Re: Text Based ISP?

[tturner@ecn.ab.ca ()]

Obsbedia2 (obsbedia2@aol.com) wrote:
: << Not free of course, if San Diego is a clue, expect
: to pay $28 or so per month..... >>

: Twenty-eight bucks a month?!!  That makes even AOL look cheap.  You better
: check with them for Teacher discounts.  Our local ISP charges $8.75 a month to
: teachers, $12.75 for anybody else.
<snip>

--> Not that Canadian info is all that relevant; but two things:

    (A) Edmonton FreeNet (now called Edmonton Community Net)
        only charges $25.00 per year for unlimited TXT-access.

    (B) Edmonton is less than 1 million people and has only
        ONE TXT-based ISP (as mentioned above & not including
        the `old' University access - which still runs); while
        Red Deer, which has less than a quarter of what we
        have; has NO TXT-based ISP's at all. It seems that if
        one lives in a small Canadian City - one is S.O.L for
        low-cost Email & Internet access. Which also means
        needing `newer' hardware/software for Graphical access.
        I called the Red Deer ISP's and asked them if they
        had TXT-based access. Typical response: "TXT-based?
        Is that something new? I've never heard of that!" 
        Pathetic - but true . . .
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