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| Thread ID: 127649 | 2012-11-04 23:18:00 | Snap new data plan | nedkelly (9059) | PC World Chat |
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| 1310513 | 2012-11-04 23:18:00 | www.stuff.co.nz I think im going to change. |
nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 1310514 | 2012-11-04 23:28:00 | "launching a 1 terabyte plan costing $145 a month, with a phone line included." That's always the catch these days. Want more data you have to have our fone service as well.. |
paulw (1826) | ||
| 1310515 | 2012-11-05 00:18:00 | I think im going to change. Dont really see the point of 1TB plan for home user. I am with slingshot paying $70 for a 150GB data plan. With all my torrents and youtubes, I barely hit 100GB. But I guess it depends on the user. |
ronyville (10611) | ||
| 1310516 | 2012-11-05 00:57:00 | Orcon, $100 for unlimited (probs capped at 1TB though) and free national calling, no landline charges etc . That's also on fibre so no traffic shaping, full 50/20mbits. Getting that for the flats at uni nekk year. No more whining about who used all the broadband! ;) |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1310517 | 2012-11-05 02:03:00 | That's also on fibre so no traffic shaping, full 50/20mbits. Errm no they still traffic shape it. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1310518 | 2012-11-05 02:33:00 | Really? That's dorkward haha, I never saw any mention of traffic shaping. That being said I never actually checked it out for their unlimited thingy :p just for their 60GB plans. | The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1310519 | 2012-11-05 02:44:00 | Telecom offer 500GB + home line for $119, iirc. | inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1310520 | 2012-11-05 02:45:00 | Personally I've been dissapointed with the lack of decent naked broadband options, I only have a landline to get Broadband and I'd happily ditch it in favour of naked broadband + a cellphone if it would save me money but it doesn't. All the decent plans include phone service. | dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1310521 | 2012-11-05 04:06:00 | Basically, I believe an EUBA connection costs ballpark $25 for a business (Maybe up to $5 less depending who they're with or if they're operating directly with Telecom Wholesale, and have over 1,000 customer connections on the account). Anything naked connection is +$20 (For VDSL2 / ADSL2+). This means if a company wasn't offering you any data, nor making any money from support, or covering the cost of their own infrastucture, a basic Naked ADSL2+ plan is going to be a raw cost of $45 a month (ballpark). Once you add on data, the cost of infrastructure (servers etc), cost for power to run the offices, support personnel, it's easy to see how it quickly gets bumped up to $70+ for a bare-minimum connection... Then again, ISP's are stupid and give out crappy free routers which only cause more hassles. I know, I consulted for an ISP and helped them to see the cost analysis of this, they very quickly stopped using the Thomson routers, forced customers off them and onto something decent (Marginally more expensive), and support calls dropped by over 50%. But overall the cost of clothed vs naked is $20 different at terms of a raw port cost. Same for VDSL2. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1310522 | 2012-11-05 04:55:00 | Then again, ISP's are stupid and give out crappy free routers which only cause more hassles. I know, I consulted for an ISP and helped them to see the cost analysis of this, they very quickly stopped using the Thomson routers, forced customers off them and onto something decent (Marginally more expensive), and support calls dropped by over 50%. It seems a lot of people can't see past the first cost-cutting measure, and the resulting effects. Governments seem to be especially bad at that... |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
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