Re: webserver on a cable modem connection

[E Nigma <enigma os2 ami com au>]

On Tuesday 01 January 2002 05:43, you wrote:
> You pay for local calls here too, it's just masked in your bill. ?Note that 
many
> carriers are moving to measured service for all calls---pay for minutes used
> rather than by distance. ?The cell and PCS carriers have already done so. ?X
> dollars per month with X minutes and free long distance---ring any bells?

Telstra wanted time-based charges for local calls. It has always had that 
regime for distance, and calls from mobile phones are changed by the 
30-second or second..

Needless to say there was a bit of a fuss about that; it would kill off the 
Internet.


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Fine, partly cloudy. SE winds and a fresh afternoon sea breeze.

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