From:	"Chris Jones" <cj7 AT ukc DOT ac DOT uk>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: FREE ISP
Date:	Thu, 23 Mar 2000 10:49:56 -0000
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> Don't you guys still have to pay for your local calls? Does the UK have
> DSL or cable modems yet? If so, are they flat rate?

DSL: being launched in July, will be flat rate at about 40 pounds per month.
Cable modems: available, but never really took off. Hardly anyone in the UK
has cable - it's a sort of elitist thing which most people can't afford, or
don't want.

Yes, at present we pay for local calls. But with no monthly subscription
charge this means that if you only use the internet for a couple of hours a
week it's a lot cheaper than a flat-rate subscription in the US.

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