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[Bernard]

On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 11:33:35PM +0800, Brian Tombleson wrote:
> > > iiNet are charging WAIX traffic into that as well aren't they?
> 
> > Yes. Even though they don't have to pay for it, it doesnt count as
> > internal. Such a shame because planetmirror is on WAIX. And has
> > Debian. =|
> 
> Err .. I wouldn't say this is definitive, but my understanding of the
> situation is that it is Telstra who charge everyone (re-sellers included) on
> a per-Mb rate for inbound traffic to their ADSL network regardless of
> source. Note also that Tesltra are not on WAIX nor are they ever likely to
> be.

As I see it, iiNet's modem accounts (and perhaps CitySpan, and
everything else not ADSL) do not charge for internal traffic. I know
for sure that Voyager accounts (permanent) only charge downloads,
not uploads, and only for traffic that "crosses and iiNet border",
which they decide by their BGP routing tables, etc. This I know for
sure.

As for ADSL, last I heard that all traffic is charged for, upstream
and down, probably due to what you mentioned with Telstra charging
them per mb. And ADSL probably isn't going to take off until Telstra
change their attitudes for a start. But understandably, Telstra have
their own position to keep in the market so its hard to find
somebody to blame.

> Of course, I could be wrong and this is all just speculation.

Ditto. :)

Regards,

Bernard.

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 Bernard Blackham
 bernard at blackham.com.au