From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jan 18 00:50:53 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id AAA07698 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 18 Jan 1996 00:50:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA07679 for ; Thu, 18 Jan 1996 00:50:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id TAA06152; Thu, 18 Jan 1996 19:23:23 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199601180853.TAA06152@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Another cool hack with FreeBSD... To: lists@argus.flash.net (mailing list account) Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 19:23:23 +1030 (CST) Cc: max@underdog.maxie.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199601180406.WAA00595@argus.flash.net> from "mailing list account" at Jan 17, 96 10:06:17 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk mailing list account stands accused of saying: Whew! Anyone know the > exchange rate for $A -> $US ??? I didn't think that the aussie > dollar was that far from the us dollar [but then, it's been a few > years since i last checked]... AUS$1 ~= US$0.70. > Interesting that they don't do flat-rate isdn there.. do they charge by the > packet, like some x.25 carriers here STILL do [tymnet, telenet]? Telstra is still in posession of a virtual monopoly, so they charge whatever they like and nobody can do anything about it. As an example, it's cheaper here to run microwave links any distance than the equivalent wired network. > Jim -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[