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To: donkeyman who wrote (186)	11/11/1999 8:53:00 PM
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Cheaper Net surfing may be coming to the U.K. By Barbara Kollmeyer, CBS MarketWatch Last Update: 6:48 PM ET Nov 10, 1999 NewsWatch Internet Daily Cheaper Internet surfing may be on the way to the U.K., if a British Telecommunications initiative succeeds. A new service-provider tariff may lead to ISPs offering unlimited access to the Internet for a flat monthly fee. The new service-provider tariff will give ISPs direct dial access to Internet Protocol ports, with the price per port charged at $227 (140 pounds*), excluding value-added tax. Each port could host up to 14 customers. Whether or not ISPs offer flat-rate access will be up to them. "We're keen to see a dramatic reduction in the cost of direct calls to the Internet," said John Salmon, a spokesman for British Telecom (BTY: news, msgs). The company plans to invest more than $162.2 million (100 million pounds) over the next two years on technology that will boost the network for Net use.