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From: jerry@jvdsys.stuyts.nl (Jerry van Dijk)
Subject: Re: comp.lang.ada mail feed is down
Date: 1999/11/05
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Date: 1999-11-05T00:00:00+00:00
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In article <3820A92D.BEA5F2A9@pwfl.com> condicma@pwflcom writes:

>As for the cost of getting newsgroup access (at least in the U.S.A.) most ISPs
>will provide you with a feed via Netscape just as a normal part of the service.> My
>home link-up costs about $20 a month and the phone hookup is a local call, so I
>don't see price as a major issue. I'm wondering if the cost is dramatically> higher
>in other parts of the world?

Here in europe (I use a dialup connections both in France and in the
Netherlands) the cost of using the internet is not the ISP, its the
phone connection.

On average (mixing business and non-business hours) I pay about $5.50 per
hour for a local connection. That add's up pretty quick...

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