ADSL / DSL / Cable etchave been extortionatly priced up until March or so this year.
it used to be around £50 p/m with £150 set up fee etc, not what everyone can afford really.
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Sat 8 Jun 2002, 11:34,
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it used to be around £50 p/m with £150 set up fee etc, not what everyone can afford really.
oh, thanksi dont know how much my dsl line is costing, because its split 3 ways with my roommates and myself, and i dont bother to check since my check is all bundled with rent and electricity
but that must seriously suck for dsl to be so expensive over there
im sitting here thinking of why it could be so expensive and the only thing i can think of is the transatlantic cable... but i dont see that as being a very valid reason
why is it so expensive?
and why not get a satellite connection? they work almost anywhere and its always connected
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Sat 8 Jun 2002, 11:39,
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but that must seriously suck for dsl to be so expensive over there
im sitting here thinking of why it could be so expensive and the only thing i can think of is the transatlantic cable... but i dont see that as being a very valid reason
why is it so expensive?
and why not get a satellite connection? they work almost anywhere and its always connected
It's so expensivei presume, because BT run a TOTAL monopoly over the nations phone exchanges / phone lines basically, if they don't drop the prices, nobody can, so therefore, i figure it'#s because they're greedy fuckers.
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Sat 8 Jun 2002, 11:41,
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oh, i see...its all about the bling bling
they gotta get their fat paycheck and all that
yeah, i hate monopolies that overcharge for their services
*looks in the direction of microsoft(well, ok, so its not a monopoly, just industry standard... like potatoshop, and they can charge whatever the hell they want... cause i got xp for free (haha, no money for you!))*
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Sat 8 Jun 2002, 11:45,
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they gotta get their fat paycheck and all that
yeah, i hate monopolies that overcharge for their services
*looks in the direction of microsoft(well, ok, so its not a monopoly, just industry standard... like potatoshop, and they can charge whatever the hell they want... cause i got xp for free (haha, no money for you!))*
lol, not even thati burned a copy off a friend the first day it was out
and for morrowind, i almost paid... but it was basically like free
i traded in all my console stuff, like my playstation and my nintindo 64 and games, and got a bunch of pc games
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Sat 8 Jun 2002, 11:49,
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and for morrowind, i almost paid... but it was basically like free
i traded in all my console stuff, like my playstation and my nintindo 64 and games, and got a bunch of pc games
it's only expesnive because the providers have kept it there......pure exploitation. Nothing to do with physical cost at all.
Anyway, it's getting cheap now.
Satellite is very expensive and only really an option for commercial use.
The big new transatlantic cable we had to put in just to carry all the extra b3ta traffic has put Europe in economic jeopardy though.
(Anyway, it's getting cheap now.
Satellite is very expensive and only really an option for commercial use.
The big new transatlantic cable we had to put in just to carry all the extra b3ta traffic has put Europe in economic jeopardy though.
chaotic_illuminator proud spacehopperist,
Sat 8 Jun 2002, 11:42,
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