: Drew Baxter Subject: Re: Cool, A White Snowy Christmas in Sunnyvale, California 8) Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <367EB47A.526E7B65@globalnet.co.uk> References: <19981220235019.A6362@keltia.freenix.fr> <4.1.19981220152518.00ac53d0@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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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