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  1. #31
    Bruce Graham
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    Re: Telstra - What a f*cking whinger!

    In article <[email protected]>,
    [email protected] says...
    > > >Overall ADSL (and the current wireless offerings) are low-cost compared

    > to
    > > >other products but definitely not cheap - and still not available to the
    > > >same number of customers as other products.

    > >
    > > I think it'll be interesting to see how Telstra fronts up with
    > > wireless broadband. Already competitors are offering cheaper monthly
    > > rates. This is without the ripoff penalty rates that Telstra charges
    > > if a user goes over the limit. T is charging 15c a Mb with a choice
    > > of a measly 200 Mb or 1 Gb limit. Other providers just do bandwidth
    > > throttling when a user goes over the limit.

    >
    > You say that as if that is what everyone wants. It isnt
    > >

    >

    As a telstra shareholder, I wish what you say was true for the majority,
    but I doubt it.

    As an Optus cable customer, I know it is not true for me.

    But why don't we get a choice? If I want some speed, just send more
    money, otherwise accept the throttling on a case by case basis.



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  2. #32
    Michael
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    Re: Telstra - What a f*cking whinger!


    "Bruce Graham" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > In article <[email protected]>,
    > [email protected] says...
    > > > >Overall ADSL (and the current wireless offerings) are low-cost

    compared
    > > to
    > > > >other products but definitely not cheap - and still not available to

    the
    > > > >same number of customers as other products.
    > > >
    > > > I think it'll be interesting to see how Telstra fronts up with
    > > > wireless broadband. Already competitors are offering cheaper monthly
    > > > rates. This is without the ripoff penalty rates that Telstra charges
    > > > if a user goes over the limit. T is charging 15c a Mb with a choice
    > > > of a measly 200 Mb or 1 Gb limit. Other providers just do bandwidth
    > > > throttling when a user goes over the limit.

    > >
    > > You say that as if that is what everyone wants. It isnt
    > > >

    > >

    > As a telstra shareholder, I wish what you say was true for the majority,
    > but I doubt it.
    >
    > As an Optus cable customer, I know it is not true for me.
    >
    > But why don't we get a choice? If I want some speed, just send more
    > money, otherwise accept the throttling on a case by case basis.


    You do get a choice with the broadband plans





  3. #33
    B J Foster
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    Re: Telstra - What a f*cking whinger!

    Bruce Graham wrote:
    > In article <[email protected]>,
    > [email protected] says...
    >
    >>>>Overall ADSL (and the current wireless offerings) are low-cost compared

    >>
    >>to
    >>
    >>>>other products but definitely not cheap - and still not available to the
    >>>>same number of customers as other products.
    >>>
    >>>I think it'll be interesting to see how Telstra fronts up with
    >>>wireless broadband. Already competitors are offering cheaper monthly
    >>>rates. This is without the ripoff penalty rates that Telstra charges
    >>>if a user goes over the limit. T is charging 15c a Mb with a choice
    >>>of a measly 200 Mb or 1 Gb limit. Other providers just do bandwidth
    >>>throttling when a user goes over the limit.

    >>
    >>You say that as if that is what everyone wants. It isnt
    >>

    > As a telstra shareholder, I wish what you say was true for the majority,
    > but I doubt it.
    >
    > As an Optus cable customer, I know it is not true for me.
    >
    > But why don't we get a choice? If I want some speed, just send more
    > money, otherwise accept the throttling on a case by case basis.


    Optus will increase the limit from 1Gb to 12Gb for $10/month.
    $10 will buy you a mere 67Mb from Big Pond.

    It is hard to see how anyone could 'want' to pay such rates



  4. #34
    Michael
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    Re: Telstra - What a f*cking whinger!

    > > But why don't we get a choice? If I want some speed, just send more
    > > money, otherwise accept the throttling on a case by case basis.

    >
    > Optus will increase the limit from 1Gb to 12Gb for $10/month.
    > $10 will buy you a mere 67Mb from Big Pond.


    And BP have a 10gb* unlimited plan with throttling on ADSL, so whats your
    point?





  5. #35
    Tsunami Australia
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    Re: Telstra - What a f*cking whinger!

    "Rotes Sapiens" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]:
    > On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 06:13:36 +0000 (UTC), Craig Ian Dewick
    > <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >
    > >"Michael" <[email protected]> writes:
    > >

    >
    > >>> And that's not even the issue in the current discussion. The problem
    > >>> is
    > >>> in the fixed line and broadband area. Without companies like for
    > >>> example
    > >>> the AUSSIE-owned Internode, iiNet, .... we would still be thinking
    > >>> that
    > >>> 256K is 'broadband' speed and ADSL2 would be something that exists
    > >>> overseas. That's the area where Telstra has been stifling
    > >>> competition
    > >>> for years and that is why regulation is needed more than ever.
    > >>> Australia

    > >

    >
    > >>Telstra GAVE Australia cheap, affordable broadband, by slashing their
    > >>costs.

    > >

    >
    > >Well it's not cheap by any measure - plans down to sub-$10 offered by
    > >resellers with data caps as low as 200 MB per month! That's the most
    > >ludicrous rip-off ever. Being stuck with single-channel ISDN equivalent
    > >transfer rates for most of a month is most definitely the right way to
    > >get
    > >customers interested in the future of what is being called 'broadband'...
    > >No
    > >it isn't!
    > >
    > >Overall ADSL (and the current wireless offerings) are low-cost compared
    > >to
    > >other products but definitely not cheap - and still not available to
    > >the
    > >same number of customers as other products.

    >
    >
    > I think it'll be interesting to see how Telstra fronts up with
    > wireless broadband. Already competitors are offering cheaper monthly
    > rates. This is without the ripoff penalty rates that Telstra charges
    > if a user goes over the limit. T is charging 15c a Mb with a choice
    > of a measly 200 Mb or 1 Gb limit. Other providers just do bandwidth
    > throttling when a user goes over the limit.
    >
    >
    > Sig:
    > "Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right." -Henry
    > Ford



    Is this wireless as in 2.4ghz or CDMA? If CDMA (perhaps even GSM) who is
    offering the better rates at the moment? I haven't really looked but
    haven't seen much in relation to wireless offerings.




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