> Europe, where we pay for phonelines per second for lots of money. A > simple comparison: I seem to pay the same for being about 1 to 2 hours > online every day as someone in the US would pay for a permanent > connection. if i were 4 hours online a day (2 during the day, 2 in the evening), i had to pay approx 150 - 200 US$ a month (isdn, 64kbit, one channel). andreas