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Thread ID: 66140	2006-02-12 20:16:00	guys, great news from our friend telecom..	jackyht2002 (6606)	Press F1

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429530	2006-02-13 07:20:00	hey our friend now willing to drop the price for broadband starting april.. see what you think www.telecom.co.nz i think it is great, i am going to pay on the plan that i am paying now with a 5MB and 3.5Mb download speed finally, telecom listen our word... looking forward to it!!! jacky So you are currently being COMPLETLY ripped off now and you are happy that they are providing you a slightly better but still woeful service (128K up) at still ridiculous pricing? Congratulations with 3.5MB, you can blow your pathetic 5 gig cap in only 3.5 hours at full speed, and then go straight to premium dialup speed you must be so fond of, yea lets all celebrate! If you torture a prisoner long enough he will be extremely happy when you ease off slightly, you are that prisoner!!	Battleneter (60)
429531	2006-02-13 07:27:00	Well, personally I am looking forward to going from my current Explorer plan, which is 256/128 with a 3Gb cap to 3.5Mbps/128 with a new 5Gb cap --- with no increase in cost ...but then that will meet all my needs for now and speed up my experience exponentially ! However, thinking in terms of the country's overall needs, we do need unbundling very soon !!!! Misty :stare: I am in the same situation, and I am quite happy about it! I am fully aware of the fact we are being ripped off, but now I can relax just a bit more regarding cap. I don't know what some of you guys are downloading to get through your 10 GB caps, but since I don't have the desire to download DVDs or whatever is required to DL that much... So I've gone from disappointed to less disappointed. LLU plz! So you are currently being COMPLETLY ripped off now and you are happy that they are providing you a slightly better but still woeful service (128K up) at still ridiculous pricing? Congratulations with 3.5MB, you can blow your pathetic 5 gig cap in only 3.5 hours at full speed, and then go straight to premium dialup speed you must be so fond of, yea lets all celebrate! If you torture a prisoner long enough he will be extremely happy when you ease off slightly, you are that prisoner!! Thats a bit harsh mate! Not everyone needs that much cap, I know I've never hit dialup speeds, that person probably hasn't either.	BakugekiNZ (9752)
429532	2006-02-13 07:39:00	I am in the same situation, and I am quite happy about it! I am fully aware of the fact we are being ripped off, but now I can relax just a bit more regarding cap . I don't know what some of you guys are downloading to get through your 10 GB caps, but since I don't have the desire to download DVDs or whatever is required to DL that much . . . So I've gone from disappointed to less disappointed . LLU plz! Thats a bit harsh mate! Not everyone needs that much cap, I know I've never hit dialup speeds, that person probably hasn't either . It's not harsh at all . I 100% agree not all users need large data caps, but the prices we pay in NZ means we SHOULD get much bigger caps, doesn't mean you have to use a 20 gig cap just because you have it . Don't buy into Telecom BS "most users don't need a bigger cap so we don't provide it" . Its nice to know however you can pretty much do what you want without the fear of being badly throttled, especially at the prices we pay . Also there is no defence for 128K uploads speeds on any 2MBor above plan, it causes higher latency for online gamers and basically if you want to upload anything forget it? Just Telecom trying to prevent the average user from using VOIP and that's a fact Jack!	Battleneter (60)
429533	2006-02-13 07:41:00	Umm, it seems to me that people are being blinded by the carrots and not looking at the big picture. The key to this issue is the TOLLS service, not data. If telecom is realy keen to make an effort then drop the discount for tolls. This is what telecom fears the government doing, so they are trying to bribe us into keeping things the way they are. If you wont better broadband, and better competition then look at the WHOLE and not just one part.	ughnz (8297)
429534	2006-02-13 10:13:00	I don't know what some of you guys are downloading to get through your 10 GB caps, but since I don't have the desire to download DVDs or whatever is required to DL that much... Here is an example of how one could use 10GB: Download a game demo: 500MB Listen to online radio for an hour or so per day: 2GB Download two HD movie trailers: 200MB General usage per day: 150MB x 30 = 4.5GB Download system updates: 200MB Download application updates: 200MB Buy some music online: 300MB Download a funny video someone sent you: 300MB Random other things: 1GB That gets you to 9.2GB of usage quite easily. Now obviously not everyone is going to use that much, but some will use much more. What say they want to download a 1080i movie trailer instead of a 720p one? Or perhaps they use 250MB of data each day for general usage. Throw in a bit of VOIP (which Telecom would understandably be worried about) and it very quickly adds up. I'm not a fan of unlimited or unmetered solutions but a 25GB cap would be ample for most people. :)	maccrazy (6741)
429535	2006-02-13 10:22:00	What a pathetic argument. How about don't download trailers and demos, and use an average 20 megs browsing and emails, then 3gigs per month would be more than adequate for most people. It's a known fact that 90% of Internet usage is used by 10% of people, and most of that is unlawful p2p traffic.	Greg (193)
429536	2006-02-13 10:30:00	That doesn't seem so crazy I guess... I average about 100 MB a day, which is pretty good considering my cap is 3GB I know I would probably download more media if I didn't have to worry about cap. The cap is what dampens my "broadband" experience (not even actually broadband :|), not the speed, if I think about it.	BakugekiNZ (9752)
429537	2006-02-13 10:35:00	Here is an example of how one could use 10GB: Download a 2+ GB website account 3 - 4 time due to server issues...	stu161204 (123)
429538	2006-02-13 11:09:00	Telecom new plans still doesn't attract me $150 for the top plan.what a rip off!! Im going with Ihug!	Ninjabear (2948)
429539	2006-02-13 13:46:00	ok ok, sorry but I just cant resist . . . . . . I am currently surfing at 8 megs down 1 meg up with no limit and including 40 tv channels through the phone line for 19 . 95 per month (pounds) . While the tube in london may suck I am loving the internet . Hmmm, looks like another linux distro is out . Might as well download it . . . . just because I can . B .	Barnabas (4562)
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