[wellylug] Data charge question:

[Phillip Hutchings]

Oligopoly. It's a Bad Thing(tm).

Anyone got a few spare billions so we can run cables? :P


On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 10:36:27 +1300, Chris Hodgetts <chris at archnetnz.com> wrote:
> Have you ever heard such madness...
> 
> * Subject*
> Data charge question:
> 
> * Discussion Thread*
> * Response (Andrew)*    10/02/2005 09.26 AM
> Hi there,
> 
> Kirsty is our secondary DNS server, you will get charged traffic
> connecting to our DNS servers. There are a list of servers for which
> traffic is free, to quote the paradise.net webpage:
> 
> "We also run a number of servers for which traffic charges do not apply
> to most* high speed customers. These include files.paradise.net.nz,
> news.paradise.net.nz, radio.paradise.net.nz, debian.paradise.net.nz and
> any of the servers listed at gamers.paradise."
> 
> http://www2.paradise.net.nz/plans/traffic.html
> *  *    03/02/2005 11.43 PM
> Hello,
> 
> I understand that on the Paradise cable connection, I dont get charged for
> connecting to any paradise.net server..
> 
> I was looking at my usage stats and saw this:
> 
> 203.96.152.12 kirsty.paradise.net.nz 1.09 0.11
> 
> This was taken against my National traffic...
> 
> Is this right?
> 
> Could you please explain why I would be getting a traffic charge to this
> paradise server?
> 
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