Posted by dorayme on 07/26/07 04:38

In article <J_Upi.12178$4A1.4892@news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
"rf" <rf@invalid.com> wrote:

> "dorayme" <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
> news:doraymeRidThis-19A2FC.13362926072007@news-vip.optusnet.com.au...
> > In article <wmUpi.12171$4A1.6039@news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
> > "rf" <rf@invalid.com> wrote:
>
> > While OT, it would be silly not to add something:
>
> > I made a bit of an investigation of the way Optus throttle things
> > at the end of last month, it is quite interesting. My plan calls
> > for throttling back to modem speed when you go over the download
> > limit on the broadband.
>
> Bigpond take the monetory approach. Go over the limit and megabytes suddenly
> cost $0.15 per each. That zip file you mentioned would cost $5.40 to
> upload.

The interesting thing about my Optus plan is they don't count
uploads at all, that suits me fine. Yes, I know about Bigpond.
Tell you what though, Optus is not easy to deal with on the admin
side, it is simply too big (like Telstra). These dinosaurs can
get about for a while but they are not a pretty sight.

--
dorayme

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