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  From: Daryl Tester <Daryl.Tester@iocane.com.au>
  To  : Leigh Hart <hart@dotat.com>
  Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 17:27:53 +1030

Re: AOL? or best ISP

Leigh Hart wrote:

>> like who says "a free burger? nah, i'd rather pay!" ??

> Actually, yes.  I do.
> 
> I'd much rather pay for a good healthy meal at a reputable
> establishment that I knew was capable of delivering a quality
> meal at an affordable price.
> 
> That way, I would be safe in knowning that (odds on), because
> someone (me) had paid for the meal, nobody would be cutting
> corners to deliver a cheap half-cooked disease infested pattie
> in a 2 week old stale bun with more mould than you'd find under
> a pharmacist's finger nails and browned lettuce.

And the punchline to this is "What do you meant you won't serve
me a burger like this?  You did last week!".

> <exaggeration used to make a vivid point>

But it's an accurate point, and I agree.  I would much rather
pay extra for a feed (either Internet or gastro :-) than
have to slug it out in a queue, fighting busy signals, or
having 250 customers multiplexed down a 64Kbps wide pipe.


-- 
Regards,
  Daryl Tester,  Software Wrangler and Bit Herder, IOCANE Pty. Ltd.

"You shouldn't mix meditation with management.  The mind gets too empty."
  -- Dilbert

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