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  From: Andrew Reid <andrew.reid@plug.cx>
  To  : John Edwards <isplist@adam.com.au>
  Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 13:29:16 +1030

Re: [OT] NEW DSL Option

On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 12:17:32PM +1030, John Edwards wrote:

> > 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.
> 
> ISP's buying data by the pipe tend to have enormous unused capacity
> between 12 midnight and 7am, which coincides with the Netspace offpeak
> period. They're being generous enough to make this unused capacity
> available to their ADSL users. I don't see what's crap about that.

Ah, OK. I understand now. I didn't realise that upstreams are willing
to offer "all you can eat" pipes. I was under the impression that
nearly everyone pays by the MB.

> > Netspace also have this nasty little clause at the bottom of their
> > Home ADSL Pricing page[1]. It reads "Minimum contract is for 12 months
> > from activation date".
> 
> What's so nasty about that? The people at Netspace are pretty nice guys,
> they're not out to rip anyone off. Netspace are one of the few remaining
> ISP's that don't have to answer to shareholders, and can let their
> conscience rather than their bank balance make decisions.

It means that you're locked into using their (potentially
dissatisfying) service. Internode don't have that. I like that. If I
change my mind after 3 months, there's no hassle. I just don't get my
ADSL any more.

> > > that is 10gig/month is it??????? for 100$, only downside is no static ip
> > > but oh well?
> > 
> > That's $0.01 / MB. I just spoke to Netspace, and according to the guy
> > on the other end of the phone, you're limited to 3GB during their
> > "peak" time and 7GB during "off-peak". That means that you could
> 
> They're not selling data for 1c/mb, they're selling the peak stuff for
> 3c/mb (still pretty cheap..), then letting users have the run of the
> off-peak data along with a limit on that to stop a handful of users
> spoiling it for everyone.

Hrm... I agree, but data is data to the person buying it. It works out 
to be $0.01 / MB looking at it that way.

However, I see what you're saying.

   - andrew

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