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Posted by Mark Parnell on 06/29/05 02:43
Previously in alt.html, dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> said:
> Here in Sydney
Me too! <waves> Hello neighbour!
> you can get good and reliable dialup for $20 Australian a
> month, and you can be on all day and generally not be kicked off.
We were paying I think about $15/month for 100 hours. Could have paid a
bit more for unlimited.
> You can
> pay less and more with varying results... What is a tempting budget
> conscious strategy is some ADSL for about $29 with 200 MB download limits
> and you get slowed down to 56 or even 64 after limit is reached.
Yep, this is what we went for initially, though ours gets slowed down to
28k. :-( We changed our minds and are on a 1GB plan now.
> You get the
> huge advantage of being able to use your line again as a phone and are not
> otherwise worse off.
Yay! This is one of the best parts (besides the quicker downloads). And
we got rid of our voicemail too, which also saves money.
> There are just some up-front costs of about $100 to get
> the thing established (often they will throw in a suitable modem).
Don't think we had to pay much at all for setup - can't remember even
though it was only a month or so ago!
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Mark Parnell
Clarke Computers Pty Ltd
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