Hi KATHY! 
 
 KATHY JOHNSON wrote in a message to THORSTEN LIMBACH:
TL>could you please tell me how fast the speed is you can go and how much you
TL>have to pay for it. I live in Germany and so I don't know anything about
TL>prices and speeds in the US. Where do you live ??? In the USA??
 KJ> Welcome to the Parrot Echo! I'm the moderator.
Hi :-)) The topic sounds nice to mee, for this reason I ordered this area. 
But I don't have a parrot.
 KJ> I have a 28.8 BPS modem, and I dial directly to the BBSes I use,
 KJ> rather than paying for a dialer service to dial the long distance
 KJ> calls for me. (I'm not even sure if those dialer service companies
 KJ> still exist--I haven't used one in over 2 years now).
What kind of companies are you talking about? I mean how can you tell a 
company to do your calls??? 
 KJ>  So I pay by
 KJ> the minute, and the rate varies depending on how far away I'm
 KJ> calling. It can be as low as 10 cents a minute, up to almost a
 KJ> dollar a minute, depending on where I'm calling.
That's not cheap. I always thought that calls in the city are free...
 KJ>  Yes, I'm in the
 KJ> USA, near Detroit, Michigan.
If this is toomuch off-topic, you may answer by netmail.
ciao,
           Thorsten 
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