"~misfit~" <misfit61nz@yahoo-mung.co.nz> wrote in message
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Colin Jones wrote:

Hiya ~misfit~.

In <news:zQHEc.5812$LT3.230612@news.xtra.co.nz> you wrote:

  I haven't stopped yet. I won't either until it starts working...
on all machines!

Same here. However, with three machines requesting work every few
minutes I'm generating a lot of requests. I'm on dial-up and haven't
unplugged my modem for a week!! We don't need no steenking
phone-calls!

  Dial-up? Oh yeah, I remember that ;o)

Bast%#@&!!

I'm in New Zealand and high-speed internet is still expensive here. Also,
I'm on an invalid's benefit so it would have to be damn cheap for me to be
able to justify the lower food-intake. <g>.

Hope it hits critical mass for you soon, and the prices drop.

Here in Chi-town, basic residential DSL is only about a 30% surcharge over
dial-up. Plus DSL is always on, incurs no time or usage charges,
and you can use the phone + computer at the same time. DSL is also
completely dedicated. There no b/w sharing like cable, so there's never
slow peak times of heavy usage.

There are some national cut-rate dial-up providers claiming 10 - 12 U$D/mo,
but generally speaking, the standard dial-up svc w/ISP svs's included,
is 20 U$D. But, you have to pay the additional connecting local call
charges, AND your regular phone svc.

For residential (DHCP) DSL:

1.5M DSL is 26.95 U$D/mo.
3.0M DSL is 39.95 U$D/mo.

This includes the ISP's svc's, a free 10M Enet SpeedStream modem,
and all the line filters I want. There's no additional usage charges, BUT,
you still need to pay for your regular (voice) phone svc.

I use the 1.5M. It's actually ADSL - 256k up/1.5M down. I speed test
mine using Broadband Reports, and get a consistent 235k/1,380k.

Here's a link to the XE.com site if you want to convert to NZD:

http://www.xe.com/ucc/

So what are you paying for dial-up, ISP, and call charges in NZ?
-- 
Strat