On Monday 20 August 2007 19:10, William Case wrote:
[BIG SNIP] The big snip does not reflect any editorial opinion. Just
trying to keep the cost down for those who have to pay according to the
size of the file transfer.
Like me. ;-) Actually, I don't pay bytewise, but secondwise, even when the
connection is idle. My ISP simply measures the time I spend connected... And
I even find that understandable since dial-up server can make a severely
limited number of connections, so I pay for being connected even if I
transfer no data.
Oh well... Luckily, in the office I have a full-blown 2Gbps connection 24/7
(for free), so I generally use home dial-up only for e-mail... :-)
Anyway, glad you find the (snipped) info useful.
Best, :-)
Marko
Marko Vojinovic
Institute of Physics
University of Belgrade
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