[plug] Debian upgrade

[Steve Vertigan]

garry wrote:
> 
> My quick mental maths suggests that when they say a min $399/month, payable
> quarterly, means they hit you for ~$1200 for 3 months (in advance presumably).
> 
> Maybe they _meant_  $399 a quarter, but they do say "$399 a month minimum".

I saw an article referring to this in the west and it explicitly said $399 a
month and was thus oriented at business users so I suggest their page is
correct.  To the previous poster even if it was a quarter you would divide by 3
not 4.  In the article it also said the reason adsl is so high is that Telstra
is wholesaling asdl to iinet at the same price that they're retailing to their
own customers and there's currently a lawsuit against Telstra that looks likely
to force them to either drop their wholesale prices to ISPs or raise their
retail price.  Michael Malone was optimistic about this eventually making it
feasible for iiNet to offer unlimited access to home users and from memory said
2003/2004 might be when it becomes available.

Regards,
Steve