Last time I checked none of my clients were completely mad (using Telstra B4H), but most are half mad (using Onthenet B4H).
They must be getting ripped blind according to Horst but hang on a minute, -They got their Netcomm modems paid for by the HIC -And they got their Cyberguard firewalls paid for by the HIC. -And it was all installed and tested by a professional paid for by the HIC (ok it was just little old me installing) -And they only pay about 20% of the monthly bills after the subsidisation from the HIC. So lets add it up, Roughly $120 month for business grade ADSL1 (up to 8mbps) or ADSL2, fixed IP, the best service of any ISP in Oz For which they effectively pay about ~$30 a month in year 1. Compared to Horst -had to install it himself, -had to buy his own ADSL modem -Had to buy (ok he probably built it out of recycled mobile phone processors) his own firewall. -who is paying $70 a month, And in their second year of B4H with Onthenet the monthly charges are completely covered by HIC so they pay $0.00 a month. And being a 'normal' medical centre they have no need to download ISO's of Linux or huge movies so the miserable download caps mean no-one else on the ISP's network is hogging the bandwidth when they want to use the Internet to quickly bill a patient at the front desk or appease a patient during a consult by showing them something on the web. Who's mad here again ? Andrew C. PS: Horse for courses, qualify your statements please gentlemen :) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Goondiwindi Medical Centre Sent: Wednesday, 29 November 2006 11:15 AM To: 'General Practice Computing Group Talk' Subject: RE: [GPCG_TALK] ADSL2+ Broadband for health On Wednesday, 29 November 2006 12:26 AM, Horst Herb wrote: >One must be completely insane... Why thanks. Perhaps you only mean that using Telstra as an ISP isn't something that would suit what you do. We believe that using Telstra suits us at present. Not everyone is as attached to the internet as you Dr Horst. When we first got BFH, Telstra was the ONLY option available in this rural location. All of the costs of the Telstra BFH plan are covered under BFH funding - so who cares about the cost? We don't ever meet or exceed our download limit so we never get shaped, and so we wouldn't have any excess fees even if we weren't on a shaped plan. Having a single point of contact isn't necessarily a bad thing. We have a single contact within Telstra and we get OK service from them (not brilliant granted but OK). I'm certain that if we were large internet users like you obviously are, then we would probably not use Telstra, but we aren't excessively large internet users. And neither are many medical practices I would reckon. I would think that internet users like you are a fairly rare thing indeed. Horses for courses, to each their own - no need for insults... Matt Gilchrist Practice Manager Goondiwindi Medical Centre ph (07) 4671 1444 - fax (07) 4671 2234 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] DISCLAIMER: Important Disclaimer and Warning This electronic mail is intended for the exclusive use of the named addressee and may contain information that by law is privileged and/or confidential. If you have received this transmission in error you are notified that you must keep the contents confidential and that you are prohibited from any disclosure, distribution, copying or other use. Please delete the original transmission (and any copies) and inform us by email on [EMAIL PROTECTED] Virus Disclaimer: This transmission is sent on the basis that it is used at the addressee's sole risk and the addressee indemnifying the sender against any and all claims arising from any computer and/or virus difficulties associated with the transmission. It is the recipient's duty to virus scan or otherwise test this transmission before loading it onto any computer. No warranty is given that this transmission is free from computer viruses or any other defect or error. _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
