[wellylug] Info for TelstraClear Cable users - Plan changes

[Chris Hodgetts]

I threatened going to the the Telecommunication commissioner, because
Telstra broke my contract with them.

I moved house and they moved me from one plan to another and we were
still under contract.

They removed me from my contract, (I still had 3 months to go), and
reimbursed me for the extra cost of the new plan for the 3 months I had
left of the contract.

Anyway, on the herald site, a TelsraClear spokesman said that they would
not move people to the new plans if they didn't want to move.

Quote from Article:
	A spokesman for TelstraClear says existing internet customers can
choose to remain on their current plans, which will continue to 
offer the data split. 

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=000730B7-74E2-1374-8F4F83027AF1FE9F

so stick with your guns, and if they do move you, go to the
Telecommunications commissioner and anyone else you can goto with
regards to the breaking of your contract, fair trading act?? -
considering in the news media Telstraclear have stated that you are able
to say on your current plan.

Dunno ;)



On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 17:14 +1300, Ian Beardslee wrote:
> And further to the below announcement, I phoned up to ask about it today
> and it seems like that early next year people will be moved from the plans
> with the 1/10 split whether they want a new plan or not.
> 
> I think wobblies will be thrown (watch out for the flying toys) when they
> change that on me after I signed up for 2 years a couple of months back.
> 
> I think I will need to start asking companies when I start buying a
> service from them if I will need the vaseline straight away!
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Giltrap <>
> To: Wellington Linux Users Group <wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz>
> Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 09:46:28 +1300
> Subject: [wellylug] Info for TelstraClear Cable users - Plan changes
> 
> > There are a few changes to TelstraClear's Cable (Paradise or Clear) 
> > plans that may impact your ISO downloading habits.
> > 
> > First off they have introduced new plans as follows...
> > 
> > Phone and HighSpeed 200 MB    PhoneLine + HighSpeed Internet 2 Mbps and
> > 200 MB/mth    $ 61.90*
> > Phone and HighSpeed 1G            PhoneLine + HighSpeed Internet 2Mbps 
> > and 1GB/mth    $ 71.90*
> > Phone and HighSpeed 4G            PhoneLine + HighSpeed Internet 2Mbps 
> > and 4GB/mth    $ 81.90*
> > Phone and HighSpeed 10G          PhoneLine + HighSpeed Internet 2Mbps 
> > and 10GB/mth    $ 101.90*
> > Phone and LightSpeed 10G         PhoneLine + HighSpeed Internet 10Mbps 
> > and 10GB/mth    $ 131.90*
> > Phone and LightSpeed 20G         PhoneLine + HighSpeed Internet 10Mbps 
> > and 20GB/mth    $ 171.90*
> > * Cable Modem is included in the above prices for high speed internet 
> > packages
> > 
> > However there is no longer the 1/10 split for National vs International
> > traffic (so using any mirrors on Telstra or their local peers is no 
> > longer going to save you traffic).
> > 
> > Apparently there will also no longer be any traffic free servers like 
> > http://debian.paradise.net.nz/
> > 
> > Also for those hosting anything, when I changed back up to Lightspeed 
> > (10Mbps) I had to get a new IP address
> > 
> > This concludes the public service announcement.
> > 
> > 
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