"Brian J. Murrell" wrote:
> from the quill of Ron Stodden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on scroll
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> My vendor (Optus) records all the usage, drops the high and low 5% of
>> users to arrive at an average usage figure on a 14 day rolling
>> average. Any individual user who exceeeds 10 times this usage on the
>> same 14 day rolling average, risks having his account cancelled. I
>> am running at about 4.6 This scheme permits those occasional days
>> of heavy usage without essential penalty.
> And that's the best deal "down under"? If so, somebody please kick my
> ass if I ever think of relocating there.
No, some providers with satellite links (e.g, Paradox) can give you byteless
deals. But data does cost lots here compared with US (and probably less than
other countries). Standard rate is about 19c/MB (halve that for US cents), many
ISPs trade at between 11 and 14c/MB, I saw one consulting co in Perth trying to
retail at 45c/MB (ghasp!). So... <kick>! But Oz is generally a nice place to
live.
--
Five years ago I was on a flight from Vegas to Dallas. The pilot
said, "Those of you on the right side of the plane can look down
and see Meteor Crater. One of our flight attendants saw it for
the first time last week, and said 'Wow, it almost hit that road!'"
