[plug] iiNet job on Seek

Richard Meyer meyerri at westnet.com.au
Thu Nov 9 20:52:09 WST 2006


Not a problem - I see people back in South Africa paying the equivalent
of $140/month for 4GB/month.

http://www.telkom.co.za/athome/products/dsl/home_how_much.html#what

That's at 1024/256 - which is about 30% less than it was ....

Yeah, we'd all like a dedicated T1, free to everyone, but the prices are
quite reasonable here to me.


On Thu, 2006-11-09 at 20:39 +0800, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 09, 2006, Richard Meyer wrote:
> > Except they aren't JUST a reseller for Telstra, they have their own
> > DSLAMS and are advertising up to 24Mbps.
> > 
> > On the other hand Westnet P*ssed me off big time a few months ago when
> > they unilaterally pushed my monthly bill up by $30/month.
> 
> (Richard: This isn't a specific stab at you btw.)
> 
> Do you know whats funny (to me) ?
> 
> People who think 8-24mbit for under $100 pm is actually what its worth.
> The whole ISP environment in Australia has created a real crazy view of what
> bandwidth actually costs.. its very very scary.
> 
> 
> 
> Adrian
> 
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