Bad news for broadband owners

[Lord Germano]

Originally posted by sdtPikachu
Bastards.

Couldn't have said it better myself. Its the 27th, and I have used 954MB of the 1000 I get. Looks like no browsing for a week.

[fingersman]

Quick everyone stop posting...save Bandwidth.

[sdtPikachu]

Originally posted by ThatGuyAgain


Couldn't have said it better myself. Its the 27th, and I have used 954MB of the 1000 I get. Looks like no browsing for a week.

My advice: ask them if they are thinking of doing a "premium" service. Claranet do this with dialup here - you can pay to have a connection that cuts out after 2 hours an dcan only be used a maximum of 16 hours a day, or you can pay them 50% more and get an always-on connection.

Unfortunately Claranet don't serve this area, and we are stuck with sh1tty FreeServe (the UK version of AOL, only without the blizzrd of cr@ppy CD's loaded with sh1tey software).

Words can't express how much I want DSL.

[Sigma]

Originally posted by gekko
10MB per day? I do that easily every hour

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sometimes i just go crazy and download like 2-3 gigs a day. Lots of crap to get, lol.

[Lord Germano]

Originally posted by sdtPikachu


My advice: ask them if they are thinking of doing a "premium" service. Claranet do this with dialup here - you can pay to have a connection that cuts out after 2 hours an dcan only be used a maximum of 16 hours a day, or you can pay them 50% more and get an always-on connection.

I have DSL, and they do have "premium" servises. Cable with optus would work out [B ]HEAPS [/b] cheaper, but we cant get it in our area. *grumble grumble*

Here are the pricing plans for my provider. I have option Number two. Sorry if it didnt format propperly.

Usage Price/ Speed MB cost
Allowance Month After
Allowence
300MB $59.95 256/64 $0.159
1GB $76.95 512/128 $0.149
3GB $94.95 512/128 $0.139
5GB $224.95 1500/256 $0.129
10GB $429.95 1500/256 $0.119

So, as you can see, its pretty costly.

[-apu-]

Originally posted by Sigma
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sometimes i just go crazy and download like 2-3 gigs a day. Lots of crap to get, lol.

When i have a "gaming moment" i'll just download like 10 gigs in a day full of games that i delete the next day.....wut ever is happening...it better not happen in canada or it'll be more expensive to download games than to actually buy them

[sdtPikachu]

Originally posted by -apu-
it'll be more expensive to download games than to actually buy them

...isn't that the idea?

ThatGuy - 80 f**king $ for 1 GB per month?!?!? You are kidding...? That's what we brits call "extortionate"

Unlimited DSL in the UK over the same connection (512/128) costs about £30, which is about $50. It used to be that US DSL was cheap as cow cr@p compaed to the DSL over here, but it appears the tables have turned.

(I assume you're talking US$, not Canadian... or whatever...)

Oh well, I guess the days of beta testing software and downloading Linux ISO's are dead then.

Stupid fsck0s.

[Lord Germano]

Nope, Aussie dollers, so you 30 pounds translates to about $90 -$100. I probbaly should have implied that I live in Australia, since it doesnt say it in my location.

[sdtPikachu]

Well, I could just about live with 3 GB a month. But that would mean there'd be no point in building myself a server that I can leave on all day running WinMX and using as a networked gateway.

I need a million quid. Then a T3 will be mine. Bwah ha ha ha hah!

Or alternatively I could buy a drill and see if I can tap into the LinX cable that runs somewhere round here (it's the main cable linking Europe to the US, and has rather fat bandwidth).

That woudl be cool. My downoad speed would be limited by the ability of my harddrive to write fast enough