On Wednesday 29 November 2006 12:14, Goondiwindi Medical Centre wrote: > When we first got BFH, Telstra was the ONLY option available in this rural > location.
Wrong. Telstra may have been the only option under B4H, but definitely not the only option for ADSL. > All of the costs of the Telstra BFH plan are covered under BFH funding - so > who cares about the cost? Wrong again. The Telstra B4H plan only covers a very limited data transfer allowance (unless something has changed since I looked last year). Once you exceed that, you will have to pay for it through your nose, about two orders of magnitude more per volume than with most other providers. Since Telstra also engages in double dipping (charging and counting both upstream and downstream) this can result in astronomic costs should you decide to use your broadband plan for something sensible as for example unattended offsite backups Lastly - the services are NOT free, and the moey doesn't grow on trees. They are paid for with taxpayers money. Money somebody worked hard for, and then was deprived of that money. Most doctors pay a considerable part of their income in taxes - so they *do* pay for B4H. What you are essentially doing with B4H is saving pennies while spending dollars - just possibly someone else's dollars. Horst _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
