It is my understanding that in Australia the Vice-Chancellors committee
have indicated that they want `user pays' to be introduced on AARNet (the
Australian branch of the global Internet community).  This will probably
take the form of a sliding scale of $$ per megabyte; international
transmission costing more than national.  The matter is under review
somewhere in the academic bureaucracy as we (virtually) speak.  Bad news
travels VERY quickly these days!!
 
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