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  1. Re:Out of date already. on Single-Chip GSM Phone on Virtual Horizon? · · Score: 1

    In Italy, price per K is 0.006/k, that is 0.6 Euro Cents per K. Still, I would not download images on theis connection. Waiting for IMAP instead of POP in mozilla (creening off topic here..)

  2. Why USA is behind on cellular. on Single-Chip GSM Phone on Virtual Horizon? · · Score: 1
    The main reason the USA is behind in cellular is that in the USA the cellphone numbers have been intermixed with the normal land-based ones, and therefore the operators could NOT charge the person initiating a call to a cellphone any more than to any other number, because the caller had no way to know he was calling a cellphone. In Europe, they made separate area codes for cellphones from day dot, so they could charge the caller, and so half the costs of the cellphone user are paid by people calling her, and so the bill is only half - for the outgoing calls.


    The whole thing with density is nonsense, Finland is far less dense than the USA, and is the leading cellular phone country. If there is a density issue at all, then it is urban density, and the USA is not short on that. To have a successful cellular service you do NOT need to serve every corver of Utah or Alaska, or northern lapland for that matter.

  3. Re:virus writers on payroll. on McAfee Manufactures Virus Threat · · Score: 2, Funny

    The country is called Bulgaria.

    Yet another example of /. beeing US-centric, and is US-people being out of touch with the rest of the world.

    Sigh.

    Actually, if you serach the web for "Bulgravia" you come up with some Scientology.

    Double sigh.

  4. US-Centric, no Euro-buyers.... on ZapStation Price Cut, Linux-Only Version · · Score: 2, Informative

    This kit is NTSC only. It will not work ourside the US, Canada (and maybe japan). Before you rant the there are other countries which use NTSC, they are few and far between. None in Europe, anyhow....