mkirk@zaphod.axion.bt.co.uk (M J Kirk) (12/16/88)
From article <361@skep2.ATT.COM>, by wcs@skep2.ATT.COM (Bill.Stewart.[ho95c]): > (I realize Europe is slightly different because of billing for the trans- > Atlantic link, and because your phone companies belong to the government.) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Not all of us!!! Martin Kirk ========================================================================= E-Mail: MKirk@axion.bt.co.uk (...mcvax!ukc!axion!mkirk) Organisation: British Telecom Research Laboratories (RT3134) Snail Mail: BTRL, Rm 23A B68, Martlesham Heath, IPSWICH IP5 7RE, UK Telephone: +44 473 642518 Quote: "Life is hard, and then you die.........." =========================================================================
wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul) (12/19/88)
In article <758@zaphod.axion.bt.co.uk> mkirk@zaphod.axion.bt.co.uk writes: >From article <361@skep2.ATT.COM>, by wcs@skep2.ATT.COM (Bill.Stewart.[ho95c]): > >> (I realize Europe is slightly different because of billing for the trans- >> Atlantic link, and because your phone companies belong to the government.) > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > >Not all of us!!! > >Martin Kirk >========================================================================= >E-Mail: MKirk@axion.bt.co.uk (...mcvax!ukc!axion!mkirk) >Organisation: British Telecom Research Laboratories (RT3134) But then not many of you Brits consider the UK really a part of Europe :-) Another problem in Europe, the UK, and many other places, is that even local phone calls are metered, and usually charged at much higher rates than metered service in North America. So even sites with local connections have much higher phone bills than similar sites in North America. I dread the time when I will return there (either Britain or Austria), taking my system with me. -- Wolf N. Paul * 3387 Sam Rayburn Run * Carrollton TX 75007 * (214) 306-9101 UUCP: killer!dcs!wnp ESL: 62832882 DOMAIN: dcs!wnp@killer.dallas.tx.us TLX: 910-380-0585 EES PLANO UD
allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon S. Allbery) (12/25/88)
As quoted from <262@dcs.UUCP> by wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul): +--------------- | Another problem in Europe, the UK, and many other places, is that even local | phone calls are metered, and usually charged at much higher rates than metered | service in North America. So even sites with local connections have much | higher phone bills than similar sites in North America. +--------------- I hear the FCC wants to "correct" this. Sigh. (It'll put me out of business as moderator and as maintainer/sysadmin of ncoast, and probably shut ncoast and probably other PA sites down.) ++Brandon -- Brandon S. Allbery, comp.sources.misc moderator and one admin of ncoast PA UN*X uunet!hal.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery ncoast!allbery@hal.cwru.edu comp.sources.misc is moving off ncoast -- please do NOT send submissions direct Send comp.sources.misc submissions to comp-sources-misc@<backbone>.