On Thu, 2003-11-27 at 13:59, Don Gould - BVC wrote:
> I'd like to be in on this as well.  Could someone provide details as to where 
> to go?
> As for what Telecom are charging for national traffic, I'd be interested to 
> hear more about this.  As an ADSL customer I get free national traffic.  It 
> strikes me that there is something wrong in the system if a university can't 
> host distros for Linux for everyone in the country!

The story goes:....
we had free national traffic but there was a volume cap which we
consistently exceeded. Telecom then removed the free access and started
charging albeit at a lower rate than the international.

This ennded up as costing about 9 dollars the the Uni' per CD downloaded
in NZ.

Regards,
Zane


> 
> Cheers DiG
> 
> 
> On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 11:38:54 +1300, Zane Gilmore wrote
> > I suppose you could come but there probably wouldn't be much point.
> > 
> > We just want to discuss what is going to be offered by the campus IT
> > infrastructure here. Unfortunately we can't offer it outside as Telecom
> > are charging like "wounded bulls" for national traffic.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Zane
> > 
> > On Thu, 2003-11-27 at 23:18, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> > > On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 09:46, you wrote:
> > > > There seems to be enough interest to go ahead so
> > > > I have booked A5
> > > Is this posting an invite for non-'Varsity list members to attend?
> > -- 
> > Zane Gilmore, Analyst / Programmer
> > Information Services Section, Information Technology Dept, 
> > University of Canterbury - Te Whare Waananga o Waitaha
> > Private Bag 4800, 
> > Christchurch New Zealand  Phone +64-3-364 2987 extn 7895
> 
> 
> --
> Don Gould
> www.bvc.com.au
-- 
Zane Gilmore, Analyst / Programmer
Information Services Section, Information Technology Dept, 
University of Canterbury - Te Whare Waananga o Waitaha
Private Bag 4800, 
Christchurch New Zealand  Phone +64-3-364 2987 extn 7895

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