[plug] iiNet job on Seek

Adrian Woodley Adrian at ScreamingRoot.org
Thu Nov 9 21:05:01 WST 2006


Bah, T1. Thats so 1990.

On Thu, 09 Nov 2006 20:52:09 +0800, Richard Meyer <meyerri at westnet.com.au> wrote:
> 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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> Richard Meyer <meyerri at westnet.com.au>
> There are II types of people - those who can count like Romans and
> those who can't.
> 
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