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Re: legOS docs - what do people want?
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999 20:47:41 GMT
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> Mmm, yes. What then is a typical connection charge for 15 minutes of • online
> time? I don't know how it is in the U.K., but in the U.S. most • modem-dialup
> Internet service providers in large cities today charge a flat fee of • US$20-
> $30 per month for unlimited access or relatively low fees for • hourly-metered
> access. Are dialup charges in European countries so high that one has to
> monitor one's online time closely and make difficult decisions about what
> and what not to download? A 1-megabyte file (compressed) would take about • 6
> minutes to download on a 28.8 modem...does that work out to something • pretty
> expensive? How does that compare to the purchase price of the MindStorms
> RIS overall?
>
> --Todd
The problem isn't the ISP but the phone charge. And the speed of the
transatlantic connection at peak hour (like when you are home to dial).
Also you still tie up the line. I have to say that when at home I try to
avoid doing much more than news and e-mail. The web and downloading
programs is a little to slow. Most sharewares or freeware which I would be
downloading I get from magazine cds
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| (...) (smile) I never should have written "either ... or" above. =:*) Certainly, since there is demand for both PDF and HTML forms of the docs, and since the HTML form will just happen no matter what, and MarkT has offered to create the PDF form (...) (26 years ago, 21-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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