Re: some comments on software platform accessibility

[Luke Davis <ldavis@shellworld.net>]

Actually, there is $49.95 DSL service, not through the phone company.  I
can provide a link to that.
You shouldn't require a static IP (they are nice, but), and if you do,
$15/month seems a little high.

On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Bill Gaughan wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Thank you for your comments. I see from your e-mail address that you are
> from Finnland. I am from the USA. Here in the states, training centers for
> the blind never heard of linux. Linux is a foreign word to them. The only
> thing they know is speech with eloquence and Jaws For Windows. The only
> networking that big businesses in the states seem to know these days is
> Windows NT, unless they are small ISP's. But, with DSL and cable modems
> taking over here in the USA, small ISP's are being pushed out of business
> by big cable and telephone companies. It's the way they have the pricing
> structured around here. For example, to get DSL here you need to pay your
> telephone company that provides you with local service for your DSL
> connection. Then they will usually give you your ISP connection for free
> because you are paying them for the digital DSL service on your local
> phone line with your local service. Here in my local area, DSL is $49.00 a
> month. Now, if you go to an outside provider, an ISP who provides DSL,
> they will usually charge you $10 to $15 monthly for an IP address. But,
> you still have to pay your local phone company for the DSL connection, not
> your ISP. So, when the phone company gives you an ip address for free,
> what are you going to do? You are more than likely going to drop your old
> ISP and save yourself $15 a month. Right?
>
> I am happy to see that Europe is more progressive in how it approaches
> technology. Thank you for sharing this information with us.
>
>