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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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429550	2006-02-14 00:12:00	Some more on this: This time from the Govt: Greens criticise Telecom's broadband move (home.nzcity.co.nz) Read who it was from: Nandor (the druggie who I wonder why the police havent arrested for drug possession yet) Tanzcos - stopped reading	sam m (517)
429551	2006-02-14 00:28:00	Opps, you're right sam_m. I meant 10 songs times 3MB each so 30MB not 300MB - now you have another 270MB to do with what you please. ;) I was referring to the 'buying' part. Here are another couple of things that chew through bandwidth: 1) If you have a website (which was mentioned earlier in the thread) and want to make a full site backup once a month, depending on the size of the site, around 500MB of transfer would be needed. Or if you need to upload a large file, even the with the improved upsteam speeds, it is still going to take a while. Now, some people would argue that it affects a small number of people. But say there are 1000 websites in New Zealand earning $5000 per year from ecommerce or advertising, thats a $5 million contribution to the economy. Next you could say, if you are earning $5000 per year, surely you can afford to speed $150 per month on Jetstream. The thing is that it still makes a huge dent in profits and it is harder to be competitive with other international sites. That is just a small example, I believe there are other industries that have far bigger problems with broadband speeds and datacaps. If I send some pics via email which can be 2 - 3MB each. I dont sit there and watch them go - I agree that it takes a while on 128k but I simply click send and let them go in the background while I do something else. Businesses need faster upload I agree but why do YOU need faster upload is the question. 2) Have you ever used Google Earth? It's a great program for viewing satellite image from around the globe. If you haven't tried it, it's definitely an essential download, though once again, it can use large amounts of bandwidth. Nope - but even if I did - are you saying that you would spend a considerable amount of bandwith staring at the earth. Is this for study?? I think I might go outside and watch the sky for free. 3) Online gaming. I'm not really into it myself (I probably play computer games for about 2 hours total per month), but that wasn't in my earlier list. Bandwidth is needed. Spent many an hour playing MOHAA for a few years - lost interest now, but even then I was only on 128k/128k. Nope didnt hit 3GB. These are just facts, many families may fit within a 5GB cap, but is it unreasonable to expect reasonably priced plans for those that use more? I don't think anyone can expect the same sort of prices as countries with densely populated cities in Asia etc but at the moment the limitations on broadband are too restrictive. :) :2cents: I could get used to that. :p What sort of connection is it though? Cable? I agree that you have quoted uses for bandwith but still not convinced that higher caps are necessary. Is it possibly bandwith envy? He's got 10GB so I want 20!! My kids talk like that.	sam m (517)
429552	2006-02-14 00:43:00	Businesses need faster upload I agree but why do YOU need faster upload is the question. Have you tried uploading a 7.56mb website?? (With 154 files & 3 folders), it tacks a good 10 - 15 or so mins to upload it.	stu161204 (123)
429553	2006-02-14 00:47:00	Have you tried uploading a 7.56mb website?? (With 154 files & 3 folders), it tacks a good 10 - 15 or so mins to upload it. No, but are you saying that in the 10-15min of uploading you can do nothing else?	sam m (517)
429554	2006-02-14 00:54:00	No, but are you saying that in the 10-15min of uploading you can do nothing else? Yep, as normally when I do uploading of websites that will be at the end of a job & I have to wait in till it’s done before I can do any thing else as I have to include the time it tacks to upload a website.	stu161204 (123)
429555	2006-02-14 03:57:00	Businesses need faster upload I agree but why do YOU need faster upload is the question.It's not a huge, huge issue for me, as you said, you can go away and come back later but why should you have to do that when people living in countries similar to New Zealand don't have to. We all know it is possible for New Zealand to have a better broadband service but while Telecom has a monopoly over the telephone lines nothing will change. Nope - but even if I did - are you saying that you would spend a considerable amount of bandwith staring at the earth. Is this for study?? I think I might go outside and watch the sky for free.That was an example. Is it essential? No it isn't. If I could never use it again, my life would change very little. However, it doesn't take anything away from the fact that as new technology emerges, faster internet access is needed to take advantage of it. For example, you could stream TV through your broadband connection instead of the usual aerial or satellite. You could say there are no suppliers of such a service in New Zealand (apart from R2 which isn't really up to everyday use) but until broadband has the capacity for such services to be viable they won't emerge. TVNZ and Canwest aren't exactly likely to consider such an option while the majority of the country has a broadband cap of 10GB or less.	maccrazy (6741)
429556	2006-02-14 04:26:00	So the ultimate ambition is to have television through a broadband connection. Oh dear. Words allowable here fail me.	Graham L (2)
429557	2006-02-14 05:05:00	Nope - still not getting it. Finish this sentence please. "I use 10GB+ per month regularly because I legally download............"	sam m (517)
429558	2006-02-14 05:13:00	Nope - still not getting it. Finish this sentence please. "I use 10GB+ per month regularly because I legally download............" ....Whatever I damn feel like. What are you a failed cop? You think anyone has to justify anything by you? Wake up.	Metla (12)
429559	2006-02-14 05:19:00	....Whatever I damn feel like. What are you a failed cop? You think anyone has to justify anything by you? Wake up. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz	sam m (517)
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