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habedd@users.southeast.net (Beddingfield) writes:

>From what I've read, it seems as though Australian ISP's are in fact more 
>expensive than American ones.  I guess one advantage of living in the U.S. is 
>indeed an excellent telecommunications system.  For example, local calls are 
>always free, calls in the same area code, but outside of the city, are usually 
>just a quarter (US) per call, and interstate calls are usually just around 10 
>cents - 30 cents a minute (depending on the time).  ISP's are also cheap -- 
>you can get one anywhere from around US$13/unlimited access to the 
>more-popular US$19.95/unlimited access.  I just hope telco deregulation 
>doesn't screw it up!

It's so cheap in the US mostly because none of the companies involved
have to purchase trans-oceanic links (or pay other companies onselling
of those costs). Just about everyone in the world pays to connect to the US.

They've also had the advantage of past generous government funding...

tom@iacom.com.au