Chris Hellyar wrote: >>From: "Adrian Stacey" >>As an ISP, I'd probably have to kill you. >> > > :-)... > > As a customer I'd have to say that it is an 'all I can eat'
Heheh, that's why I have an "abuse it and lose it" clause :) > Must read the Xtra Terms of Service and see what they say... I believe they are not too good. I remember one iHug user was threatened he would be treated as a leased-line customer if he didn't buck up :) > For my part I don't have DSL within 40km of here, and I'm trying to set an > example for my staff by not abusing the councils frame relay connection. But to think on for a moment, the best wholesale price I can find for international bandwidth/traffic is around 5 cents per MB at around 512kbit/s, I have to pay much more because I only move about 5GB per month, with only about 30 users, it pays the bills. I feel sorry for the ISP's who are on the DSL train, with (the now) Jetstream Starter - the ISP has to supply the bandwidth. Even with a 5GB cap such that xtra have introduced, a $35 per month user can cost around $50 to service (some have higher caps). True, these ISP's will have a purchase plan for an agreed minimum so in many cases will only be using unsold bandwidth so they at least recoup some cost. But it wouldn't take much of an increase for them to find themselves in dire straights :( Adrian
