On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Nick Hilliard wrote:
> It's insane. If you want to get a full-time connection to the Internet,
> then get a proper one and don't waste time and resources on trying to
> maintain a semi-permanent dialup one.
I think he said it as a "just in case you were interested"..but yea,
point.
> Yes, there are higher startup costs, but once those are over with, the
> running costs are much more reasonable. The quality of service is also
> heaps better. And the ISP's will generally pay much more attention to you
> if you're a leased line customer than if you're just a tenner-a-month one.
What would be nice, would be if OCEAN use this new "wireless local loop"
white gizmo box for home users..sorry just tryin to start a thread here ;)
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