On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:18:10 -0200, Shadow <sh@dow> wrote in
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>On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:02:03 GMT, DTC <no_spam@move_along_folks.foob>
>wrote:
> I'm almost giving up. I'll try to explain better:
> I live in the very interior of Brazil, in a far away rural
>town. I have a choice of a dialup or a wireless provider. Both are
>monopolies.

Then they aren't. No such thing as two monopolies. You would have to
argue duopoly, but even then there are probably other options.

> I cannot buy stuff in USA, because taxes are very, very high,

In other words, you can, but choose not to.

>also because wages where you are almost 10 times ours.

I don't see the relevance.

>Multiply every
>price you see by 10 and you will see what price tags look like from
>here.

Oh come on:
Expansys Brazil sells the Linksys WRT54GS-US for about US $100
<http://www.expansys.com.br/p.aspx?i=120862>
The going price in the USA is about US $70.

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