Author: Tom Kerrigan
Date: 08:18:06 03/24/00
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On March 24, 2000 at 06:23:03, Inmann Werner wrote: >On March 24, 2000 at 00:30:26, Tom Kerrigan wrote: > >>Or at least have a backup ISP. >> >>I mean, if the ISP in China can't keep you connected for more than 5 minutes at >>a time, why not get a decent US ISP and call them up? >> >>-Tom > >Wow, you must be a rich guy!!! :-) > >If I play at ICC or FISC, I pay about 2$ per hour to my local >telephone-provider. I think, one minute telepone to US would be 2$ makes >120$ an hour. >The Telephon-providers on the continent are a little bit crazy..... >Also, i think, if you sit in Cina, your problem will not be a ISP, but a working >telephon connection to him :-((( >Maybe a sattelite connection with own equipment, as CNN does? If Club K is not prepared to pay the money to make the match work right, they should not have the match. Anyway, which continent are you talking about? Asia? When I was living in Germany, I could phone home for about $0.20/minute. And I think the rates have improved somewhat since then. I assume China is more expensive than this, but a factor of 10...? -Tom
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