In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >
>I have to remember evidently that US phone Companies and ISP's >apparently are the only ones in the world that pay for Service per >month, rather than per minute. Here in the UK, there's a mixed bag of choices. Mobile data is always charged per kb though. > >How is DSL & Broadband setup overseas? Fixed rate here in UK. Not that many people have broadband compared to the number of people with internet connections. > >But still can't you download the mail then read off line. Pure Html (we >are not talking about devices that call up a website) once it is >downloaded doesn't need the connection to read it. > Reading off-line does not affect the amount of data being downloaded, which is directly applicable for mobile data costs. >And if your on a line that charges by the minute; looks that wouldn't >that crimp web surfing? oh yeah! but I don't browse the web using my mobile - just email and some news. > >So why would such people want to work on a project who Main (98%) aim is >websurfing, and gives not much emphasis on Mail & News. In fact we have >some im the groups that just as soon not see a Mail & News component >built in. > I was responding generically to the question about the amount of bytes used in an email/news message, rather than the specifics of Moz development. However, even there, I do get bugzilla reports as email when I connect via my mobile (i.e. out of office) and I'm glad that each one doesn't include a large pretty picture of a bug ! -- Rob Allen
