On Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:03:03 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>> CompuServe also charged a flat rate ($19.95/month IIRC) plus a
>> surcharge for per-minute access to some services.  Then there were
>> add-on services that you could purchase as well.
>> 
>> It was almost as convoluted as picking a cell phone plan these days.
> 
> Yeah - make it complex so the user can't tell how badly they're being
> screwed! ;-)

Exactly.

> BTW... apparently some cell phones these days can actually access the
> Internet. (So I'm told anyway.)

Like this one:  http://na.blackberry.com/eng/devices/device-detail.jsp?
navId=H0,C63,P65

(That's what I've got)

I believe we pay about $120/month for service (including unlimited data 
service, international calling, and roaming.  I don't know how much we 
paid for the e-mail gateway software.

Once upon a time (before upgrading the OS), I actually was able to ssh 
from my phone to my home desktop.  With the OS upgrade, something broke 
and it doesn't work now.  You think the web on a small screen is fun, you 
should try ssh sometime. ;-)

Jim

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