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  From: Simon Hackett <simon@internode.com.au>
  To  : Evan Bourlotos <evan@cs.adelaide.edu.au>
  Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 06:47:33 +1030

Re: [OT] NEW DSL Option

No, you just need to wait until the next time Telstra either stuff up 
or play with their volume cap - in both situations, they give you two 
weeks to leave your contract without penalty. They've done it several 
times in the last few months already.

Simon

At 12:40 AM +1000 30/11/01, Evan Bourlotos wrote:
>Simon,
>This is dejavu, simple answer is yes. Complication is the 18 mth contract
>Im locked into until I get another chance to leave BPA without penalty I
>know of a number of SA on dialup ppl craving BPA broadband alternatives.
>
>
>Evan
>
>
>At 09:34 PM 29/11/2001 +1030, Simon Hackett wrote:
>>If Internode released a product at a comparable (or better)
>>price/performance point, would you buy it?
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Simon
>>
>>At 3:53 PM +0900 29/11/01, Evan Bourlotos wrote:
>>>Mark,
>>>This begs the question of If I sign up through NetSpace is the service
>>>supplied through Internode?
>>>And consequently would we expect to see comparable pricing from Internode?
>>>
>>>Evan
>>>
>>>
>>>At 16:45 29/11/01 +1030, Mark Newton wrote:
>>>>On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 03:54:32PM +1030, nik [tm] wrote:
>>>>
>>>>   > I thought Internode and Netspace were working together for the ADSL...
>>>>   > isnt that what was posted to this list about July?
>>>>
>>>>Yes, that's correct.
>>>>
>>>>If you're an Internode customer and you want ADSL on the Eastern
>>>>seaboard, we provision it through Netspace.
>>>>
>>>>if you're a Netspace customer and you want ADSL in SA, they provision
>>>>it through us.
>>>>
>>>>This means we can both be "one stop shops" for broadband connectivity
>>>>for most of Australia;  It represents a short-cut around the fact that
>>>>to do ADSL in a new region you need to pay Telstra a very large 5-figure
>>>>sum just to get into the game (before you've even signed up any customers).
>>>>Internode has paid that five-figure sum in Adelaide, Netspace has paid
>>>>it in their service areas, so we resell each others' services instead
>>>>of paying more money to Telstra.
>>>>
>>>>     - mark
>>>>
>>>>--------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>I tried an internal modem,                    newton@atdot.dotat.org
>>>>       but it hurt when I walked.                          Mark Newton
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>>>>
>>>
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>>Simon Hackett, Technical Director, Internode Systems Pty Ltd
>>31 York St [PO Box 284, Rundle Mall], Adelaide, SA 5000 Australia
>>Email: simon@internode.com.au  Web: http://www.on.net
>>Phone: +61-8-8223-2999          Fax: +61-8-8223-1777
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>| Evan Bourlotos             Email: evan@cs.adelaide.edu.au             |
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Simon Hackett, Technical Director, Internode Systems Pty Ltd
31 York St [PO Box 284, Rundle Mall], Adelaide, SA 5000 Australia
Email: simon@internode.com.au  Web: http://www.on.net
Phone: +61-8-8223-2999          Fax: +61-8-8223-1777

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