[wellylug] telstraclear nz usage reporting script

[Bruce Hoult]

On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 11:55 PM, Jethro Carr
<jethro.carr at jethrocarr.com> wrote:
> If you're a user of the Telstraclear cable network, I've written up a
> basic perl script for generating reports of the amount of data used, and
> left in the current billing period.

"it is handly to be able to recieve emails reporting your data usage
so you can plan your usage so that you don't run out during the
month."

Gosh.  If I don't "run out during the month" then I figure I've paid
them for something I haven't used.  There's no "running out" .. they
just happily bill you for whatever you do use, and at a considerably
lower rate per GB than you pay for the minimum charge GBs included in
your plan.  e.g. on the 40 GB plan I'm on, the first 40 GB effectively
cost $2.75 each if you use them all (more if you don't), while extra
GBs cost only $1.50.