True, however cell phone rates in Australia are very cheap. Someone mentioned a rate of US 40c/min (admittedly for a prepaid plan, slightly more expensive). Any telco here who plans on charging more than US 15c/min is absolutely caned.
Landline to cellular is also cheap. Off the top of my head, US 10c/min max?
Then there's all the ongoing 'specials' (though they've been in place for months, if not years). Free calls between 9pm and 5am, First twenty minutes free, etc.
Australia has the highest cellular uptake per capita outside Scandinavia, last I heard.
"I had some 1000 minutes of incoming calls that month"
Sorry, I don't mean to gloat, but this is one area where AU's cellular networks have a huge vote over America's. We don't pay for incoming calls - and why should you anyway?
I agree. As an Australian, actually being here... there's a WORLD of difference between the Olympics 'as they happen', versus the Olympics, 'exclusively presented to you via NBC'.
Though Channel Seven's coverage here has left a lot to be desired too. (This is their free to air coverage, which seems more aimed at frustrating people into subscribing to C7 - two cable channels of coverage, owned by same company).
"USA gymnastics has been a joke during the Olympics. I laugh now at all the hype the media gave simply because it blew up in their faces. We were horribly outclassed this time."
Not to mention swimming, lead by the ubiquitous Gary Hall Jr. "We're gonna smash the Australians like a guitar."
Meanwhile, the Australian relay teams ignore it and just smash World Records (and said Gary Hall Jr.) like a guitar.:)
NBC won't be able to meet the minimum ratings they promised to advertisers and few people over here even seemed to notice the Olympics had started.
That's because NBC's coverage, from what I've heard, sucks. Ratings here in AU are fantastic, and without being xenophobic, I'd account the lack of ratings in the US as being largely to do with apathy for anything that doesn't happen in the US.
Do you know last night (Michael Johnson and Cathy Freeman winning their respective 400ms) had the highest attendance of any Olympic event ever? 112,500 people. Impressive, I think.
"Poor Africans" ? For God's sake, what century are you in? Do you really see Africans as helpless victims sitting there and being spoonfed by kind missionaries? I know you'll find this hard to believe but some Africans have got as far as using computers, setting up websites and ISPs etc.
You forgot Mountain SMS, one of the biggest SMS gateways in the world, a South African company, and Dimension Data (disclaimer: my employer's parent).
Hahahaha, that's funny. Mainly because you're a twit who didn't read the article (or even the story) to find out that the situation occured in England. Not New England. England. Over the Atlantic.
Lastly, if they count total packets going to napster.com, then you should set up a daemon to reload napster's news stuff periodically, keep good records to prove that your were not really getting mp3s, and sue the school when they accuse you of piracy.
How can I say this subtly? I can't. You're a twit. That's called fraud and/or perjury.
Another reason (but not the primary reason) is that they also get the cellular network shitty, by being able to see, and "appear" in several cells at once...
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Landline to cellular is also cheap. Off the top of my head, US 10c/min max?
Then there's all the ongoing 'specials' (though they've been in place for months, if not years). Free calls between 9pm and 5am, First twenty minutes free, etc.
Australia has the highest cellular uptake per capita outside Scandinavia, last I heard.
Sorry, I don't mean to gloat, but this is one area where AU's cellular networks have a huge vote over America's. We don't pay for incoming calls - and why should you anyway?
True, but I doubt any CC company is going to revoke a Telco's merchant account - it means far too much to them in terms of revenue.
Though Channel Seven's coverage here has left a lot to be desired too. (This is their free to air coverage, which seems more aimed at frustrating people into subscribing to C7 - two cable channels of coverage, owned by same company).
Not to mention swimming, lead by the ubiquitous Gary Hall Jr. "We're gonna smash the Australians like a guitar."
Meanwhile, the Australian relay teams ignore it and just smash World Records (and said Gary Hall Jr.) like a guitar. :)
Or does that earn me a anti-American smackdown? :)
NBC won't be able to meet the minimum ratings they promised to advertisers and few people over here even seemed to notice the Olympics had started.
That's because NBC's coverage, from what I've heard, sucks. Ratings here in AU are fantastic, and without being xenophobic, I'd account the lack of ratings in the US as being largely to do with apathy for anything that doesn't happen in the US.
Do you know last night (Michael Johnson and Cathy Freeman winning their respective 400ms) had the highest attendance of any Olympic event ever? 112,500 people. Impressive, I think.
Which bribe was that for Sydney to get the Olympics?
Slashdot at it's lowest... reality, as defined by a shoddy TV series.
You forgot Mountain SMS, one of the biggest SMS gateways in the world, a South African company, and Dimension Data (disclaimer: my employer's parent).
Hahahaha, that's funny. Mainly because you're a twit who didn't read the article (or even the story) to find out that the situation occured in England. Not New England. England. Over the Atlantic.
Lastly, if they count total packets going to napster.com, then you should set up a daemon to reload napster's news stuff periodically, keep good records to prove that your were not really getting mp3s, and sue the school when they accuse you of piracy.
How can I say this subtly? I can't. You're a twit. That's called fraud and/or perjury.
Yeah, then everyone just needs a FDDI card - these, unsurprisingly, are not cheap.
No guesses required as to why he's your ex-, I'm thinking...
"Jump through hoops"? By asking you to provide some cursory information? Tell me how this violates the GPL?
Is that freedom in the sense that "only if we like you"?
MS's IP6 stack has been out nigh on two yrs, btw, so maybe it actually was first.
I'm confused. Where did they claim that?
Do as I say, not as I do. I have all those CDs on my shelf too :P
You sound like RMS. (paraphrasing:) "Please don't call it theft. That sounds bad. Call it sharing." or some such crap :-|
At least you didn't try to claim it was right. Well, not implicitly.
Who gives a fuck about theft, licencing, or artists revenue, even if it is only a small percentage of what the label makes.
You're a fucking idiot at times.
Another reason (but not the primary reason) is that they also get the cellular network shitty, by being able to see, and "appear" in several cells at once...
What the F*ck does ILOVEYOU have to do with broadband???
And of course the average Linux "power user" has never been the source of any DoS attack...