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   Graham J to All   
   Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might    
   12 Feb 25 10:11:40   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: nobody@nowhere.co.uk   
      
   Daniel70 wrote:   
      
   [snip]   
      
   >   
   > Quite easy ..... but expensive!! I went down to the local Council   
   > Library (to make use of their Internet connection) and loaded $35 on to   
   > my Mobile phone account .... and, tonight, connected via my Tethered   
   > phone and, with-in about 30 minutes, had used up almost all of my $35   
   > credit.   
   >   
   > Tomorrow, I might try loading $35 Mobile Data and see what the   
   > difference is.   
   >   
   > In either case, I don't see this as a long term solution to my   
   > situation. ;-(   
      
   Have you thought about moving to the UK?  Here you could get an   
   unlimited landline connection for about £35 per month.  Then - depending   
   on your location - you could get 100Mbits/sec download, 20 Mbits/sec   
   upload using a fibre connection.   
      
      
      
      
   --   
   Graham J   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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