I am not sure what company you are referring to, but Activ8 is $29-95/ month
with a 512/128 connection , there is a download limit, which I am sure I always
go over, but have never been charged any excess. Also Ativ8 only count your
download as I am involved in photography I would upload nearly as much its good
value. I understand Telstra combine your download & upload to get your total
usage.
Telstra are out of the field as far as I am concerned. They wouldn't put ADSL
in to Keith (SA) as they said there wasn't enough interest, so Activ8 (APN)
came in with wireless and Satellite, surprise surprise Telstra enabled ADSL in
Keith with out anyone else requesting it. The same went for Bordertown
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From: D S Baker
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in
Australia.
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 2:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Slow dial-up or broadband- your choice
Well, I'm currently waiting for our satellite to be delivered & installed
(it'll be about 8 - 10 weeks they said =\) but I remember that when I
researched it just a few weeks ago, yes they had stopped the subsidy scheme,
and put in place one pretty much the same, except under a different name.
They say that the prices are "metropolitan comparable" to metro broadband
prices, but they're far from it. I believe one of the plans was $110/m for a
512/128 connection with 3GB download limit, charged at 11cents per megabyte
after that. Far from metro comparable in my opinion.
On 30/06/07, Mark Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Peter Brookman wrote:
> As far as I am aware the scheme with Activ8 is still going as the local
> radio station is still advertising the same and I hear every week of
> more people being connected around this area.
Activ8 is the name of a product offering put on the market by a commercial
ISP, not a Govt subsidy programme.
There are all kinds of reasons why a company might continue to offer a
once subsidized product when the subsidy dries up.
The original post mentioned a subsidy programme, as did subsequent
followups. My correction which states that the subsidy programme no
longer exists stands.
This isn't the first time this has happened, btw:
http://whirlpool.net.au/article.cfm/1706
The "Protracted Dispute with the Federal Government" mentioned in the
article concerned an argument about whether RawNet was going to get the
money that their subsidy claims asked for. RawNet said, "Yes," the
Government said, "No."
The protracted dispute with Telstra concerned when RawNet was going
to pay their Telstra bill. RawNet said, "When we get our Government
money!" Telstra said, "Right friggin' now, dammit."
As I'm sure you can imagine, the outcome was inevitable.
- mark
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<Dro0> i dont wanna be alarmist here
<Dro0> but i'm prety sure that the guy trying to configure the core router in
chicago
<Dro0> is googling "subnetting"
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