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  From: Richard Russell <richardrussell@internode.on.net>
  To  : Adam Dixon <adix@camtech.net.au>
        <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 19:51:46 +0930

RE: BPA & 100mb / Day Limit

<snip>

> Can anyone tell me though, intellegantly why as of late dialups have lost
> there 'unlimitability' and broad band as it will be next month
> has also lost
> it. Did data traffic and maintainance costs boom or something that in the
> last 6months - year they have had to resort to almost killing internet
> usage?

Maybe they discovered that offering unlimited accounts is unsustainable, or
perhaps they attracted enough users with the 'unlimited' sweetener, and are
now using the bait and switch tactic to switch them to a profitable service.
Note that 3G/month is a _lot_, and is not "killing" internet usage.

This is a perfect eg of why people shouldn't get sucked in by 'unlimited'
accounts, and why I go with an ISP that uses a profitable business model for
the plan I am on.

rr

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