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Az · March 19, 2003, 13:37

It seems that I am jinxed. My SB just fried.

Pekka · March 19, 2003, 14:16

Azazel, Income tax only is about 45% if you make normal living. But we tax everything else hard too. Means you don't get very much money in your hand and everything is expensive. VAT is 22% and included in everything etc etc etc etc..

Az · March 19, 2003, 14:38

that's about as high as ours, and we don't have such a high VAT.

( besides the enormous fuel and sigarette taxes, obviously. )

Bereta_Eder · March 19, 2003, 14:47

Oh Lord won't you buy me an ADSL
All my friends have cable I must make ammends

Az · March 19, 2003, 14:53

56k forever paiktis?

Bereta_Eder · March 19, 2003, 14:58

not even that now, by conviction

Az · March 19, 2003, 15:17

You use postal pigeons for your internet connections?

Bereta_Eder · March 19, 2003, 15:24

if the weather's good

Asher · March 19, 2003, 16:28

Quote:

Originally posted by Azazel
I hope we're as good as you are in broadband internet.

Meanwhile, it's time for you to catch up with Cellular phones. Heard that you haven't got even a 1/3 phone per person ratio.

I don't know cell phone stats, but in university here I'd make a serious estimate of 90% of people have cell phones...

Az · March 19, 2003, 16:30

I've heard a lot about NA lagging behind in cellular

Asher · March 19, 2003, 16:33

Quote:

Originally posted by Azazel
I've heard a lot about NA lagging behind in cellular

Adoption rates are slower because it's a different environment. Landlines are so much more affordable in NA than in places like Asia or Europe.

Cell phone use is still incredibly high in the 15-25 demographic though, regardless of if the cranky geriatrics are adopting them.

Asher · March 19, 2003, 16:37

http://www.legermarketing.com/docume.../011008eng.pdf

64.3% of Albertans use cell phones, 53.7% nationwide average from 2001.

Az · March 19, 2003, 16:39

Asher, I thought I'd ask you, if you're here already:

I have a prolem with my sound card now, it stops working for some time, and then returns. I fear some sort of hardware clash, yet the device manager says that "the device is working properly" for both the modem, and the sound card.

Just as I've been writing this, the sound card returned to life.

It can dissapear just as fast. what's the problem?

Asher · March 19, 2003, 16:46

Bad sound card.

Or bad sound card drivers.

Az · March 19, 2003, 16:48

"use cell phones" does not mean phone ownership. The number of people actually using phones "Regularly" is 31.1% and I don't know how does that compare to europe, and definetly the developed far east.

We're talking phones per person.

But that doesn't matter, really.

Asher · March 19, 2003, 16:51

Quote:

Originally posted by Azazel
"use cell phones" does not mean phone ownership. The number of people actually using phones "Regularly" is 31.1% and I don't know how does that compare to europe, and definetly the developed far east.

We're talking phones per person.

But that doesn't matter, really.

It didn't ask if people have ever used a cell phone, it asked if they use cell phones.

The vast majority of people that use cell phones do it because they own one, no? At least I don't know of any people who use cell phones without owning one.

I own a cell phone and I'd say I occasionally use it, not regular...