From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.44.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 974623EEB1 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 16:45:34 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.redhat.com (mail.redhat.com [199.183.24.239]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id fB6LjYp30551 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 16:45:34 -0500 Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) id fB6LjYu29157 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 16:45:34 -0500 Received: from server1.shellworld.net (root@server1.shellworld.net [64.39.15.178]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) with ESMTP id fB6LjXw29153 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 16:45:33 -0500 Received: from localhost (ldavis@localhost) by server1.shellworld.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id fB6LjXS50908 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 15:45:33 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ldavis@shellworld.net) Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 16:45:33 -0500 (EST) From: Luke Davis To: Blinux-list Subject: Re: some comments on software platform accessibility In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: 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. > >