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Posted by timothy on from the aim-high-pay-low dept.

Steve Suppe writes "As an American who is going to be living overseas for a few years (Germany, to be more exact), I'm curious as to what advice/information Slashdot could provide people like me. How much can I expect to pay for dial-up/broadband, and from who? I'd be interested to hear how it differs around the world. Any good reference sites? Thanks!"

3 of 497 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Are you welcome there? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yeah, they don't like having Americans like Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, or Ashcroft around. Most other Americans are welcome, even the ones from the US.

  2. Re:German DSL by yuri+benjamin · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It was a matter of minutes for me to set up T-DSL on a SuSE

    I would expect SuSE to have pre-rolled install wizards for every German ISP, being a German distro.

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  3. Re:Here's an idea, stay off the Internet! by kevin+lyda · · Score: 4, Insightful

    live w/o the net in a new place for several years?

    so give up one of the easiest ways to get cheap airfares, learn about holiday destinations, get bus/rail/s-bahn/u-bahn schedules? since this person is planning on returning to the usa, they should give up their online access to their financial info and instead use more expensive and less convenient phone/fax/mail? more importantly they have friends and family back in the usa. they should give up on an inexpensive way to keep in touch with their friends and family? give up email, pictures of newborn relatives, holiday snaps, etc?

    get real.

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