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Old 02-09-2011, 06:39 AM
 
Location: Martinsville, NJ
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Isn't £40 in Britain, comparable to $100 here?

Labour wise it looks to be about right.
The current exchange rate is $1=£1.62. So £40 is about $64.
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Old 02-09-2011, 06:55 AM
 
Location: You Ta Zhou
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Yea I got that alright but still why should you be ahead of the curve just because you came up with the idea of the internet. It makes no sense. Japan and far east-asia in general have always had faster Internet access. This is more a question of telecommunications infrastructure than who invented the internet, isn't it.
Wouldn't you expect to find the best æbleskiver in Denmark since that's where it was invented? It's the same with the US and the Internet.
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Old 02-09-2011, 07:31 AM
 
Location: Southwest Michigan/Miami Beach Miami
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I pay 25.99 for internet through AT&T, and it's pretty fast. I wonder how much
it would cost if we had the same internet connection like S. Korea?
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Old 02-09-2011, 07:34 AM
 
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green with envy over here
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