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You have that already with the cable modem in Switzerland. Also flatrates with ISPs
are already available (e.g. freesurf for CHF 30.00/month). This is of course only
for home use, but I am sure, there are already a lot of professional offers.
Nicole
Daniel Leu wrote:
> Ok, you can use freesurf or whatever it is called to avoid the ISP charges.
> I use it too while travelling in Europe. And you are right that the view
> dollars telecom charges for checking email is not a lot.
>
> The question was more about residential use. How does Internet use enable
> new business and new markets. This is when users not only use email, but
> surf the web. Then suddenly, we see hours of on-line time per day! The bill
> from Swisscom won't be a couple of bucks anymore.... But if you have a flat
> rate for $12 or so and a local access number, users don't have to care on
> how much time they spend on-line! This is what we need!
>
> - Daniel
>
> At 10:38 AM 7/24/2001 -0700, Hans-Juerg Jost wrote:
>
> >>At 05:39 PM 7/19/2001 -0700, Vladimir Bossicard wrote:
> >>> > The other thing is that cable modems are already available in
> >>>> Switzerland for about 3 or 4 years.
> >>>
> >>>it's not a question of availability, but affordability. I have DSL here for
> >>>$49 a month and a cable modem in Switzerland is 90 CHF a month. For me it's
> >>>too expensive..
> >>>
> >>>In the US, you can choose between $20 for 56K or $49 for cable/dsl
> >>>In Switzerland, it's between 10.- and 90.-.
> >>
> >>Don't forget the flat rate here in the US! On top to the ISP
> >>charges you still have the phone charges of Swisscom or whoever
> >>you use. This has a big impact!
> >
> >For 56K connection NOT true. You can use tiscali, bluewin or freesurf and
> >pay only for the connection! Actually, very convenient and cheap if I
> >travel to Switzerland and want to read my email! No $20/month, just a
> >couple of bucks for a month to download my email!
> >
> >Hans-Jürg
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