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Olympic Media Village – Most Expensive Internet In the World?
An anonymous reader writes "Working for the Olympics as an IT contractor, I recently moved to the Media Village (where all of the reporters live) and was surprised the there was no free internet. BOCOG (Beijing Organizing Committee of the 2008 Olympic Games) is charging a ridiculous amount of money for ADSL service: for 512/512 it costs 7712.5 RMB (1131.20 USD); for 1M/512 it costs 9156.25 (1342.95 USD); for 2M/512 it costs a whopping 11,700 RMB (1716.05 USD). That is for only one month! For extra features like a fixed IP? That costs an additional 450 RMB (66 USD). I just can't believe that not only do I have to deal with the Great Firewall of China, but also pay through the nose to use it!"
You live in a desert in the middle of a fucked up shithole wasteland. Camels probably ate the lines and the $6000 is for repairs made by some scumbag wearing a towel on his head. Who gives a shit what it costs to get internet in Dubai? Move to a real country, ass-fucker.
Wow, I didn't know American Rednecks actually had the skill to even use a computer let alone get a Slashdot account ;).
Wow, I didn't know American Rednecks actually had the skill to even use a computer let alone get a Slashdot account ;).
Firstly it's kind of racist (yes, Rednecks originally refer to Irish and Irish-Scot immigrants) and secondly he didn't get a Slashdot account, he was an anonymous coward.
Elitist.
You just got troll'd!
You can't see the niggers?
Agreed. Fuck the politically correct down-modders.
Tell that to Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, and the Nation of Islam OT, I know. But hey! This is ./, after all.