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| 169534 | 2003-08-22 06:36:00 | Thanks to Paul Brislen here is some JetStream news from IDG newsletter "FryUp" JetStream By the time you read this Telecom should have announced its new JetStream pricing schedule. It's due out this afternoon some time so check back to Computerworld Online later in the day. It's been a long time coming, this review. JetStream has been around for four years and hasn't had a full refresh in all that time. The question really is: how serious is Telecom about this re-positioning. It's about to get serious competition in some centres from the likes of Walker Wireless and it faces the vexing issue of unbundling the local loop. If Telecom is seen to be offering a competitive wholesale regime today that may take some of the emphasis off unbundling at the commissioner's office. It's the wholesale side of JetStream that's always been the big issue for me. While the retail price is high - too high in most cases - the wholesale regime has seen ISPs reselling the service without any real desire to have it at all. None of the ISPs make much money on JetStream because of the way Telecom charges for bandwidth and the JetStream Starter package is the worst offender. Originally an uncapped service, the ISPs were forced to pay Telecom for bandwidth used by the customer even though they weren't passing that charge on to the end user. If all Telecom does is shift price points and increase download limits, that will be a big step. But it won't be enough, I feel, to make a dent in the market. It would take a complete rethink of the pricing model itself to do that, but I'm not sure Telecom's about to go that far. What can we expect this afternoon? I would say an increase in speed for JetStream Starter to 256Kbit/s for no extra cost would be the bare minimum (JSS runs at a woeful 128Kbit/s as I write). I would increase the traffic caps to around double their current levels for the same price, and drop the price of excess bandwidth use from 20 cents a megabyte to two cents. Perhaps we could see a differentiation between national and international traffic - national for free? I'll let you know as soon as we find out. |
stu140103 (137) | ||
| 169535 | 2003-08-22 06:40:00 | >It's due out this afternoon some time so check back to > Computerworld Online later in the day. Telecom comes up with new JetStream offer (computerworld.co.nz) |
stu140103 (137) | ||
| 169536 | 2003-08-22 06:44:00 | and: Here (www.telecom-media.co.nz) |
Jester (13) | ||
| 169537 | 2003-08-22 06:48:00 | hmmm, 500 mb cap (compared to 10 gig), and $10.00 dearer. I cant justify the extra $$$ dammit. Lets hope they get the differential between those at 128 and those on 256 messed up and some of us get faster speeds! |
Jester (13) | ||
| 169538 | 2003-08-22 06:54:00 | I'm not changing either. Its already at least $10 too expensive, but I'm prepared to go that far. | wotz (335) | ||
| 169539 | 2003-08-22 06:55:00 | redicules,what planet do telecom live on? Telecom has announced a new level of JetStream service aimed at luring the mainstream dial-up user into the broadband world. JetStream Home will run at 256Kbit/s for both up and downloads and will be capped at 500MB, 1GB and 2GB. The new offerings, which will be available in 30 days, will cost $39.95, $49.95 and $59.95 respectively, not including ISP charges. Aimed at luring the mainstream dial up user into the broadband world?....no chance from that mockery.I have a whole lot to say about this issue but the language required would have me off this board for life. |
metla (154) | ||
| 169540 | 2003-08-22 07:19:00 | Well I can't say that that is very attractive at all. In fact its a total disappointment. Telecom's marketing analists should lift their heads from where they are currently residing and study the real world. I'm afraid that this is, as suggested in the article above, just a move to curry favour with the telecom commissioners office and has sweet whatever to do with customers, their needs or what they value. IMO, the least would be to lift the rate to 256kb for all plans at 1GB and above. The 500MB limit is a total joke at 256kb, it would be better suited to those that surf, email and occasionally download and to do so at 128kb, that would allow a cheaper entry level again than that at (the rippoff rate of) $39.95, $40.00. Pathetic and unimpressive :| Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 169541 | 2003-08-22 07:22:00 | ooOOoops, sorry about the typo folks. Cheers Murray ;P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 169542 | 2003-08-22 08:00:00 | i'll stick with dialup these plans don't make me feel like using adsl at all... there's all these country out there where there's no cap no bandwith limit and dialup is free because nobody uses it... |
heni72847 (1166) | ||
| 169543 | 2003-08-22 09:20:00 | Oh that is so %$^%!!! What the heck are they thinking!? They are stupid stupid stupid! x10 I guess I'll have to stick with 128k and 10gig traffic. Luckily they haven't scrapped that yet either! I thought they would at least increase the 128k deal to 256k with no price rise or lowering to bandwidth to ridiculously low limits. Instead they have created a new rubbish deal thats even worse than their original jetstream home deals. The people at telecom have a collective IQ of 25. |
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