[wellylug] Slightly OT: Cable alternatives

[Phillip Hutchings]

On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 12:05:26 +1300, Templeman Colin
<Colin.TEMPLEMAN at nzpost.co.nz> wrote:
> > want to swap for 2 who last Christmas used 7.5 gigs on a 5
> > gig account
> > (cost me $500 extra @ 20c/meg)
> >
> 
> Yet another reason to go for an eat-all-you-can plan, eh?
> 
> How's this for unfair then .... from being in the broadband backwater, the UK has now surged ahead of NZ.
> My parents back in the UK are on a 512/256 ADSL plan with a 1Gb cap.  BUT if they go over their allotted data allowance, its an additional £1.20 (just over 3 bucks) per Gig thereafter.
> 
> Enough to make you cry, isn't it?

Better than the $204.80/Gig we pay here. Though on the newer Paradise
high speed plans you pay less, around $15 last time I checked.

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