RE: Broadband - Eclipse just changed everything!!

["Ian Lowe" <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have to admit I'm kinda taken aback - this is easily the best new thing
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o happen in broadband in the UK since the DSL rollout started. That it
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d be seen as a negative is alien to me.

I didn't mention pricing, because I think it's *great* I currently pay
=A32=
4 a month - for the same flex service, I'd pay... er... =A324 a month.
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pt now, if I choose, I can go to 1Mb, (or higher on the 20:1 service) for
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bit, and only pay for the time used, rather than the =A335 for regrading t=
hat you normally have to cough up.

As for encouraging people to spend more on broadband, well... how else
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an ISP make money? Of course they want to get you to spend more. Eclipse d=
o make it *perfectly* clear on the website that it may be more cost
effecti=
ve to regrade rather than using Flex Time... and that's now free to do for
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a 1 month period, rather than the =A335 regrade charge.

On the face of it, it's hard to see a negative.

I.