> I agree with your last point, it is the low MB/GB allowance that bugs me.
I
> would trade my 2.5Mb/s for 512K unlimited usage any day.
>

I have that option with Chello but given the poor reports of its performance
plus their stated conditions that you are not allowed (supposed to) share
the connection with other PC's, that is bit of a restriction

Larry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Juha Saarinen [mailto:juha@saarinen.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 5:44 PM
> To: Laurence Chiu
> Cc: adsl@unixathome.org
> Subject: Re: clear/telecom deal
>
>
> > I guess we are lucky in many respects here with Telecom's contractors,
the
> > ISP's etc able to get DSL up running in a couple of hours (well that was
> my
> > experience anyway). But is that a good substitute for low prices?
> >
> > Larry
>
> Well, how expensive is ADSL in comparison? Fair comparison, I should
> add. Britain's ADSL service, only just rolled out, is 512Kbps/256Kbps for
> £39.99 a month with a £150 installation charge. That's the "Home
> 500" service, which seems to be portal-based... some of the more expensive
> business plans go up to 2Mbps.
>
> I think the main issue here is the volume charging, which is on the high
> side.
>
> -- Juha
>
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