Re: [OT] ISPs and fixed IP

2004-05-04 Thread Ira Abramov
Quoting Gilad Ben-Yossef, from the post of Tue, 04 May: > > The reason they charge more for a fixed IP is the same reason dogs > leak their genitals: because they can. Or to put it in "economic" > terms: because people are willing to pay extra for it. It has nothing > to do with the their cost.

Re: [OT] ISPs and fixed IP

2004-05-04 Thread Boaz Rymland
I've followed this thread since it matters me for the same reason it does to you. Why did they gave it for no charge earlier ? maybe they still had free static's to give but all other ISPs did charge. In comparison to them they could have charge without any doubts. I called them to learn of th

Re: [OT] ISPs and fixed IP

2004-05-04 Thread Yonah Russ
Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote: Ira, On Tuesday 04 May 2004 08:10, Ira Abramov wrote: indeed you should have. when my current prepaid year is up I intend to make it VERY clear to them that I do not intend to pay more for the service that was so far built-in. afterall my machine is online 24/7, what diff

Re: [OT] ISPs and fixed IP

2004-05-04 Thread Yonah Russ
Ira Abramov wrote: Quoting Yonah Russ, from the post of Mon, 03 May: they wanted me to pay 200- I complained and they lowered it to 150. I should have complained more. indeed you should have. when my current prepaid year is up I intend to make it VERY clear to them that I do not intend to

Re: [OT] ISPs and fixed IP

2004-05-04 Thread Gilad Ben-Yossef
Ira, On Tuesday 04 May 2004 08:10, Ira Abramov wrote: > indeed you should have. when my current prepaid year is up I intend to > make it VERY clear to them that I do not intend to pay more for the > service that was so far built-in. afterall my machine is online 24/7, > what difference does it mak

Re: [OT] ISPs and fixed IP

2004-05-03 Thread Meir Kriheli
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 04 May 2004 05:10, Ira Abramov wrote: > Quoting Yonah Russ, from the post of Mon, 03 May: > > they wanted me to pay 200- I complained and they lowered it to 150. I > > should have complained more. > > indeed you should have. when my current

[OT] ISPs and fixed IP

2004-05-03 Thread Ira Abramov
Quoting Yonah Russ, from the post of Mon, 03 May: > they wanted me to pay 200- I complained and they lowered it to 150. I > should have complained more. indeed you should have. when my current prepaid year is up I intend to make it VERY clear to them that I do not intend to pay more for the servi