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| Thread ID: 34192 | 2003-06-06 17:16:00 | More on rumour re Xtra to increase speed of jetstream starter | Misty (368) | Press F1 |
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| 150429 | 2003-06-13 01:21:00 | >Agent wrote : >New Zealand's broadband market is third world, compared to that of >the UK and USA. And don't Telecom try and tell me that's because of >the NZ economy, and how "we have a fraction of the population of the >USA and even smaller demand" I'll 2nd to that :) NZ broadband is expensive, slow and so much limitations. My friend in Hong Kong is paying only approx ~ NZ$70 a month to have LAN speed 10Mbps on his VDSL broadband, uncap, static IP so you can run a FTP server if u wish. His monthly traffic is around 300GB both upload and download (he runs a ftp server). Most of my friends in Canada have T1 in their home if not better. I'm still stuck with a 56k modem .. :( Yes .. I know that most people would say they rather live in NZ to have a big house and garden rather than facing concrete walls as in most countries in asia, yes I agree to that. NZ is an excellent country but the fact is it's broadband technology is somewhat 3rd world as Agent as mentioned and over priced and slow. |
SKT174 (1319) | ||
| 150430 | 2003-06-13 03:15:00 | >NZ is an excellent country but the fact is it's broadband technology is >somewhat 3rd world as Agent as mentioned and over priced and slow. Fail to see what kind of country one lives in has to do with broadband,but whatever,we are stuck with it. |
Thomas (1820) | ||
| 150431 | 2003-06-13 05:38:00 | Australia's broadband market is bad, and it's still better than ours, I believe. | agent (30) | ||
| 150432 | 2003-06-13 07:45:00 | > Australia's broadband market is bad, and it's still > better than ours, I believe. I still believe in the Tooth Fairy. There is a very wide chasim betweem reality and believing |
Southern_Man (3944) | ||
| 150433 | 2003-06-13 22:57:00 | Stevee - you say that the Jetstream 500 is worth the "$5 per month premium" over Jetstream Starter. My understanding however is that Jetstream 500 costs $49 per month and the Starter $29.95 per month, which is a roughly $19 per month difference. Did you perhaps mean the there is roughly a $5 difference in premium per week ? I know there are other factors such as what else makes up the package, but that would probably not be significant. I am interested because hopefully I am reading the situation wrong (and then I would upgrade !). :| ;) |
Misty (368) | ||
| 150434 | 2003-06-15 01:21:00 | Misty, let me clear things up a bit, for each of the package it is priced like this: Jetstream Starter 5000 (aka JetStart) 128k capped 5gb $29.95 to Telecom $30-35 to your ISP (Xtra charges 35) TOTAL: $~64.95 Jetstream Home 500 uncapped 500mb $49.95 to Telecom $~20 to ISP (Xtra charges 20) TOTAL: $~69.95 Jetstream Home 1000 uncapped 1gb $69.95 to Telecom $~20 to ISP (Xtra charges 20) TOTAL: $~89.95 So basically, I will sum up saying, you get charged more from Telecom BUT less from ISP. Telecom charges the data transfer, ISP is just like the sales agent. Happy, are you going to change? You are paying $5 more for more speed but only 1/10 data transfer (500mb vs. 5000mb *5gb*) Remember that 500mb doesn't go for very long... Good luck :D |
~~~~~ s y ~~~~~ (2054) | ||
| 150435 | 2003-06-15 01:35:00 | > Misty, let me clear things up a bit, for each of the > package it is priced like this: > > Jetstream Starter 5000 (aka JetStart) 128k capped > 5gb > $29.95 to Telecom > $30-35 to your ISP (Xtra charges 35) > TOTAL: $~64.95 Note: ~~~~~ s y ~~~~~ Not all ISP have a 5 GB Cap (that is only for Xtra a few other ISP) Some ISP have a 10 GB Cap (e.g. Ihug, Quicksilver etc...) & even one or two ISP( e.g. Orcon) have a 15 GB cap!!!!(Orcon pries for that is for $39.95) |
stu140103 (137) | ||
| 150436 | 2003-06-15 01:38:00 | Also ( I might be wrong here) But prices maybe different between different ISP’S | stu140103 (137) | ||
| 150437 | 2003-06-15 02:52:00 | Orcon with a 15gig limit?? I think its still at 10gig...unless they haven't updated their website?? | PoWa (203) | ||
| 150438 | 2003-06-15 03:05:00 | > Orcon with a 15gig limit?? I think its still at > 10gig...unless they haven't updated their website?? I Guess they have not updated their website yet, I read that in Julys NZ NetGuide. |
stu140103 (137) | ||
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