On Mon, 2003-08-25 at 17:18, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 16:40, you wrote: > > ...but is cable cheaper? > Yes.
Yes - I agree. Only cable has the "national traffic costs 1/10 of what international traffic costs" > > Faster? > Probably not, it all depends on how fast you expect > your ADSL to go, and what Cable plan you purchase. There are currently only two cable plans - 2 Mbit with a 1 Gb cap and 256 Kbit with a 5 Gb cap. I'm still on 128 Kbit with a 10 Gb cap, but that plan is no longer offered. > > More reliable? > Only been off twice since roll-out. > Once was a network-wide fault and we were off the 'net for about 4 hours. > The other was something wrong with my connection in the exchange being > intermittent for about 2 days. They had it fixed almost immediately I > mentioned it. Setting up the connection was _absolutely_ hassle free. > I just plugged the Ethernet into the IPCop box, put in the settings and we > were alive in a couple of seconds -- literally -- with a static ip number. Likewise... cable internet was up and running in minutes. Cable TV took weeks cos of a "bad batch of decoders" but thats par for the course apparently. > 10Gbytes / month at 256kbits download. > 90% discount on NZ traffic. HTF did you get a 10 Gb cap at 256 Kbit? > Help desk is not particulaly knowledgable, but they do have very > nicely-mannered people doing the work. And they phone you back! Best mannered and organised helpdesk I've dealt with (second only to National Bank's helpdesk)