ISP charges was Re: No more....

At 05:37 PM 13/06/96 +1000, you wrote:

>ISPs aren't that expensive here - imagine you'd be paying no more than
2
>Pounds an hour in the UK. I've got a 5-hour-per-day connection (no
other
>restrictions) and it costs about 230 pounds a year. (450 Aussie
Dollars).
>
>Just a thought... even CompuServe only charges $7.50 Aus per hour. 

	Yeouch!  Man that is expensive.  Here in Canada I am paying 35$
a
month for 50 hours access time via my ISP.  That works out to about
$0.70 an
hour or $1.5 British Pounds.
	I guess it has a lot to do with the amount of providers in North
America, competition keeps the prices down.

Larry Jeselon  (ljeselon@ccinet.ab.ca)
Edmonton Gamers Guild  (The E.G.G. Heads)
Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA

"If it doesn't fit force it, If it breaks it needs replacing anyhow."