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Posted by mrbernie on Aug-27-2002 12:52:

I guess the only thing we can really tangibly do is sit and wait for the best.

Hopefully these new technologies will bloom, and hopefully this opens up new doors for broadband access.

*crosses fingers*

Posted by Itchy on Aug-27-2002 14:23:

Oh yes, I couldn't agree more.......

follow in the footsteps of webby

p-w

Posted by hey cheggy on Aug-29-2002 07:52:

Telstra's even worse. I started off with an unlimited account. Then, they slapped a 3GB limit on it, then they raised the price by 20 bucks a month and said you can still pay the original monthly fee but you have to go down to a 1GB limit. WTF am i gonna do with 1 GB

Posted by Xavier on Nov-01-2002 23:25:

550 MB a month now

OPTUS CAN OFFICIALY EAT A DICK AND SUCK ON IT!

This is getting ridiculous, what is the point of getting optus cable?
when yer cable speed wont last long.

Posted by webmeister on Nov-02-2002 03:11:

550 megs a month on cable?

fuck me! i download more than that in a week on dialup!

Posted by InSoMnIa^ on Nov-03-2002 08:39:

Broadband internet in Australia is fucking shit, even bill Gates had a go at Telstra for them being such tight arses with the internet, i mean the least they could do is give free traffic within australia, or within the specific state, there is plenty of bandwidth just sitting there not being used which will cost them nothing to transfer. But I don't see that happening, the only people that have utilised that is Netspace with their ADSL plans, they give free traffic between all netspace users, so it doesnt count toward their download limit.

Posted by Chuck Norris on Nov-03-2002 08:45:

Yeh i've had this cap on for about 3 months, and always 10 days in i get capped, right now i've had it for 3 days and i've gone passed the 500mb mark. It's just not enough, Telstra + Optus = Money Grubbing Bastards

Posted by dj_helen_k on Nov-03-2002 14:12:

i have recently converted to cable.
optus..

GRRR

i was silly enuff to take the 550mg limit
haha
withing 3 days

all gone

and went to not even 28k!

FUKINNNN

Posted by Sid on Nov-03-2002 15:31:

I figured it out its 96 megs a day if with the 3 gig cap, a question for you guys , does streaming radio shows count on your download limit ?

Posted by Philby on Nov-03-2002 15:49:

quote:
Originally posted by S_madis
I figured it out its 96 megs a day if with the 3 gig cap, a question for you guys , does streaming radio shows count on your download limit ?

well if it downloads data then yeah....
i think the only free downloads is with a couple of providers who have free traffic b/w users

Posted by InSoMnIa^ on Nov-03-2002 15:54:

quote:
Originally posted by S_madis
does streaming radio shows count on your download limit ?

any incoming data that is transferred from the internet to your computer is considered as 'downloading' so if you were to listen to streaming radio stations, whether its a shoutcast server, real media stream... etc. It is all counted as downloading, even chatting on irc and msn and icq and programs alike, are all counted as download traffic, even though they are very small packets of data.

hope this helps

Posted by Sid on Nov-03-2002 17:24:

ok thanks , lets say you exceed your 3 gig a month , does surfing te net even slow down to the speed of a 56 k modem ?

Posted by InSoMnIa^ on Nov-04-2002 05:11:

quote:
Originally posted by S_madis
ok thanks , lets say you exceed your 3 gig a month , does surfing te net even slow down to the speed of a 56 k modem ?

depends what provider you are on... but if you are with optus then, yes you will be limited to the speed of a 28.8k modem as far as i know

Posted by InSoMnIa^ on Nov-04-2002 05:17:

from http://www.optushome.com.au/terms.html

quote:

8. Data Usage Limitations
8.1 Each OptusNet Cable Pricing Plan provides a monthly Data Allowance that represents the maximum Data Usage that can be used at High Speed during a calendar month (regardless of the number of days in that month).

8.2 You may at any time request to change your Pricing Plan, however a change of Pricing Plan will only take effect on the 1st day of the calendar month following your request. Changing Pricing Plan does not effect the duration of the Initial Agreement Period.

8.3 Data Usage and Data Allowance are measured in Megabytes (MB) and for all purposes 1Gigabyte (GB) = 1000 Megabytes (MB).
8.4 Your Data Usage is reset to zero on the 1st day of each calendar month. Your Data Usage applies to downstream data only. Upstream data usage is not counted.

