On May 19, 12:32 am, "Graham" <m...@privacy.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> "Brian A" <no_spam_bca1...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> news:45as431vbo2p7346omlgrkn334k7cbsuta@4ax.com...
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> >>Please, why are we talking USD ona UK newsgroup?[/color][/color]
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> >>Go away.[/color][/color]
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> > I reckon that it is because he hasn't calculated the power consumption
> > himself but just copied the data from a US web site.
> > I agree with the sentiment though, basically he's saying if you need
> > to have a computer switched on to make a call then it costs you in
> > electricity charges - over £60/year for a 70W computer, running
> > without a monitor, 24/7.[/color]
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> Quite, I ran an *@Home box for about a year. Now the novelty
> has worn off I can't justify the running costs, so now Voxalot
> hosts my accounts for free.
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> Graham.
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Absolutely. On a couple of forums I've read somebody else's elaborate
description of setting up his own callback platform on a PC running
all the time, to call in from a mobile, and then make outgoing calls.

I really couldn't see the point, as the same rates could be obtained
without having any hardware at all