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| Thread ID: 63193 | 2005-11-01 18:58:00 | The best way to get cheaper broadband | Digby (677) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 401044 | 2005-11-02 00:36:00 | So there :p | Cicero (40) | ||
| 401045 | 2005-11-02 00:57:00 | I find it interesting the "Digby" joins us and on his or her first post climbs in to Telecom in a big way. Where is he/she coming from I wonder and what other hats does he/she wear in the day job? | Scouse (83) | ||
| 401046 | 2005-11-02 01:14:00 | Do we really care,that is the question- Scouse. | Cicero (40) | ||
| 401047 | 2005-11-02 01:28:00 | Hi C. "We" may not. I tend to care about heaps of things..... | Scouse (83) | ||
| 401048 | 2005-11-02 01:33:00 | Hi C. "We" may not. I tend to care about heaps of things..... The price you pay for being such a decent chap. ;) |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 401049 | 2005-11-02 01:33:00 | The best way is to go for the big plan xtra has, then share it around you neighbours wirelessly. $60 per month devided by 6 neighbours = Jetstream for $10 each per month. You must live really close to your neighbours, or you have some really powerfull wireless gear to be able to serve up a wireless net connection to 6 neighbours. Can I have some estimates on how much that would cost to set up? A lot of people wouldn't mind having really slow internet, as long as it was cheap & they can be online all the time without it taking up their phone line. It might be a bit more difficult to find 6 of these people that live close enough together to do something like that. Sharing a 256k unlimited plan amoung 4 people would probably work - just over $10 each & they all get allocated slightly better than dialup bandwidth that doesn't require a phone line. |
Greven (91) | ||
| 401050 | 2005-11-02 01:41:00 | The best way is to go for the big plan xtra has, then share it around you neighbours wirelessly. $60 per month devided by 6 neighbours = Jetstream for $10 each per month. Good point there! :thumbs: I think the downside is one neighbour might use up all the bandwidth allocated....(unless it's unlimited bandwidth...) |
Mr Wetzyl (362) | ||
| 401051 | 2005-11-02 01:44:00 | Already been answered... Managed sharing. Chuck together an IPCop box with quotaing, or build a basic managed wireless AP. Trivial tasks. |
Edward (31) | ||
| 401052 | 2005-11-02 01:53:00 | Sharing a 256k unlimited plan amoung 4 people would probably work - just over $10 each & they all get allocated slightly better than dialup bandwidth that doesn't require a phone line. I wonder if Telecom would ever considering changing analogue 56k to digital 64K. The speeds are still fairly similar but 56k is probably a lot more reliable. |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 401053 | 2005-11-02 02:31:00 | From press statements Telecom's next generation network, due in next 5-7 years, will be digital from the house with existing equipment like phones needing convertors. By then data won't be using analogue modems. | PaulD (232) | ||
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