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Re: Anyone compared aus. 'Net servers?

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From: Brian Field
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 00:00
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lancel@vicnet.net.au (Lance Lawton) wrote:

>In article <4j8onf$e74@eplet.mira.net.au>, rowlandc@werple.net.au (Rowland
>Croucher) wrote:

>>I'm wondering if the Australian Consumers' Assocation (? - the producers 
>>of Choice magazine) or anyone else has done a thorough comparison of aus. 
>>'net servers - comparing costs, service, reliability, length of time news 
>>is available (Dialix comes last, Werple first in my experience on that 
>>score) etc. etc. etc.

>Also while on that subjec t:  Can anyone recommend an ISP for a very
>specific purpose, viz:-
>An account for my teenage children to use, where *they* pay basically for
>however many hours used (bearing in mind that resources are limited to
>pocket-money ... And we the parents are moderately impoverished!)

>Lance Lawton ... ichthus 
>Ph / fax 61 3 9749 1431
>Victoria, Australia 
>email: lancel@vicnet.net.au

What??  You mean there are still ISPs out there that
charge by the hour?  

Uncle Brian
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From: uncle@iap.net.au (Brian Field@iap.net.au)
Subject: Re: Anyone compared aus. 'Net servers?
Date: 1996/04/17
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