Re: [ProgSoc] Permanent Connection...

[Shaun Clowes <shaman@nospam.progsoc.uts.edu.au>]

>     It's really true. Sometimes I just get frustrated when I was
> disconnected from my ISP all the time. And also I'm still using a 28.8
> modem, while what I'm thinking is, I'd rather spend more (A little more
> hopefully?) money to get a better, faster connection than buying a new 56k
> modem.

www.aussie.net have a really fast net link and offer permanent dialup for
$300 a month for a 28.8k connection. When you think about it permanent
dialups or any other form of perm conn is expensive. You have to pay for a
telephone line, a modem, other connection equipment and then bandwidth
charges. Small ISPs in Australia pay around 15c for ever meg of traffic
they receive over telstra's network. If you download 100Meg, thats $15
worth of charges for them straight out. Course, they reduce what they pay
through various methods but its still an expensive business.

Shaun 

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