[plug] honeymoon is over - Telstra introduces traffic cap on freedom ADSL

[Benjamin Keith]

How about suggesting to Telstra that they offer a "rollover" type download limit
so that if you don't use your 3 GB limit during the first month, any unused
quota can be added to the second months quota...just like some of the mobile
plans.  As long as you don't download more than 3 GB per month then eventually
you will be able to download that 10 GB's of data (dvd's?).  They would still
probably cap the amount you can have stored but I'm sure they could handle you
to have a 10-15 GB grab session over a month...just not every month.  This way
you have still payed for the data you have downloaded - the only drawback I can
see from their end is increased amount of admin...

Simon Scott wrote:

>         Exactly my thoughts.
>
>         Its like me saying to you 'free icecream!' and then telling you
> 'well, it aint quite free and its kinda not icecream'
>
>         Ridiculous or not, I paid to connect to an Unlimited plan, where the
> only form of 'unreasonableness' was where they would single you out and ask
> you to curtail your downloading.
>
>         I might not even download 3 gig a month, Im not really sure. Thats
> the other point. They expect people to make a decision about this in the
> next two weeks *before* they provide functionality to check how much you
> download/upload. Ill have usage statistics for the last month thanks. Then I
> can make a decision. But with no info, I am forced to disconnect within the
> two weeks. It may be that Im download 10G per month. I cant afford an extra
> $190 per gig if Im wrong.
>
>         If you cant afford to provide the service, dont offer the service.
> Simple.
>
>         From:   Jason <jas at whatever.iinet.net.au> on 06-06-2001 05:36 PM
>         Please respond to plug at plug.linux.org.au@SMTP at Exchange
>         To:     plug at plug.linux.org.au@SMTP at Exchange
>         cc:
>
>         Subject:        Re: [plug] honeymoon is over - Telstra introduces
> traffic cap on freedom ADSL
>
>         Leon Blackwell wrote:
>
>         > Feel free to flam^H^H^H^Hcorrect me if you want to, but I really
>         > can't understand why people get upset when they're limited to
>         > *only* 3GB.
>
>         Because when they signed up, they signed up for an *unlimited* use
> plan?
>         A 3GB limit, although it's high, is still a limit.
>
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