I couldn't resist this: On %m %N, "Greg A. Woods" <woods@most.weird.com> wrote: [snip - about charging $500 spam-penalty.] |Mabye you have to be like the phone company and charge a $500 deposit on |all new accounts until some history has been established that indicates |you're at least trustworthy on the surface. They do. Their name is NTT, Its about 670$ (72000yen) per line and your chances of getting it back are nil[1]. this gets you 1 analogue line right. (for a bit more, you can have an ISDN line which is what I have now ..) Peter ----* [1] actually, you can sell your line right, but you wont get the full 72000yen back. -- The Lost Patrol. Level 30~36, HP 800, AC -2. The Highway Patrol of The Random Road, they keep the peace, they eat donuts. -TRR '97 O_u \\ // P-Chan ya \\ Global OnLine Japan U \Beh! \\ // P-Moji-Yo! \\ Steam Engineering