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| Thread ID: 47630 | 2004-08-01 04:45:00 | PC World's annual Broadband Feature | juha (761) | Press F1 |
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| 257117 | 2004-08-02 04:46:00 | > Plan Name Speed Data Cap > Cost Excess MB > Xtra Wireless 1000 256kbps 1000 MB $109.95 $0.20 > per MB > Xtra Wireless 2000 256kbps 2000 MB $119.95 $0.20 > per MB > Xtra Wireless 1000 Plus 512kbps 1000 MB $149.95 > $0.20 per MB > Xtra Wireless 2000 Plus 512kbps 2000 MB $159.95 > $0.20 per MB I can see my wallet slipping down the drainpipe... feeling like a guinepig to any progress made in NZ with broadband, if you can call 256k broadband.. Doh! Someone should get a hold of NASA park a satelite over us and be done with this pillage of funds. So in the US my fees were: 352 channels of TV Plus Telephone Plus 4mb data connection all for $99.00 per month ( I thought that was a bit rich as well) hello xtra .. what's the game??? |
fairway (5932) | ||
| 257118 | 2004-08-02 04:48:00 | forgot .. the data connection was unlimited on usage. |
fairway (5932) | ||
| 257119 | 2004-08-02 04:50:00 | The Xtra Wireless connection is, I believe, targetted at difficult to reach areas mainly. Still, we are paying a fair bit more than the rest of the world for our Internet connections by the looks of it. -- Juha |
juha (761) | ||
| 257120 | 2004-08-02 04:58:00 | Oh I see, so do they simply block all the ICMP traffic? I thought it was slightly more complicated... | Growly (6) | ||
| 257121 | 2004-08-02 05:04:00 | >Still, we are paying a fair bit more than the rest of the world for our >Internet connections by the looks of it. And our petrol ;-) Being typical Kiwi's I guess we take it where the wallet sits? so who was the guy that came here last year and said we could share the satelite network with Australia? I know bad weather effects reception and a few other things but he how often does your sky tv go "blonde" on you in those conditions? I think we are not seeing the big picture here ? Got any friends in the satelite industry? I'd like to know the pitfalls. |
fairway (5932) | ||
| 257122 | 2004-08-03 22:40:00 | Before the Southern Cross Cable, NZ depended on Sat connections for international Bandwidth, alongside the clunky old pacific network. This combination could not provide the 5 9's uptime (99.999%) international standard, the SCC at least is designed to do this. I'm sure those sats are still sitting up there doing something ;) |
whetu (237) | ||
| 257123 | 2004-08-03 23:06:00 | > And our petrol ;-) *Not* compared to the Europeans . > Got any friends in the satelite industry? I'd like to > know the pitfalls . Satellite looks like an interesting option until you look closer at the details . The big latency is the killer . Most connections have been one way only but I believe the Thai Shin satellite that'll be used for the remote regions under PROBE will be two-way . Basically, nothing beats fibre-optic in terms of performance, scalability and reliability . If the price for fibre-optic was to come down, there'd be no question as to which technology we should use . -- Juha |
juha (761) | ||
| 257124 | 2004-08-04 07:28:00 | >>I'm sure those sats are still sitting up there doing something Yes, according to a recent newspaper article .. I wonder if technology has improved to make them compete with cable ? |
fairway (5932) | ||
| 257125 | 2004-08-04 11:01:00 | >>I'm sure those sats are still sitting up there doing something It's a consipracy theory: they are there spying on you and tracking your calls - not to mention marking your exact location at any given moment. But now I'm jealous - why aren't they tracking me? |
Growly (6) | ||
| 257126 | 2004-08-05 00:39:00 | You may be interested in this story:- computerworld.co.nz |
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