Jimmy Anderson wrote to Bo Simonsen about ''Re: Tech changes'':

 BS>> Intelec is?

 JA> An echonet, like Fido only smaller and, IMHO, full of nice people.
 JA> :-) 

Such nets is mostly called Othernets. :-) I really doubt the future of
othernets, we can hardly get people using fido, how should we get them
using othernets?

 BS>>> Yes, Cable/DSL is more common here in Europe, because we
 BS>>> are charged by minute, in most of Europe.

 JA>> It's getting more common here in the states as well...

 BS>> Okay, I thought a majority were using POTS for Internetting
 BS>> because they didn't need to pay a minute tax.

 JA> I use POTS at home with a dial up, and it doesn't cost a per minute
 JA> tax as long as it's a local call, but I do have to pay for an ISP.

I do in Europe, nearly allover.. In germaney there are some providers which
doesn't charge per minute.

 JA> At work I use a T-1 connection, so if I need something "big," I
 JA> just download it there and transfer it home.

Oh that's a pretty fast connection :-)

Bo

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