德国用户罢网24小时

• 出 处: 中国会计电算化
• 发表日期: 1999年02期
• 关键词: 上网费用 消费者组织 计时收费

1998年11月1日,许多德国用户关掉了调制解调器(Modem),拒绝上网一天。德国消费者组织希望24小时的“罢网”能给德国电信公司一个教训,把上网费用调低。在德国,上网是计时收费,白天收费每小时约3美元,晚上约1美元。 发动罢网的组织设立了网站(www.gamespy.de/internetstreik),向人们解释行动的原因。据统计,每一个星期就有3万人访问网站,而其中80％表示愿意加入罢网行动。德国全国约有750万因特网用户,如

On November 1, 1998, many German users switched off the modem and refused to access the internet for a day. German consumer groups hope that a 24-hour “strike” will give Deutsche Telekom a lesson that lower internet costs. In Germany, the internet is charged for a fee, which costs about $ 3 per hour during the day and about $ 1 per night. The organization that launched the strike has set up a website (www.gamespy.de/internetstreik) to explain to people the reason for the move. According to statistics, 30,000 people visit the web site every week, and 80% of them said they are willing to join the strike action. There are about 7.5 million Internet users in Germany, such as