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Thread ID: 40794 2003-12-18 18:37:00 Looking at getting broadband DSL seems ... Boom (4993) Press F1
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201528 2003-12-18 18:37:00 like a rip-off compared to ihug satellite. lets see i want to download heaps of stuff (maybe a movie and a few games a month) at high speed.
Xtra DSL :[$60 256kb/s 1GB cap] per month$200 to install
or
Xtra DSL: [ $60 full speed 500Mb cap] per month $200
or
Ihug ultra: [$60 1GB/s 2gb cap] per month $450 to install and maybe a second line

... now lets see the only reason i would choose dsl is because you can seperate the voice and data to use the phone at the same time. Over a substantial period of time i would not care about installation costs. I cant get cable in my area so i am left with these choices. I think i may wait until telecom have a decent price for a bigger MB allowance.
Boom (4993)
201529 2003-12-18 18:50:00 It is a rip off. The next best thing is Jetstream Starter, 128kbps, 10GB cap (at least with Paradise) $30/month plus ISP charges.

500MB, or 1GB caps are just plain lunacy.
Terry Porritt (14)
201530 2003-12-18 19:01:00 > like a rip-off compared to ihug satellite . lets see i
> want to download heaps of stuff (maybe a movie and a
> few games a month) at high speed .

maybe a movie and a few games you download may be a rip off as well (yeah yeah i know you will only d/load legitimate games and movies . . . . riiiiggggghhhhtttt)


> . . . now lets see the only reason i would choose dsl
> is because you can seperate the voice and data to use
> the phone at the same time .

plus you cant game on satellite as you need to upload via phone line
sam m (517)
201531 2003-12-18 20:27:00 Yeah of corse i will pay for that Vid i downloaded of www.xx oh never mind.. and that software i accidentaly clicked on while on kazaa or IRC.

Kazaa version bla bla

web SEARCH traffic chat

SEARCH FOR SOFTWARE turned up 1 mil results
Dream weaver 4 $700
Photoshop 7 worth $1400
pro film editing software $4000(i forget what they use my sister did film at uni) ^
CAD $3000 bla bla
you find your mouse(up arrow) sliding over to that $4000 software and then you "accidentally" click it and laugh at thoose people who buy all that $hit the truth is software is way too expensive same with CDs when u only like 1 or 2 songs on an album The companies will never win warez cracked XP just hours after its release.
I am not recommending you download free stuff of corse(so a magazine would say while telling you all about p2p um no they dont get paid advert money buy software companies)
Boom (4993)
201532 2003-12-18 20:36:00 Child,Are you just looking for attention? metla (154)
201533 2003-12-18 20:42:00 someone really needs to delete this 'boom' he is obviously immature and unable to deal with the rules . . .

- David
DangerousDave (697)
201534 2003-12-18 20:43:00 What about woosh wireless?

Personally, Im keen on the idea, and will be even more-so when I get a laptop... Take the internet with me a few doors down to work and have it there (I could plug it into the LAN, but how boring would that be!).

Admittedly, everybody knows NZ are behind the rest of the world in broadband areas (According to Telecoms new ads with the Jetsons, JetStream Starter is not classed as broadband!), but Walker Wireless are stirring up the competition with their Woosh Wirelss service, and I can only say it looks like a brighter future (What about those lucky people in Manakau who got 10x speed DSL for a couple of months for the same price!)!
Chilling_Silently (228)
201535 2003-12-18 21:55:00 sorry for they above post some of you dont agree, that is just my $0.02.
Im not worried so much about the speed rather the cap. I have been anoied with xtra dial up becaus i always get speeds of lower than 1 kb the lowest was 43b/s, the speeds measured on opera 7. I will check the wireless options. damn right NZ are behind. everywhere else or just about you can get full speed flat rate for $30.
thanx for the help chilling silently
Boom (4993)
201536 2003-12-18 22:00:00 If you cannot work with the PressF1 rules thne kindly don't post. Biggles (121)
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