RE: Re: IS it true? (BT bandwidth capping)

["UKHA" <ukha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In Sweden you can get a 100mbit connection for 60 euro p/m

Andy

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On 01/07/2004 at 22:08 UKHA wrote:

>That's reminded me of some hunting I did a year or so ago when NTL
brought
>in their 1GB/day cap,
>  I looked around and was shocked at the cost of adsl in Australia in
>particular... made the UK look cheap.
>
>  But I think it is definitely the way it's going to go - back to the
good
>ol' days of dial-up,
>  but instead of pence per min, it'll be pence per megabyte.
>
>  The only question I have is that in Tokyo that have 28MBit broadband
of
>some description -
>  does anyone know how the pricing structure of that works???
>
>  Lee
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: David Buckley [mailto:db@xxxxxxx]
>  Sent: 01 July 2004 21:04
>  To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>  Subject: [ukha_d] Re: IS it true? (BT bandwidth capping)
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>  --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Dean Barrett" <dean@r...>
wrote:
>  > Had an Email from Nildram today detailing PAYG Broadband
>  > ?15.99 for 50hrs or 1gig/month.
>  >
>  > Is this the shape of things to come ??
>
>  Here is sunny NZ I'm on a package called "surf unlimited"
>
>  Its 256Kbit/sec, with a 10gig/month cap.  Costs me $69.95 a month,
>  which is 24.60UKP.  If I exceed 10gig, then bandwidth drops to 64K.
>
>  You can get faster packages, but they paradoxically lower gig
>  allowances (ie 1 or 2mbit/sec with 1 or 2 gig/month cap, then
>  20c/gig therafter) or slower packages with more allowance, eg, 128Kb
>  with 15GB and x cents per gig thereafter.
>
>  In practice, even whilst in the UK, as a houshold we were well
>  within 10gig/month.  I've just checked now; we're at 4907.37 MB and
>  the month runs out on the 11th.
>
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