Hans-Peter Fischer wrote:

> This may be true for the posters to this newsgroup, since most of them will
> probably be from the US, but I'm quite sure that the majority of users
> *worldwide* has a dial-up connection for which they pay by time. (Which also
> means that a news reader that doesn't support offline reading will be pretty
> useless for them. This is a feature that *really* matters - apart from
> stability and performance of course.)
> 
> Hans-Peter

Yes! Very true. Agreed.

For example, the vast majority of people connected to the internet here 
in New Zealand use dialup connections. The other options are simply too 
expensive for ordinary folk.

But this pricing situation may change when the new cable across the 
Pacific comes online early next year. :o)

Regards to you all,
D.

(<venting steam> dammit Where is that "Control Enter" shortcut - it is 
*so* useful </venting steam>)


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