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Thread ID: 62594	2005-10-12 21:15:00	Finally, is the promised land of broadband paradise in sight?	xmojo1 (4630)	Press F1

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395671	2005-10-17 08:14:00	Just checked 2 main ISP plans (Optus and Telstra) and their rates look remarkably similar to ours, with "unlimited" also being speed capped at 10 or 12 GB. Which specific Australian ISPs are you referring to? Mind you I am not disagreeing that Telecom are "maximising their position to their financial advantage" as much as possible, but as a (mainly) privately owned company their directors are actually required to do so. Their shareholders demand it. That includes the returns on the SC cable assets. The fault probably lies largely in the manner of the TC sell-off, but thats historic and unable to be reversed. There is a limit to how far the Commerce Commission can go, and still allow a suitable degree of confidence in needed overseas investment in NZ. If they are over zealous, the outcome could be quite severe in many areas as overseas capital is extracted due to the regulatory action. If they do too little, we are shafted cost wise as this thread possible suggests. What would you do in reality, if you had the option and knew the consequences? Plenty of ISp and choices www.isage.aunz.net (About $2NZ ish more for double the upstream and 25% less downstream and 3.5X the DATA CAP". I have seen plans for 40 gig 1500/256 for $69 AU, but can't find it and can't be bothered looking further :P	Battleneter (60)
395672	2005-10-17 08:47:00	lol sorry to spam, but I must say Ihug's new 40 gig AND 80 GIG plans are looking pretty good! you have to change your tolls to them... but who cares. www.ihug.co.nz hmm, might be saying bye bye to Xtra pretty soon unless they match.	Battleneter (60)
395673	2005-10-17 08:47:00	I have no problem with high caps or no caps with high speed, but the user should be expected to pay accordingly. I use about 1 GB per month on a 3 GB plan, but would object if my costs were averaged to pay for the international bandwidth of those that wanted the high usage. The speed is relatively immaterial for me, faster would not mean higher usage. Here is a different side of the cake last month 15 of Sept to the 15 Oct we used I think dad said 6 Gb's of our 10 GB cap & the previous month before that 15 Aug to 15 Sept I think dad said we use 9 GBs of our 10 GB cap!! We have the Xtra 2M plan (Xtra Broadband Adventure) & 4+ computers & 3 Family members me, mum & dad & out of the 3 family members I use the most bandwidth then any one else in out household Where do you ask where most of our bandwidth goes? 1. Doing number of websites uploading & downloading them 2. Backing up websites 3. Tacking copy’s of websites to rebuild them 4. Tacking database backups 5. Helping people with there phpbb forum 6. Surfing a few forums & a web host help desk I have to say I am happy with a 2M / 10 GB internet connection, but the only thing that I am UN happy about is 1. The stupid slow upload speed that’s a killer! 2. the price why cant they make it 3 GB cap price?	stu161204 (123)
395674	2005-10-17 08:49:00	hmm, might be saying bye bye to Xtra pretty soon unless they match. I think you might as well say bye bye to xtra now as they won’t mach ihug	stu161204 (123)
395675	2005-10-17 08:54:00	Hmm Let me think $69 a month for Xtra 10gig or $69 for 40gig Ihug/ Just can't make up my mind its soo close. This may be a early indication of large changes? especially with recend Commerce Comission ruleing. Its odd though, Telecom provide the bitstream to Ihug obviously.	Battleneter (60)
395676	2005-10-17 08:56:00	My brother on Australia just told me that he's getting hooked up to broadband: $31.00AUS pmth ($35.00ish NZ), 4 gig cap... doesn't know the speed, but sounds better than $59-$69 from Telecom I think.	Shortcircuit (1666)
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