Re: Broadband - Eclipse just changed everything!!

["Alistair Watkins" <ukha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Or of course you could get bulldog.  £24 (ish) for Evenings, weekends and
bank holidays at 2meg (ish!) and 512k for your 9 to 5.
Perfect if you dont work from home!

Ali


Robert Welsh said:
>> Which although is a nice idea, is not particularly cheap.
Personally it
>> appears to be another form of tarrif to encourage users to spend
more on
>> their broadband. Because as you well know, most people (especially
with
>> kids) will max out their broadband conections quite regularly and
>> instead of
>> the expected £23 bill for your broadband you could end up with £70
per
>> month
>> which is more expensive than some 2mb connections.
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> That's hardly the case, in reality.
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> It's about giving folk choice and flexibilty.
> Why pay 40quid/month for 2Mb when you only use that capacity for 48
> hours out of the entire month?
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> Now you can 512 (at 25quid/month)...and then pay for 2mb for 4 or 5
> hours when you need to download the latest Linux ISO (for example).
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> It's about giving the Service Providers the ability to make better use
> from the networks that are in place today (and after all, they are
> businesses trying to make a profit).
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> These systems work on the basis of users "turning on" the
new capacity -
> it's not the case the when you hit your cap limit the system
"upgrades"
> you. So there's no possibility of you ending up with a 70quid bill
> unexpectedly becase the kids have spent all w/e downloading movie
> trailers.
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> I've spent the past 2 years developing and working with this
technology
> - and it's pretty neat stuff. It's been deployed in mainland Europe
> quite successfully and also in areas of North America. It's also what
> enables most wireless hotspots these days to (FYI).
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> Rob
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