BF> Or, as in my case, after the houses were built roads to the houses BF> were created. And eventually a road/house organisation was formed BF> taking on itself to maintain the roads, making them available to BF> postal service, garbage collection, taxi, ambulance and so on. BF> Removing snow actually being a major part of the cost.
BF> I now pay about EUR 200 per year for my part of the roads here.
On top of the original EUR 2,000 and in addition to the monthly charges for DSL/phone?
That seems very high to me.
BF> So our little road/house organisation was offered a one way deal by BF> Telia: 50/10Mb connection including a number of TV channels for only BF> EUR50 per month. With a 24 month notice once you've signed the BF> contract.
BF> Needless to say, not a single household owner here considered the BF> "option".
The 24 month notice wouldn't have bothered me too much - that's standard here for prepaid SIM cards, too - but I wouldn't know why you would need TV channels. Or can't you get TV with a satellite dish in Sweden? That's meanwhile pretty standard in Germany.
