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  From: Andrew Reid <andrew.reid@plug.cx>
  To  : Adam Smith <adam.smith@sageautomation.com>
  Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 13:22:58 +1030

Re: [ADSL] The Broadband Battle

On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 01:12:11PM +1030, Adam Smith wrote:

> > > My guess (based on what I think I heard Simon say once-upon-a-time),
> > > is that Internode want you to use the business ADSL service, citing
> > > the fact that you've got a need for the fixed IP address which *is*
> > > available in the business product. Fair enough from one point-of-view,
> > > but also rather unfair from another.
> > 
> > Grrr. I knew that it was mentioned somewhere. The issue is covered in
> > one of the Internode ADSL FAQs: 
> 
> Yes, I've read that before, too.  But where's the line drawn?  I don't
> have business requirements, I have personal ones :-)

It was a decsision based on "Make people pay for more expensive
service if they want static IP", not on any technical or economic
grounds (from what I can gather).

Maybe the Internode folk will chime in at some stage and say something
to make us all feel better.

   - andrew

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