I have been away for a week and just now catching up with all the
emails.

I am not as technically minded as many of you seem to be so please
excuse me if I ask some dumb questions.

Struggling to understand this POTS connection situation. Can anyone
explain in simple language.

I have been on adsl now for over a year paying the $69 per month plus
the phone connection on top.

I used to leave the computer on as it was unlimited usage and this was
superb.

My son used the Net for games such as Quake, Diablo, Age of Empires,
etc. I used it for ICQ, Netmeeting, education and general surfing.

My son can no longer use this connection for his games. I can no longer
use the connection for Iphone, Netmeeting and files do not transfer over
icq.

Saturn have offered me the deal of $99 per month for two phone lines
which can be split, cable TV, and unlimited Internet usage. This I find
very attractive.

The only problem I have with it is that the speed is still governed by
the modem/dial-up facilities you have and like Ihug they suggest that
you may be kicked off in times of high usage depending on the time
online.

Adsl's main attraction for me in the first instance was the speed and
the fact that you could be online continuously without being kicked and
only needed to use dial-up when the adsl server was down and because of
the flat rate charge you could relax and enjoy the net without
constantly checking to see what you were being billed.

Now as I see it you can no longer leave your computer on continuously as
every minute costs, and the software that we use, not being commercial,
can no longer be used so what is my advantage of staying with adsl.

Because I am doing education online my email usage is extensive so to is
my surfing to gain access to all the required sites while doing the
Information Technology stage 2 paper and soon the WebAlive paper.

Having read all the emails I now find that although I will suffer
withdrawal symptoms for the speed Ihug and Saturn, now to me, appear
very attractive and for the amount they charge flat rate per month even
the occasional kicking would not hurt too much.

JB

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Received on Mon May 3 10:00:33 1999