I'd like to know the cost to have a "normal" land-line domestic
telephone installed in Ekaterinburg.  Price range and median would be
best.  Quoted in $US please.  Including purchase of phone, if
necessary.  Also, mean time to install from time of order.
Approximations are OK - Is it $50 and the next day with the phone for
free, or $1000 sometime next year with another $500 if you actually
want the phone, not the line, or somewhere in between.  What would the
"typical" resident pay, and how long would they wait?

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Clarification of Question by xarqi-ga on 23 Aug 2002 06:04 PDT

Thanks Seizer:
My Russian is - well - practically zero - If I sound out the letters
and take a wild guess, sometimes  I may even by right by accident!  I
ran the page through Babelfish.  It looks to me as if ETEL is an ISP -
what I'm after is just the cost for an ordinary phone installation. 
Maybe ETEL do this too, but I couldn't understand their site well
enough to find out.

The company which deals with installations in Ekaterinburg is located
here: http://www.etel.ru

Some of the information you want seems to be available here (will
require Babelfishing):

http://www.aoets.ru/html/serv/tarifs/tarif_all.html

Somewhat confusing, but it seems as if installation of a phoneline is
3150 roubles, which equates to about $100. (That is, if installation =
"Granting of access to telephone network on wire").

I'm afraid I can't seem to find any information on the time taken to
install it. Good luck in your search anyway!