Posted by dorayme on 06/29/05 05:49

> From: "Richard" <@invalid.com>
>
> "Lauri Raittila" <lauri@raittila.cjb.net> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1d2b2743aed327a498a66f@news.individual.net...
>> in alt.html, Els wrote:
>>> dorayme wrote:
>
>>>> 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.
>>
>> Limits on broadband? Never used in Finland, which is getting problem.
>> After all, how can you offer 8/1M for 20euros when it can/will then be
>> used full rate 24h by some people...
>>
>> But 200MB a day is not that much, IMHO.
>
> No. We are talking about 200MB per *month*.
>
Indeed! I was worried that I would have to admit this to Lauri!

> After your 200MB it's 15 cents per additional MB. Plus, you can not save up
> any unused MB to carry over to the next month.
>

No, there is much better than this. Where one is slowed down instead. Horses
for courses I guess: for me, going to broadband with this slowdown after the
limits are reached I would still be better off. Inertia stops me. I don't do
a lot of surfing, I like being online though and research things, low
bandwidth stuff mainly.


> Of course here in .au we have one of the most expensive
> broadband/dialup/satelite/whatever costs in the world.
>

Perhaps this is so?

dorayme

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