[wellylug] Slightly OT: Cable alternatives

[Rob Giltrap]

Phillip Hutchings wrote:

>On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 12:05:26 +1300, Templeman Colin
><Colin.TEMPLEMAN at nzpost.co.nz> wrote:
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>>>want to swap for 2 who last Christmas used 7.5 gigs on a 5
>>>gig account
>>>(cost me $500 extra @ 20c/meg)
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>>Yet another reason to go for an eat-all-you-can plan, eh?
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>>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.
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>>Enough to make you cry, isn't it?
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>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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$9.95 / 500MB ($19.90 / GB) on the Paradise cable 2Mb/5GB cap plan. It's 
now at a level where I don't worry too much about going over the cap as 
it won't break the bank.