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- 12-28-2005, 12:30 AM #31Bruce GrahamGuest
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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- 12-28-2005, 12:59 AM #32MichaelGuest
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
- 12-28-2005, 09:10 AM #33B J FosterGuest
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
- 12-28-2005, 07:01 PM #34MichaelGuest
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?
- 12-31-2005, 07:01 PM #35Tsunami AustraliaGuest
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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