Message from discussion where do truckers access Internet??

From: sl...@ebtech.net
Subject: Re: where do truckers access Internet??
Date: 1995/11/28
Message-ID: <49ceqc$7nt@zeke.ebtech.net>#1/1
X-Deja-AN: 120244626
references: <48q8po$ksu@helena.MT.net> <498tq3$fnu@lonepeak.vii.com> <49agl1$a00@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com>
organization: Electro-Byte Technologies 
newsgroups: misc.transport.trucking


>>One question I have is how much is someone willing to pay for 800
>>access to the Internet? 

>>Also, if you were a trucker, had unlimited access to any local
>>numbers, and than had 800 number access for a fee, would that be the
>>best way to go. I have been looking to do something like that, as we
>>are now in 5 cities. 

     There are two ways I use to access the "net".  At home, I
subscribe to a local Internet Service Provider.(ISP)   The ISP charges
$ 20.00 per month which includes the first 30 hours of online time
free.  Each additional hour over the 30 will cost me 50 cents an hour.
You just can't beat that.  
     On the road, I am an owner/operator and do all of my own
accounting.  I do this with "Simply Accounting" on an IBM Think-pad.
It has a built-in 14,400 modem that can run up to 19,200 baud.  For
accessing the "net" on the raod, I subscribe to America Online. (AOL)
Their fee's are steep compared to local ISP's.  $ 19.95 per month and
it only includes five hours online.   Additional hours cost $ 2.95 per
hour.  The great thing about AOL is their COVERAGE.  They have local
access dial-up lines EVERYWHERE.  If you see a stop-sign and a cow
standing in a field, AOL has a local number for that place.  While I'm
on the road,  I only use the net for sending/recieving e-mail and
occasionally sending/recieving files (as attachments to e-mail).  This
helps limit my on-line time while I am on the road.

       Ryan,    aka  "Slick" ,  The Tanker Yanker from Leamen.
(Circle-C, the biggest, and the best.  Can't touch THIS! )