Don't YOU rub it in. In Australia, the DSL infastructure (owned by Telstra) provides a maximum of 1500/256 (down/up). Only now, you can get upto 6MB through specific providers (because they have deployed their own DSLAM's) and you need to be pretty close to the exchange (2-3 mile) to get those fast speeds.
For this pretty meagre connection, you will pay between $50 and $200 AUD and have a download quota of 5-50GB after which you are shaped to 64kbps usually. Broadband in Australia is terrible. Cable is available which provides a 10mb connection, but it is even more expensive and smaller quotas. Bandwidth in general is expensive: a 1mb service (AAPT, Optus, Telstra, Powertel, AN) into a data center will cost you between $500 and $1000 aussie depending on how much you buy. Wireless has just become available commercially in Sydney CBD, but again, disgustingly expensive (http://www.unwired.com.au). I used run an ISP which offered completely unmetered/no limits DSL. We were on razor thin profits but growing faster than anyone else in the industry. It was all about effective bandwidth management and network dimensioning. No one in the industry offers it now. Or if they do, its a loaded with all sorts of terms and conditions. When I see countries (Japan, Korea, Norway et al) pay $20USD for a 10mb connection with VoIP, digital TV etc delivered over it, it makes me so furious that our country could be so far behind! FFS, we have only had cable TV (which just switched to digital this year) for 8-9 years. Mind you, our mobile (cell) phone network is far superior to the USA. :) On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 10:28:45 -0600, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stop rubbing it in. Here in the US, broadband generally is 2-3mb and > that costs $40-$50. And only half of the connected households have > broadband and only half of all households are online at all. Mobile > phones are similarly more expensive with less advanced phones and > network. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:145981 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
