High Speed Connections (Was: [plug] School Web Page)

[Craig Foster]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig Ringer [mailto:craig at postnewspapers.com.au] 
> Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 1:15 AM
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] School Web Page

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> OK, I've got 4 _heavy_ 'net users here, 2 of whom (not myself) are 
> gamers. 3gigs probably won't cut it. Which means (with 
> WestNet) taking 
> the 6gig 512k plan at some $139/month. Last time I looked at 
> WestNet's 
> plans we could've got 8 gig 512k for less... hence my extreme 
> irritation. iiNet had decent plans for a little while too (ie 
> unmetered 
> off-peak etc) but have since gone to Bliink (Biin iiT) plans. Yay, 3 
> gigs per month, a dynamic IP, a bunch of blocked ports and 
> throttling to 
> 56k? Woohoo. The others are all worse. WestNet doesn't offer 
> the option 
> of throttling to 56k after going over limit (one of the few 
> things about 
> iiNet's I like, as I like to _know_ what my bill will be) and 
> any decent 
> download allowance is a bit pricey plus its attached to a 
> higher speed 
> link than we need. More importantly, by the time I sign up 
> it'll only be 
> a month before the next change-of-plans, going by the current 
> pattern - 
> or so it seems.

iiNet's On-The-Bliiink has free midnight to 7am traffic[1], and just how
avid are these gamers not to play on a WAIX server?
Hell, you're not a real ISP in Perth, unless you've got a Quake3 and CS
server :P
Does suck about the ports though :(


Craig F.

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[1]See http://www.iinet.net.au/products/broadband/bliinkfaq.html#4
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