Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 22:30:18 -0200 From: Wilson Roberto Afonso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [IP] DSL prices in Greece To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dave Farber wrote:
Hi Dave! Thought you would find this pricelist regarding DSL offerings in Athens, Greece, amusing: 50 euro "activation fee" 50 euro "installation fee" 100 euro for equipment (modem and filters) These are one-off charges. Now on to the monthly fees: 384kbps: 32 euro for the line + 58 euro for the ISP (total 90) 512kbps: 60 euro for the line + 88 euro for the ISP (total 148) 1024kbps: 112 euro for the line + 171 euro for the ISP (total 283) Which means that in a "European" country of minimum wage ~500 euro, a netizen needs 200 euro set-up fees plus 283 euro MONTHLY to have a moderately fast Internet connection.
Meanwhile, in a third-world country (Brazil) without a telco monopoly, I pay R$79.90 (�22.09) a month for the line (300kbps), plus R$19.90 (�5.49) for the ISP; total, �27.58 a month. If I wanted 1024kbps, the total cost would be �54.92 a month.
However, the minimum wage here is just over �66.
-Wilson -- Wilson Roberto Afonso [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.netwhatever.com/weblog/random/
I think the key thing to remember is that the http: at the front of a web address stands for Hyper TEXT Transfer Protocol.
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