Excerpt from Herb Peyerl <hpeyerl@beer.org>:

> Anyone who thinks an ISP is "playing tricks" is a moron. I don't 
> even want you as a customer if you're paying me $60/month for 
> unlimited access.  Besides the PRI channels, and upstream bandwidth,
> I also have to pay electricity, support staff, accounting staff,
> and someone to pester you every day for 3 weeks after your credit
> card has expired and you don't remember to give me the new number,
> but then threaten to sue me when I deactivate your account when 
> you don't return messages...

I don't know where you are, but in the USA, in parts where cable Internet or
DSL is available, the price is < $60/month, and those connections are always-on.