Subject: Re: international dial-up
From: Julien Franiatte (julienf@cam.nist.gov)
Date: Wed Dec 05 2001 - 05:13:15 AKST
My two cents (euros not dollars !)
The French and European phone system is slightly different from the one we
encounter in the US and CA, in the way that there is no flat rate for
local call anymore. Someone who dials in pays per minute, this is why
broad band is so successful. Therefore, there are still a few free
internet provider of quality, they get their money from the phone company
that redistributes part of the fee of the phone call.
If someone wants to connect in France for example, he/she can subscribe
for *FREE*, no hidden lines or fine writing, for internet access, but will
be charged per minute by the phone company. We can easily create one of
those account for the aklug list members that will travel over there.
The proud Frenchman ;-)
Julien
On 4 Dec 2001, Jim Gribbin wrote:
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> Compuserve used to work well for the traveler, access points in a lot of
> countries. I don't know if you can still use them without a proprietary
> browser however. They've gone though some changes since being taken over
> by AOL and I haven't been keeping up.
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> Jim
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> On Tue, 2001-12-04 at 09:32, Chris Hamilton wrote:
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> > Sorry, not a linux question...
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> > Anyone know of a good/affordable way to dial in to the internet while in
> > France (Paris). I've seen a couple of companies on the web that offer
> > temporary dial-up accounts for visitors, but I am still waiting for word
> > back from them. Figured I would ask here to see if anyone had any successful
> > experiences or recommendations. Unfortunately, using an internet cafe won't
> > cut it... unless they let me hook up to their lan.
> >
> > Thanks.
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