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  From: Richard Russell <richard@yellowgoanna.com>
  To  : Andrew Reid <andrew.reid@plug.cx>
  Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 11:50:21 +1030

Re: [OT] NEW DSL Option

> This "Peak" and "Off-peak" stuff seems like crap. Since when does it
> cost more to use the Internet at a particular time of the day? I know
> I don't.

If they have a flat-rate pipe (eg a 100Mbps connection) to their
upstream provieder, and they don't pay per Mb on that (many ISP's
don't), then they really do have an off-peak time. It costs them no
more to use that unused bandwidth, and they can sell more people the
service because of this. It's _exactly_ the same as telcos with
off-peak rates.

rr

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