bobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (RAMontante) (04/23/89)
My apologies if this is the wrong newsgroup, but I don't know where to put this... I have a question about e-mail between Europe and North America. Sometimes I receive replies to postings of mine, in this group and others, from netters in Europe (U.K and Finland, primarily). I like to send some response back to a correspondent, to let him/her know I got the mail even if I don't have much to say in reply. I've also heard that e-mail and these newsgroups are expensive for the recipient in Europe. So my question is: should people in North America send mail, general postings, etc. to Europeans if they're just a "Thank you for your interest" sort of message? Is it worth the money?
syrbz@warwick.ac.uk (J D Mulberg) (04/26/89)
In article <19924@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> bobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (RAMontante) writes: >My apologies if this is the wrong newsgroup, but I don't know where to put >this... (One reason for NOT spitting this newsgroup) >I've also heard that e-mail and these newsgroups are expensive for the >recipient in Europe. As far as I can tell, the UK academic e-mail and network (JANET) is paid for by the government, although there may be a flat-rate subscription fee. At any event, the recipient institution will not be charged for the call. However, *someone* has to pay, so use discretion. Jon Mulberg, Go placidly amidst the Warwick University noise and haste ... -- UUCP: ...!mcvax!ukc!warwick!syrbz PHONE: +44 203 523523 JANET: syrbz@uk.ac.warwick.daisy ARPA: syrbz@daisy.warwick.ac.uk
hardin@hpindda.HP.COM (John Hardin) (04/27/89)
bobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (RAMontante) writes: >I have a question about e-mail between Europe and North America. Sometimes I >receive replies to postings of mine, in this group and others, from netters >in Europe (U.K and Finland, primarily). I like to send some response back >to a correspondent, to let him/her know I got the mail even if I don't have >much to say in reply. > >I've also heard that e-mail and these newsgroups are expensive for the >recipient in Europe. So my question is: should people in North America >send mail, general postings, etc. to Europeans if they're just a "Thank you >for your interest" sort of message? Is it worth the money? ---------- This is personal opinion only and easy for me to say because I don't pay for any of the incurred costs, but I would find it a shame to have to dispense with courteous behavior for economic reasons. Actually, I think it likely that more of the net bandwidth is wasted on flames, nit-picking comments, and the like than has been spent on courtesy. John Hardin hardin%hpindda@hplabs.hp.com ------
igp@camcon.co.uk (Ian Phillipps) (05/02/89)
bobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (RAMontante) writes: >I have a question about e-mail between Europe and North America. Sometimes I >receive replies to postings of mine, in this group and others, from netters >in Europe (U.K and Finland, primarily). I like to send some response back >to a correspondent, to let him/her know I got the mail even if I don't have >much to say in reply. Until recently, we were charged <pounds>0.09 / kbyte of transatlantic mail, received OR transmitted, which made posting asking for binaries risky. I believe that it's now 0.02 / kbyte. Mail from Australia was free... hummm... We pay a flat rate for news (which crosses the pond just once) -- UUCP: igp@camcon.co.uk | Cambridge Consultants Ltd | Ian Phillipps or: igp@camcon.uucp | Science Park, Milton Road |----------------- Phone: +44 223 420024 | Cambridge CB4 4DW, England |