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Xref: sserve comp.sys.powerpc:33432 comp.sys.intel:30859 comp.unix.bsd:16025 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:8077 comp.unix.sys5.r4:9148 comp.unix.misc:15826 comp.os.linux.development:23103 comp.os.linux.misc:34472 comp.os.386bsd.development:3118 comp.os.386bsd.misc:5188 comp.os.misc:3747 Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.intel,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!alsvid.scu.edu.au!lismore!wnet!mermaid!mark From: mark@mermaid.edex.edu.au (Mark Reid) Subject: Re: X on dial-in Followup-To: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.intel,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.misc X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Organization: Mermaid - The Seductive Linux System Message-ID: <1995Feb1.204848.1127@mermaid.edex.edu.au> References: <3f44s2$jqm@maverick.maverick.tad.eds.com> <D2rC7p.Lx@kerberos.demon.co.uk> <3fv9sg$8dp@villa.fc.net> <3g3fs2$pib@hedunx.hedland.edu.au> <D31JAD.JpB@bonkers.taronga.com> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 1995 20:48:48 GMT Lines: 27 Peter da Silva wrote: : In article <3g3fs2$pib@hedunx.hedland.edu.au>, : Robert Hart <hartr@hedunx.hedland.edu.au> wrote: : >Hmm - it's very interesting following this thread that most US people : >seem to think that ISDN is not worth much or is generally not available. : That's because in the US it's generally not available and... despite the fact : that it uses no more resources than a voice grade line... is priced way out : there compared to voice lines. : Part of this is perhaps due to voice being so cheap. $10/month for unlimited : calling anywhere in Houston, a city the size of Sydney. No per call or per : time unit charges. : (Actually a bit more than that. $11.05 plus a $3.50 line charge plus taxes) : What does your phone service cost? Well here on the Gold Coast - I guess this is about right for the rest of Australia There is a equipment/service fee of $14 per month + $0.25 per local call. -- ============================================================== Mark Reid Voice: +61 75 753 803 mark@mermaid.edex.edu.au ==============================================================