> $125 connection charge
> $150-$350 ISDN modem
> $250/mo (for unlimited connect time)
> $30 home install kit (could probably do without)
> $50 ethernet card (Mac hardware is outrageous, too)
> Possibly a router, too.
Alain: I suggest that you enroll in a university
course, and use their Internet infrastructure, for
free !
> Well, if you include an ethernet card and modem in
> the calculations it'll sure be more expensive. But I
> didn't need an ethernet card, serial was sufficient.
Alain: You were an Internet server on a serial line?
Performance was good? How did you handle the dynamic
IP addressing so as to maintain the same URL for your
server?
> You will soon, assuming you don't have some gov't
> agent charging by the minute.
> I think it'll still be a year or two at least.
Alain: I hope that they will never charge for the
Internet. It has always amazed that the Internet was
free of long-distances charges but, if you think about
it, it makes sense after all :
1. The Internet would still be a marginal phenomenon
if we had had to pay long-distance charges, and usage
fees to web-site broadcasters .. like in the old
CompuServe days;
2. The Internet has become a whole new global market
at an epoque in history where globalisation is a fact
of life. The Internet is rapidly becoming the
life-blood of the future global economy ;
3. They will probably use the same strategy as they
used for antenna-broadcasted television. Free to
anyone who has a TV because it is financed by
advertising ;
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