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| Thread ID: 36967 | 2003-08-25 00:23:00 | Telecom's new ADSL plans | juha (761) | Press F1 |
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| 170263 | 2003-08-26 06:03:00 | Fibre optic lines aren't that easy to drill through :D They generally have a tough sheathing, and glass fibre in a tight bunch can't be that easy to cut through anyway. | somebody (208) | ||
| 170264 | 2003-08-26 06:13:00 | Just curios. I have a 500mb limit on full jetstream, and i never reach it. What do you people download? |
mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 170265 | 2003-08-26 06:20:00 | I don't have jetstream, but I assume those people like downloading MP3's, watching streamed movies, downloading trial/free software etc. Or the linux enthusiasts with their megabytes after megabytes of source code etc. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 170266 | 2003-08-26 09:10:00 | > Probably because they own the telephone exchanges. Which makes them the monopoly. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 170267 | 2003-08-26 09:14:00 | > I don't have jetstream, but I assume those people > like downloading MP3's, watching streamed movies, > downloading trial/free software etc. It doesn't have to be just that. I don't have jetstream either, and I could easily hit 500mb a month just through email (text, no attachments) and web browsing. I mean I've been online for 15 minutes tonight and already I'm up near 2mb, and all I've done is downloaded my email and browsed PressF1. On a good night I could surf for hours. On top of that there's the downloads. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 170268 | 2003-08-26 09:54:00 | > it is true they will make a bit of money off the noobies but if they charge the noobies $500 a month they will run out of noobies VERY quickly!!! LMAO |
Fire-and-Ice (3910) | ||
| 170269 | 2003-08-26 10:02:00 | was not that what fast internet is supposed to be for? audio, video and gaming where fast data transfers were needed? | nomad (3693) | ||
| 170270 | 2003-08-26 10:05:00 | Would anyone know why? Broadband, aka: fast internet is designed for users requiring fast internet services such as, video/audio conference, large downloads and online games . Why the heck does Telecom cap it at 5GB or 500MB? Can this still be defined as a fit product to fulfil the needs it was once designed for?! Big audio/video/downloads and gaming are big files - that's why u need fast internet so u can transfer a load more data at each time frame compared to dialup slower internet . Its like saying, for a typical adult who drives the child to school and to work, groceries etc . . we will allow $50 per week on petrol . If you are to race with that car in a competition we will allow only $5 . Insane man . . . |
nomad (3693) | ||
| 170271 | 2003-08-26 11:15:00 | > Its like saying, for a typical adult who drives the child to school and to work, groceries etc.. we will allow $50 per week on petrol. If you are to race with that car in a competition we will allow only $5. Insane man... Goood analogy :) I think they got the whole thing the wrong way round. 500mb/256k should be: 512k/25.6gig :D |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 170272 | 2003-08-26 11:20:00 | > Or the linux enthusiasts with their megabytes after > megabytes of source code etc. Actually.. It's mostly Binaries, or ISO's ;-) You'd be surprised.. How big is the latest nVidia Detonator Drivers (For windows here...!)!?! What about Nero updates? Windows Updates? AVG? Here I've just given you a good 100MB a month, without even trying! Ever downloaded a Demo app? I downloaded UT2K3 Demo for Linux a while back, that was 80 megs... I've done 700Megs in a week on Dial-Up and thought nothing of it. If you're a PC hobbyist of any sort, you'll find a myriad of things to do with the bandwidth! I for one plan on hosting FTP when I do get JetStream Starter. Right now, it works and all, but its just too slow on Dial-Up! |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
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