Sometimes a journal printed on paper is simply easier and more convenient
for the readers.
I live in South Africa, where government regulations and its stranglehold
on the telecommunications industry make access to the Internet exorbitant.
If one uses dial-up, one has to limit one's time on the Internet because
all local calls are charged per second.
We do not have real broadband access, despite service providers' claims to
the contrary (the most common ASDL speed is 384 kbps).
ASDL is also extremely expensive because there is a monthly cap on your
data usage (the cap includes all operating system updates, virus updates,
sending and receiving of e-mails, etc). Reaching the cap cuts off Internet
access till the next calendar month, unless one is prepared to pay an
outrageous top-up fee, charged by the megabyte.
The only people in this country who have unfettered Internet access are the
very wealthy, or those who use their employer's Internet connection.
Leslie Harris
South Africa
At 10:41 AM 2009/03/27 -0000, Larry Arnold wrote:
> [snip...]
>What is the excuse for a non electronic journal these days?
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