Yep - I'm in Richmond, with cable. One comment from the install tech annoys me - he was setting up the TV, and commented "those horizontal lines are standard for Christchurch" They certainly aren't in the wellington cable TV picture.
Anyone else in Chch/Welly comment? On Thu, 2002-08-15 at 10:50, Huan Yee Chew wrote: > Sounds like a much better option. Anyone around Christchurch region have > this going on? > > Huan > > > At 09:45 15.08.2002, you wrote: > >On Thu, 15 Aug 2002 09:52:06 +1200 > >Hansen Loke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Too bad they won't have cables to my place for another year or so. I > > take it > > > that they installed a splitter for you? What are thier rates and do > > they have a > > > data limit? > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Hansen > > > > > > Christopher Sawtell wrote: > > > > > > > Huan Yee Chew wrote: > > > > > > > > > Thanks to everyone that replies. I guess I know which direction to > > > > > head to now. > > > > > > > > To confuse the issue, I'll just toss in the fact that a Telstra/Saturn > > > > Cable is $99 for a "they do everything" connection, and you get a very > > > > much larger traffic ration. I have had the connection on for about a > > > > year and we have only had one outage which lasted about 4 hours. You get > > > > a fixed ip address and the "modem" has a utp ethernet connection. Worked > > > > first go _absolutely_ no troubles whatsoever. Not a shareholder, just a > > > > very satisfied customer. You are allowed to run servers too. > > > > > > > > > >I am also a very satisfied Telstra/Saturn cable user. > >The $99 installation fee also includes the network card which is yours to > >keep. > >I pay $82/month for my cable net connection and phone line, this includes > >the cable modem rental. > >There is a data limit of 10gigs/month but national traffic is only counted > >as a tenth. > >In effect giving 100gig/month national. > >Traffic from Paradise servers don't count towards your limit at all. > >This includes the servers at gamers.paradise.net.nz and > >debian.paradise.net.nz > >The static ip is great, you can get a domain name and they will do the DNS > >for nothing extra. > >-- > >Adrian Robertson > >Christchurch > >New Zealand > >ICQ: 72041173 > >http://www.gotroot.net.nz/