8.5 An online data usage monitoring application (My DataMonitor) is provided to allow you to see your Data Usage for the current calendar month. The My DataMonitor web-page will be updated every 15 minutes approximately.

8.6 If your Data Usage exceeds the Data Allowance for any given calendar month, then your access to the Service will be Speed Limited.
8.7 Your Service will remain Speed Limited until the 1st day of the next calendar month. Unused Data Allowance in any month cannot be rolled over into subsequent months.

8.8 Optus may notify you by email to your Primary Email Account when your Data Usage has:
a) exceeded 80% of your Data Allowance;
b) exceeded 100% of your Data Allowance and your access to the Service has become Speed Limited.
8.9 The table �Bandwidth Usage - Some Practical Guidelines for Usage� available at http://www.optus.com.au/optusnetcable sets out some practical guidelines on how to determine what types of usage of the Service use a large amount of bandwidth and therefore may increase your Data Usage.

8.10 Optus reserves the right to monitor any additional data usage whilst access to your Service is Speed Limited. You acknowledge and agree that Optus may need to take steps to protect against extreme data usage by you whilst your access to the Service is Speed Limited.

Posted by Stanza on Nov-04-2002 07:30:

I just changed to Optus last week. I was freaking out to find that I d/led 24 MB in a day just for surfing the net!!

Posted by webmeister on Nov-04-2002 11:20:

Well I just got disconnected from the internet. I'd been connected for 62 consecutive hours (Friday night -> monday morning). In that time I've downloaded 880 megs (Armin 7 hour set and the start of the Trance Energy 2002 DVD ) .. just thought all u Optus cable peeps would like to know that hehehe

Posted by webmeister on Nov-04-2002 11:27:

And just in case you don't believe me:

Posted by Philby on Nov-04-2002 12:11:

hehehehe nice one! i think our computer has been going for that long at some stage. at the moment im getting a j00f set, then the rest of the 5 hour marco v live in charge set. im training the modem, warming it up before i get the armin set

Posted by DJ Mikey Mike on Nov-04-2002 18:57:

quote:
Originally posted by Philby
Sucks hey. And I was thinking of getting Optu$ cable. I'm not now. I mean I download 500mb a week on my 28.8 modem, imagine what I would be like with cable...

what kinda speeds u get on ur 28.8 ?? i was thinking about upgrading from my 14.4

Posted by jp on Nov-04-2002 23:55:

Posted by Philby on Nov-05-2002 01:23:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ Mikey Mike
what kinda speeds u get on ur 28.8 ?? i was thinking about upgrading from my 14.4

hehehe
well when it goes over 2k/sec i start jumping up and down

quote:
How much is your telephone bill every month?

well for us seeing as work pays for the phoneline and we dont get charged for downloading or anything, internet costs us nothing

Posted by Sid on Nov-05-2002 02:49:

I think theres one positive , at least when you do exceed your limit get reduced to the speed of a 56k , you dont have to pay for dial up costs like when your on dial up , I mean you pay $40 a month on dial up costs alone , thats excluding the $20 you pay for your ISP each month, so it kinda works out the same !

Posted by Itchy on Nov-05-2002 03:07:

quote:
Originally posted by jploveparade

How much is your telephone bill every month?

we pay a flat fee for locals calls (about 24 cents). i'm guessing you have the same system as those poor brits and get charged a fuckload for calls, as they are all charged by the minute

Posted by [ groovypants ] on Nov-05-2002 03:36:

It appears that there has been a little kick start in terms of CHEAP unlimited usage... AppleComm (Green) and Tel Pacific have introduced unlimited download plans... This is great, but i'm a bit sus about these... there seems to be no catchs in the Ts & Cs... But it all sounds too good to be true...

Here are the links for their pricing:

http://www.applecomm.net/L2_Residential.htm

http://www.telpacific.com.au/product_broadband.asp

Cheers

Posted by dj_nomiz on Nov-05-2002 08:58:

quote:
Originally posted by webmeister
Well I just got disconnected from the internet. I'd been connected for 62 consecutive hours (Friday night -> monday morning). In that time I've downloaded 880 megs (Armin 7 hour set and the start of the Trance Energy 2002 DVD ) .. just thought all u Optus cable peeps would like to know that hehehe

dont u have a 4hour disconnection thing that the stinge and scummy service people put on almost every other 56k plan?

i hate fine prints.. it always says in huge letters something like 'UNLIMITED CONNECTION etc. etc. etc.' and at the very bottom in pinny small leters there's always some catch.

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