Internet: What's It Costing You?

Subject: RE: Internet: What's It Costing You?
From: Brendy
Date: 06 Sep 00 - 12:46 AM

Oslo, Norway:
$50 per month for cable (unlimited access)
Dialup would cost just a little over a cent per five minutes.

My calculations are rough, but not too far off the mark, and they err on the conservative side.

B.

Subject: RE: Internet: What's It Costing You?
From: Joe Offer
Date: 06 Sep 00 - 12:39 AM

Gee, I guess I'm paying too much. I've got MSN at $19.95 a month. Until lately, the service was excellent - but now I have trouble connecting from 6 PM to midnight. I hate to change my e-mail address, but maybe I should. Then it's an extra $18 or so for the phone line. Maybe I should get DSL?
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Internet: What's It Costing You?
From: GUEST, Banjo Johnny
Date: 06 Sep 00 - 12:34 AM

Juno is charging me $10/month for unlimited access, a home page, and email. I don't have a separate phone line, so I pay the telco $3/mo for "Call Notes" which is like an answering machine that takes messages for me while I'm online.

But let's say you are paying $20 and using 200 hrs per month. That is ten cents per HOUR. Where can you find a better bargain??? == Johnny in OKC

Subject: RE: Internet: What's It Costing You?
From: Gypsy
Date: 06 Sep 00 - 12:22 AM

We pay 14.95 a month, and get 2 free months with every referral. If you pay for a year in advance, i think you get an additional 15% off. Don't have a separate phone line, if i'm researching on the net, don't really want to have the phone ring!

Subject: RE: Internet: What's It Costing You?
From: Bill D
Date: 06 Sep 00 - 12:02 AM

I had a chance to get 5 years for $5.95 a month when my ISP was trolling for customers...but couldn't get the $$$ together...I did get my first 2 years for $6.84 a month...now it costs me $14.95..(and 'may' go up next March)...still a good deal for 24/7 live tech support and unlimited access with several alternate phone #s...(plus 42,000 newsgroups....I live in major metro area with lots of competition. There are MANY cable companies and DSL services trying to sell the fast stuff right now, but they aren't quite cheap enough yet...maybe next year.

Subject: RE: Internet: What's It Costing You?
From: Escamillo
Date: 05 Sep 00 - 11:59 PM

Not living in Argentina you will miss many natural and urban beauties of this country, but you will surely pay less for a connection. I pay 32.00/month to the Internet supplier for unlimited use (but they rarely give me more than 33600 bps), plus 30.00 to the phone company for 60 hours/month. The extra hour is 0.40 at night and 0.75 in labour time. I usually pay 32 + 45 = 77.00/month.

Un abrazo - I'm gonna hang now - Andrés

Subject: RE: Internet: What's It Costing You?
From: GUEST,Tina
Date: 05 Sep 00 - 11:48 PM

AOL knows you would have to stay on line 24 hours for 29 days to use 700 hrs. It's their little joke. 500 hrs. would be close to 21 days at 24 hrs. a day. they need to hear a lot of complaints about it. Regards Tina

Subject: RE: Internet: What's It Costing You?
From: Mbo
Date: 05 Sep 00 - 11:32 PM

I got a local Eastern NC ISP...$19.95 a month unlimited access.

Subject: Internet: What's It Costing You?
From: Ebbie
Date: 05 Sep 00 - 11:29 PM

Periodically I am reminded that we are not all paying the same amount for internet access. I'm wondering- where is the biggest bargain?

For instance, a separate modem line (not cable) costs me $12.92 a month and I pay another $5.99 for 'Net access and unlimited usage. I consider that pretty good.

It sounds like for some 'Catters, all usage is 'long distance'; is that so? How does one afford that?

Another question: Do the BIG companies like America OnLine (AOL) offer the same deal all over the world? In the U.S., AOL is currently offering 700 free hours (in a month) for sign-up. (Don't know why they don't say, one free month! Perhaps 700 hours sounds like more.) I remember when they were offering 250 free hours- who knows where they'll end up!

Ebbie