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Originally posted by Bill Murray
Some years (3-4) ago, it was my understanding that Internet users outside of of the US and Canada had to pay normal "long distance" charges when connecting to the Internet.
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Yes, in the beginning we did have to dial in "long distance", but with a different telcom market here the price difference between a local and "long distance" call is much smaller than in the US. Internet providers quickly followed with local dial in access, and now offer special internet dial-in phone numbers which set you back € 0,48 - € 1,30/min, depending on the time and type of day.
ADSL is the latest hype here, I have just signed up for unlimited data transfer (downstream 512 kbps/upstream 256 kbps) for € 24,95 (US$ 29.57, CDN$ 41.21, £ 16.76)/month. Still need to install the wireless network, so hold your horses with those pics for a little while, please
H.