Posted by Els on 06/28/05 10:54

dorayme wrote:

>> From: Mark Parnell <webmaster@clarkecomputers.com.au>
>>
>> Previously in alt.html, Els <els.aNOSPAM@tiscali.nl> said:
>>
>>> So - you pay per byte? Or per month?
>>
>> We were paying per month for a set number of hours, then extra per hour
>> after that. We could have paid a bit more for unlimited hours though.
>> But that's just as expensive as broadband anyway.
>
> Here in Sydney 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. 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. You get the
> huge advantage of being able to use your line again as a phone and are not
> otherwise worse off. There are just some up-front costs of about $100 to get
> the thing established (often they will throw in a suitable modem).

And that's what they call civilized? What good is a 200MB download
limit?
I have unlimited data transfer, 576 kbps up/3392 kbps down, including
a telephone line (VoIP) that lets me phone for free 24/7 to all
landlines. Costs me 35 Euro per month, and that's one of the more
expensive ones.

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