Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 10:15:30 -0500
From: "Steve Schone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: Overseas access and a great deal on a Portege laptop...
Ken,
Sounds like a plan. I've spent a fair amount of time in Bermuda on
business/pleasure, although I haven't been back there for a few years. If
you need to know anything, send me an email.
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Hansen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 1:42 AM
To: Libretto
Subject: Re: Overseas access and a great deal on a Portege laptop...
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 21:32:15 -0500
From: "Ken Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Overseas access and a great deal on a Portege laptop...
Steve,
As it turns out, I think I will go for $24 for 10 hours access, additional
hours at $3-4/hr.
I think I would be hard pressed to use all 10 hours (the wife is coming
along...) in the five days, besides, I can justify $24 as a one-time
expense - compared to the cost of the trip, it is a bargain.
One thing I like to do with vacations is calculate my base burn rate, I take
the amount of money I am paying (let's say $1,000), then divide that by the
number of hours (call it 96, 4 days), then my burn rate is $10/hr just
*being* there (this of course, takes into account the cost of getting there,
the cost of eating while there, and all the disposable purchases I make
while I am there).
My burn rate for this trip is about $25/hr - if I add another $24 to the
total expense of the trip, my cost goes up to $25.20/hr... It is easy, the
ISP is willing to waive any one-time setup fees, so the total out-of-pocket
is $24.
BTW, the Bermudian Phone Co. has a surcharge for spending more than 60
minutes on one call... Interesting.
Ken
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Schone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 1:59 PM
Subject: RE: Overseas access and a great deal on a Portege laptop...
> Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 13:54:57 -0500
> From: "Steve Schone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: Overseas access and a great deal on a Portege laptop...
>
> Ken,
>
> Depends on what you plan to use the internet access for. ATTglobal has a
> local number in Hamilton, Bermuda. They have plans for as little as $5.95
a
> month for domestic access. To that you would have to add $9.00/hr for
> "roaming" charges. If you plan to only check email, you will be hard
> pressed to use and hour of time in just 5 days, unless you read all you
mail
> on-line.
>
> Steve Schone
>
> President
> Micro Solutions, Inc
> 72 North Street, Suite 101
> Danbury, CT 06810
> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Web Site: www.micsol.com
> phone : 203-748-4633
> fax : 203-797-9849
> Micro Solutions is the pre-eminent Toshiba and IBM computer distributor
and
> service
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Hansen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 12:04 PM
> To: Libretto
> Subject: Overseas access and a great deal on a Portege laptop...
>
>
> Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 09:35:54 -0500
> From: "Ken Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Overseas access and a great deal on a Portege laptop...
>
> Hello all,
>
> My question has to do with getting internet acces while on a 5 day
vacation
> in Bermuda, the best I can come up with is < $30 for about 10 hours access
> (since I will only be there for 5 days, not a big problem) - does anyone
> here have any advice on providers, alternate access plans?
>
> For reference, see: http://bermuda-online.org/internet.htm
>
> Also, there is a company I like called HiTechCafe in CA that has a great
> deal on a real nice (refurb) Portege 3020 laptop - they are $599 w/96 Meg
> RAM, 6.4 G HD, 10.4" 800x600 TFT display, 56K modem, etc.
>
> For further information, see:
>
http://www.hitechcafe.com/eshop/inproduct2.asp?sku=PORTEGE%2D3020CT&dept%5Fi
> d=14
>
> (My wife has a Portege 3010, with a slightly slower CPU (P/266 MMX?) and
she
> loves it - I just wish I could justify one, I might consider displacing my
> Librettos...)
>
> Please, buy them all so that I am not tempted! I still have the L50 I was
> going to sell to defer the price of my L110!
>
> Ken
>
>
>
>
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