[wellylug] New prices for TelstraClear Cable

[Tim Nicholas]

Donald Gordon wrote:
> On Wed, 03 Mar 2004 01:11:27 +1300
> Rob Giltrap <rob at ubietygroup.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>HighSpeed 5G offers 2048 kbps/512 kbps and 5 Gigabytes for $59.95 
>>($84.90 with phone). Lightspeed 10G provides a staggering 10240 
>>kbps/1024 kbps - 200 times faster than dial-up - plus 10 Gigabytes for 
>>$139.95 ($164.90 with phone). Additional usage charges are charged in 
>>blocks, depending on the plan chosen, and range from 4.95c per megabyte 
>>down to 1.5c per megabyte.
> 
> 
> According to http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3552257 :
> 
>  "The previous split charging for international and domestic traffic has
>   been abandoned, with all data charged at the same rate."
> 
> That's really annoying.  I liked the old scheme - this means that the
> new 1GB plan is faster, but gives you much less traffic than the old
> one, depending on your usage :-(
> 
> donald
> 
> 

Not quite sure why anyone would report this:
"TelstraClear is challenging Telecom with a range of new fast Internet 
access plans with LARGE MONTHLY DATA ALLOWANCES in areas covered by its 
cable network - Wellington, Kapiti and Christchurch."

Since the data caps are either smaller or the same size as the only 
previous plan which actually had users, the statement a little misleading.

Which brings me to another point: Does anyone know anyone on the 
previous 'fast' plan? The one with 1GB of initial data allocated?

Tim


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