ΦΘΗΝΟ INTERNET ΤΩΡΑ (CHEAP INTERNET NOW)

In an unexpected and controversial move, the Hellenic Telecommunications Organization (OTE), decided to increase the cost of dial-up connections up to 75% (from €0.34/hour to €0.60/hour) making internet access for the general public ever more inaccessible. The company's reply was that prices remained unchanged for years and consumers can alternatively get a DSL connection.
However:

• DSL connections are not available in the whole country and they are still expensive and
  
• Although there are other ISP's, OTE has the monopoly in the use of EΠAK. (EPAK, Unified Panhellenic Access Dial Number) So, if you have an internet connection with another ISP and you want to use it in another city, (from the one you registered), then you will get charged for a long-distance call(!!!).

In a country were Internet use has the lowest rates in the whole E.U., practices like these are not really helpful. The Greek Internet Users Union (EEXI, page in Greek only), uploaded its home page in a black background "in memoriam of the Hellenic Internet and the plain Greek internet user". It has also filed an official protest to government and E.U. authorities against a monopoly based policy that undermines the efforts for spreading of Internet/computer usage in the country.
Finally, EEXI asks from Greek Internet users to post the following picture in their blogs/personal webpages as a sign of protest. So here is my contribution: