I agree with John's request. Even though I
have unlimited local phone rates and several
hours of access to my ISP each month, I am
not pleased at recieving unsolicited attachments
which take several minutes to download (even at
56K connections).
Cheers
Bill Sohl
> Guys
> It's always great to hear from everyone - but could I please make a
> very polite (and hopefully understandable) request?
> Many of you I know, live in countries where call connection to your
> ISP for E-mail and web access is at a local call rate and at no cost
> to you. This is not the case in the UK and most, if not all of
> Europe. Certainly our connections are 'local' but our telecom time
> definitely is not free of charge. In fact, British Telecom NET
> profits are about US$170 a second!
> It's always good to see your pictures but might it be possible to let
> us (in the more costly telecoms countries) know you have them
> available to see BEFORE we get them on blanket coverage? I've just
> had a nice one sent to me - but it took nearly 8 minutes to transfer
> to my computer. I'm delighted the owner is pleased with his
> possession but I'm not so sure I want to rack up a further cost for
> me for a picture that I don't REALLY need. Thanks anyway - hope no
> feathers are ruffled.
>
> John Mac
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