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"madgardener" wrote in :

TWELVE??????????????? I pay them $48.98 a month that is taken
automatically out of my account each month making me scramble to make
sure the funds are even THERE when first week rolls
around...............sigh................

Twelve is just for USENET news (which is provided by ISPs at differing
degrees of quality)... not the Internet connection.

Are you using ISDN? Unless you are too far out in fairy land, you can get
DSL (between 768 Kkbps and 3 Mbps) for $35 or less. I think cable Internet
is around $45-50. Don't know about satelite.