Hi folks, I promised an update on this when I got more info. Here's what I know now about cable Internet via Saturn, particularly with respect to Chch: * Availability -- Wellington is a given of course, but Christchurch is NOT. They intended to roll it out in April, encountered a technical hitch, and now have no publicly-announced available date, though July was mentioned awfully tentatively by one person. Call 0800 299300 as that time gets closer, or await a mail drop. * Bandwidth -- 500Kbps (128Kpbs uplink) is their highest-bandwidth announced plan, for about $79.95/month on current pricing, including 1GB international traffic (10GB national, i.e.1 in 10 ratio). There is also a 2Mbps "upgrade" to that plan, no pricing or easy-to- find info on that however. These Wgt prices and bandwidths may not apply as-is in Chch, who knows. * A static IP address is included with every cable connection by default * A cable modem is priced into the Internet connections. The one used in Wgt is a "COM21" mode, with no firewall features. cheers, peter ============================================ Peter Hyde, WebCentre Ltd & SPIS Ltd, Christchurch, New Zealand * Web automation for online periodicals: http://TurboPress.com * TurboNote+: http://TurboPress.com/tbnote.htm -- easy, small, handy onscreen sticky notes --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Offtopic List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz
