Internet Access outside USA/CDN

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by Bill Murray
Some years (3-4) ago, it was my understanding that Internet users outside of of the US and Canada had to pay normal "long distance" charges when connecting to the Internet.

Yes, in the beginning we did have to dial in "long distance", but with a different telcom market here the price difference between a local and "long distance" call is much smaller than in the US. Internet providers quickly followed with local dial in access, and now offer special internet dial-in phone numbers which set you back € 0,48 - € 1,30/min, depending on the time and type of day.

ADSL is the latest hype here, I have just signed up for unlimited data transfer (downstream 512 kbps/upstream 256 kbps) for € 24,95 (US$ 29.57, CDN$ 41.21, £ 16.76)/month. Still need to install the wireless network, so hold your horses with those pics for a little while, please

H.