At 9:50 AM +0100 2003/10/15, leo vegoda wrote:
Isn't this where consumer power and competition law come into play? There are many ISPs and they have different market offerings. You pays your money and takes your choice.
Some people don't *have* a choice. It's certainly hard to have a choice when you are roaming on the iPass or GRiC networks, because you have no clue who your local provider really is.
This works better in countries where there is a competitive market in ISP services, of course.
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