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| Thread ID: 109706 | 2010-05-19 21:35:00 | "Big Time" is over | wallarro (11242) | Press F1 |
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| 886395 | 2010-07-07 01:43:00 | Well it ticked over for another month, so I guess it's back to waiting for the letter. Which is more or less what I said. :-) |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 886396 | 2010-07-07 03:04:00 | This is incorrect, SC charge for "Capacity" to ISP's, there is a fundamental difference. ISP's will then use a formula to work out "data charges", utilising that capacity as much as they can. Obviously not using that capacity is a waste of money, over using it will result in poor performance for consumers. Ultimately SC capacity charges are to high, but being a private company 40% owned by telescum, we really dont know how much this company makes, although it appears we are being rapped. You're right, they're charged for the capacity, not the data that flows through it. www.nbr.co.nz |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 886397 | 2010-07-08 01:30:00 | The letter arrived today, it says that if Telecom don't hear from us by 13 August, they'll automatically put us onto the Adventure Broadband plan. However they recommended the Pro Broadband plan for us. But a Vodafone guy came last night and we signed up for their 30GB ADSL2+ plan. :D Oh, and Telecom will wave the early termination fee. |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 886398 | 2010-07-08 02:31:00 | Just checked my mail, got the letter from Telecom, finally. They recommended the Pro Plan and if I move to this plan by 13 Aug, they will give a $20 credit for 3 months. | bk T (215) | ||
| 886399 | 2010-07-08 02:35:00 | The letter arrived today, it says that if Telecom don't hear from us by 13 August, they'll automatically put us onto the Adventure Broadband plan. However they recommended the Pro Broadband plan for us. Same here, we also got the letter today, saying the exist same thing…. It looks like I will be doing a big download very soon! RIP Big Time! :( How I am I going to survive with a cap! :stare: :waughh: |
stu161204 (123) | ||
| 886400 | 2010-07-08 02:41:00 | I'm wondering it too. My wife's been on a downloading binge, software updates, the works ... *so* annoyed, but looks like we'll be going to Orcon. Data cap, here we come :( |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 886401 | 2010-07-08 03:36:00 | I'm still looking at Slingshot, as the idea of free downloads between 2am and 8am appeals (very easy to set Windows updates/cron/uTorrent to run then), but their FAQ pages seem rather vague about packet shaping: Traffic management This is a very important part of how we look after the network and it's applied to all our broadband plans. We use a methodology called Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) to identify and protect types of traffic that are latency (delay) sensitive and popular applications (like Facebook and gaming) above other traffic. This means that at times of high network load, less time sensitive traffic types will be affected. Examples include bittorrent and peer to peer (p2p). The good news is that p2p and other traffic types such as YouTube are accelerated by our industry leading caches But then: there is not much road capacity left during rush hour after the time sensitive traffic has been let through which has the unfortunate effect of apparently constraining p2p etc... what is really happening is that time sensitive traffic such as VoIP, http browsing etc is treated better and goes first. So come the off-peak hours not much time sensitive traffic exists and we get to drive our cars really fast because the roads are empty. To reiterate: 1) Time sensitive traffic is prioritised to ensure good service for VoIP, browsing, gaming, VPN's etc 2) Downloads are not being throttled 3) Customers are not being rate shaped at any time of the day (unless they have used their data cap) Apologies if I'm being thick, but points 2 & 3 seem to contradict the first statement somewhat?? :illogical |
nofam (9009) | ||
| 886402 | 2010-07-08 03:47:00 | Yeah :D Vodafone looks like the best deal with their $100 Ultimate (30GB) package otherwise... |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 886403 | 2010-07-08 04:39:00 | We just ditched Telecom completely, Internet and Phone. Not on the Big Time plan but we could not get the extra bandwidth we needed through any Telecom plans. Now on 110gb and calling from Orcon. The speed is faster and the service/web site great so far. :thumbs: for Orcon |
DeSade (984) | ||
| 886404 | 2010-07-08 04:43:00 | Alright guys, let's go on a downloading binge - whatever you want to download just to pinch Telescum! :D | qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
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