[Techtalk] Linux and home Internet connections

[Claudine Chionh]

On 23/08/05, Kenneth Gonsalves <lawgon at thenilgiris.com> wrote:
> On Monday 22 Aug 2005 5:27 pm, Kathryn Andersen wrote:
> > Well, as far as I understand, ADSL *is* a permanent connection.
> > If you only want to surf the web a few times a week, then you're
> > better off with dialup, probably.
> 
> would have thought that gprs is the best option for occasional
> diallup. *Everyone* has a cell phone.

Not with the prices in Australia, anyway. A local call to a dialup ISP
costs a small flat fee, whereas GPRS is metered according to data
usage.

Claudine

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