From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Jun 16 14:10: 9 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from nu.binary.net (nu.binary.net [12.13.120.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96ABE150DE for ; Wed, 16 Jun 1999 14:10:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nathan@rtfm.net) Received: from matrix.binary.net (nathan@matrix.binary.net [12.13.120.2]) by nu.binary.net (8.9.1a/8.9.0) with ESMTP id QAA54635; Wed, 16 Jun 1999 16:10:00 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from nathan@localhost) by matrix.binary.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id QAA22458; Wed, 16 Jun 1999 16:10:00 -0500 (CDT) Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 17:09:59 -0400 From: Nathan Dorfman To: Marco Molteni Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: european internet access? Message-ID: <19990616170959.A22021@rtfm.net> References: <19990615222121.A46042@rtfm.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95i In-Reply-To: ; from Marco Molteni on Wed, Jun 16, 1999 at 09:14:44AM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Jun 16, 1999 at 09:14:44AM +0200, Marco Molteni wrote: > New telephones come with a plug into which you can insert a rj11 plug, ie: > > telephone box -- rj11 plug -- cable -- rj11 plug -- telephone plug -- wall socket > ^ > so you insert your plug here------------------------| > > if you'll have an old telephone, I think you can find an adapter in a > normal shop who sells electricity appliances (aargh my english, I hope you > understand ;-) What would the adapter be called? Could I find one in the U.S., to just bring with me? (BTW, your English is fine, I don't have any trouble understanding what you say) > Regarding ISP, maybe your best bet is to find a free 1-month subscription, > which are pretty common in computer magazines (try "PC professionale") > > National-wide ISP (connection speed ugly at night) are TIN > (www.tin.it), Tiscali (maybe www.tiscalinet.it or similar), Infostrada > (www.infostrada.it) > > Or, you can find a local to Santa Marinella ISP, by looking in the italian Yellow > Pages ("Pagine Gialle", www.paginegialle.it) under "internet". Local phone calls aren't untimed, as in the U.S., are they? How much would I end up paying per minute/hour/whatever? > Enjoy your stay in our sunny Italy I will :) it isn't the first time I've been to S.M. In 1989, my family immigrated from the USSR to the US by way of Italy, and we stayed in a town not too far from S.M. called Ladispoli (I was only 6, though). Last year I spend a week in S.M. with my uncle as well. This year it'll be two months :) Thanks for the help > Marco > --- > If we want to avoid zombies, we have to wait for our children. > -- W. R. Stevens -- Nathan Dorfman The statements and opinions in my Unix Admin @ Frontline Communications public posts are mine, not FCC's. "The light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an approaching train." --/usr/games/fortune To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message