Like all good things in life, it has it's costs. The amounts of these costs depends a lot on where you live, how you connect and which ISP you use. This section will give you some idea on what costs you could be racking up.

Firstly this is based on usage of a modem. Since it uses the phone lines to dial up a ISP then it occurs the cost of a phone call. in Australia that is around 25-30c per call. The depends on where you live.

There could be a time usage on the phone line. Some counties instead of having a flat phone call fee use a time based system, where the more time you use the more you pay. Since you can sometimes end up spending hours on the Internet you need to be careful how long you stay on-line.

Then there is the ISP charges. These can range from hourly, monthly to yearly fees. And you also sometimes need to make sure you do not incur over usage charges.

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