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Re:EU withheld a study that shows piracy doesn't hurt sales ... by iso1210 on Sunday July 11, 2021 @09:01AM (#27800453)
about 97ish the best you could do was local call rates (either 0845, or just a local dial in number). At the weekend that was 1p per minute. Downloading a 40 minute episodes would take 4 hours, so £2.40. That's £4.50 today, or $6.25.
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Re:EU withheld a study that shows piracy doesn't hurt sales ... by Zenst on Sunday July 11, 2021 @02:06PM (#27803166)
Reminded me of late 80's when I had an Amstrad PPC640DD which had a built in 2400 baud modem. Was in an Hotel and spent a couple of hours on a BBS...£50 charges for phone when checking out for those two hours usage.

Soon learned some tricks and list of outdials (ICL had some nice ones as did IBM, if you had the number, that was all you needed). Though doubt anybody wardials thesedays.

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