Re: [cobalt-users] rant not, just loosen up

["Brian E. Lozier" <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Who the crap pays by the minute? I can't imagine why. For fifteen lousy
>
> Its the dang Europeans... first they come up with the "fanny pack" ...
then
> they come up with the "pay by the minute" business.  Go figure!

> Europeans? NOT!

> Here in Europe they tried to beat the Americans at their own game:
"loosing
> money in e-biz"... so they invented the most ridiculous concept: FREE
> internet access. Thus in most of Europe you can now get an internet
account
> with no monthly or per minute charge... Funny thing, the bandwidth is
often
> better than from the "pay" providers...
> (to be honest, on the flip side europe has very high local phone charges
> which can easily add up to $100s/mo just for going online)

Yeah, that's the point, we (USA) usually get FREE local calls to the ISP,
but have to pay a relatively small fee for internet access.  Usually less
than $20.00 a month for unlimited time.  So if you combine the monthly fee
and free local calls, we pay soooo much less than you guys.  So I think when
he mentioned per minute, he was not specifically talking about the ISP
service, but rather the charges just to stay online...