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| Thread ID: 110464 | 2010-06-18 00:31:00 | Telecom to pay $120,000 for misleading advertising | Trev (427) | PC World Chat |
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| 1111184 | 2010-06-18 22:43:00 | Many people can do with 200mb a month, I see it all the time. Even if they can "make do" on a crumb, Its not in anyway worth more then a few cents at best. The concept and marketing behind the plan was reprehensible. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 1111185 | 2010-06-18 22:47:00 | 200MB is not going to leave a lot of slack if some retard on your e-mail list has incredimail, or you have been foolish enough to use Windows and leave auto-update turned on. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1111186 | 2010-06-19 02:06:00 | Many people can do with 200mb a month, I see it all the time. Not every one downloads pirated music, videos and does online gaming or look at places like youtube. You can easily use 5-10MB just going through a few layers on one web page with a lot of pictures. A bit of light browsing each night over 30 days will blow that. Most of those I knew that went on those plans got heavily stung even AFTER being warned. So yea sorry I don't believe your claim. |
Battleneter2 (9361) | ||
| 1111187 | 2010-06-19 02:36:00 | So yea sorry I don't believe your claim. I dont give a toss if you believe it or not, it can and does happen. The inlaws, and at least 5 of my customers were on that plan. Over the time they had it, only once did the in-laws go over the 200mb, and that was by about 5 MB, they had it for around 6 months then changed to Telstra to get the TV as well. One customer only goes on the PC on Saturdays to look at the weekend news , and look for any emails. If shes lucky she will get six - ten emails a month. It depends on what you do on a PC. A bit of light browsing each night over 30 days will blow that. Hate to advise but believe it or not there are people that have a real life and dont live on computers every day and night. I'm not saying the plans low, because it is, but to make a statement who the hell can surf for a month on 200MB. -- It can be done. The trouble was, that some people are tight arses, they want to pay next to nothing and get large amounts of traffic. Those are the same people that dont listen even if they are told it will cost more -- then complain about being charged extra, where if they paid a few dollars more in the first place for a better plan, then they would have been fine. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1111188 | 2010-06-19 02:50:00 | I dont give a toss if you believe it or no. I dont give a toss you dont give a toss, your still blowing smoke and you know it!. |
Battleneter2 (9361) | ||
| 1111189 | 2010-06-19 02:51:00 | I dont give a toss you dont give a toss, your still blowing smoke and you know it!. Believe what you want -- I can happen - get a life off the PC. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1111190 | 2010-06-19 02:55:00 | Believe what you want -- I can happen - get a life off the PC. ka? your the one with 10,000+ posts ROTFL |
Battleneter2 (9361) | ||
| 1111191 | 2010-06-19 03:01:00 | ka? your the one with 10,000+ posts ROTFL Gotta do something while waiting for customers programs to run and earning $$$$ at the same time. At least I help people, as a high percentage are helping others. Not just making comments like some do. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1111192 | 2010-06-19 03:06:00 | 200MB is not going to leave a lot of slack if some retard on your e-mail list has incredimail, or you have been foolish enough to use Windows and leave auto-update turned on. with windows it was turned on after an advisory told me to, it was off before. then i wasn't aware it was downloading the stuff until i saw my router's lights. 1GB gone of my 3GB cap in the first day, lol. videos streaming in my experience can tax 250MB per hour - tracked via my usage signon. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1111193 | 2010-06-19 03:09:00 | Gotta do something while waiting for customers programs to run and earning $$$$ at the same time. Your not the only one that works in IT so do I, nothing wrong with 10+ posts but you bought up the get a life away from PC thing, which did seem a little ironic :P Look to be fair wainuitech I do believe there were a few on these plans that benefited not having to dialup, freeing up there phone line etc, and were well blow the average internet usage. "Largely" many were sold on the advertising of fast cheap broadband and didn't have there attention draw to the fine print. Turns out the Commerce Commission agrees. These plans stunk to high heaven, and pretty sure there were a few other ISP's offering similar but mainly to counter Telecom. |
Battleneter2 (9361) | ||
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