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| Thread ID: 57691 | 2005-05-10 00:12:00 | Phones without Telecom | ecurb (3669) | PC World Chat |
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| 353788 | 2005-05-10 00:12:00 | I'm just building a new house and Telecom originally told me it would cost $300 to connect. Then this changed to about $1000. Latest is a definite quote of $2500. This is my "less than third" share to put a cable in for 500m from the nearest pillar box! All this and they can't guarantee the broadbard service! Question - Is there an alternative? I'm 30 mins north of Dunedin so no wireless systems that I know of. Satellite dish? I need phones and of course access to the internet. Can it all be be done by mobile at a reasonable cost? |
ecurb (3669) | ||
| 353789 | 2005-05-10 01:25:00 | It cannot be done at "reasonable cost" unfortunately. A terrestrial satellite link would likely be around $10k to install, and the monthly data costs would be very high compared to a phone line. Mobile data costs are incredibly high, starting at $10 per megabyte and reducing depending on the plan. Even $1 per megabyte would see a huge monthly bill if you need internet access. While the $2,500 is indeed a pain, it still makes the alternatives cheap. It probably includes the "share" of resources needed in the network and exchanges as well, so its not just the cable cost. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 353790 | 2005-05-10 03:18:00 | Well, you can always try X-Terrestrial satelite broadband powered by Ipstar... Iconz offers that for $99 per mth for 1gb, or $120 for 5gb... 256kbps The latency is quite good (according to a friend), so you'll be able to use skype (with skypeout), so you can call local NZ for ~$0.03/min for calls, PLUS you'll have broadband. Problem is, it will cost $2000+ for installation charges. Yeah, so it's not really practical for now, but if it costs something like $5000 for a telecom line, then it'll be quite worth considering that... |
jesseycy (1046) | ||
| 353791 | 2005-05-10 03:28:00 | Once upon a time you would have been allowed to run the wires yourslef. I have (somewhere) a Post & Telegraph Guide from the 1930s which has instructions for building and overhead telephone line, using galvanised steel wire (with "Britannia" soldered joints). I think this was meant for farmers. More recently when the P&T was a public service (remember those things?) , there would have been no charge. The idea was that there was a social aspect, and the few expensive installations were outweighed by the vast majority of cheap ones. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 353792 | 2005-05-10 04:34:00 | My old man is currently putting phone and electrical cable in his subdivision. Telecom are charging about $12k for the cable and connection and that's with him putting it all in on his own. The cable needs to run about 1km down a private lane. The electricity is even worse, about $40k plus $7k for a transformer....that is on backorder for three months!! Plus he has to pay for a pole and street light for this little driveway and there isn't even one on the main road!!! It's rude, these infrastructure companies charge you to supply services to a property when they are the ones getting the revenue from the connection. Unfortunately though, they've got you by the short and curly's. |
Sb0h (3744) | ||
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