Yes - sorry i left the . out - should have been 2.4 gig,

just wondering why we pay so much more for data with dsl?

----- Original Message -----
From: Juha Saarinen <juha@saarinen.org>
To: Adsl@Unixathome. Org <>
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 11:20 PM
Subject: RE: clear/telecom deal

> 50,000 bits/s = 6,250 bytes/s is a good speed for 56K modems.
>
> That's = 375,000 B/s
>
> Or =~ 21.45MB/h
>
> Or =~5GB/month, based on 12 hours and 20 days. Bit optimistic to expect
max
> speed, however, so 2.5GB is probably more realistic.
>
> $5 per GB isn't bad though. On my Jetstream 1500 plan, 5GB would cost me
> $921.60 in excess volume charges, if I went over my normal allocation at
7.5
> cents a MB.
>
> -- Juha
>
> %-> -----Original Message-----
> %-> From: owner-adsl@unixathome.org [mailto:owner-adsl@unixathome.org]On
> %-> Behalf Of MX
> %-> Sent: Thursday, 5 October 2000 10:58 p.m.
> %-> To: ADSL Mailing List
> %-> Subject: Re: clear/telecom deal
> %->
> %->
> %-> think u made a wee calculation error .. 2.4 gig
> %->
> %->
> %-> ----- Original Message -----
> %-> From: "keri Ring" <techsol@ihug.co.nz>
> %-> To: <adsl@unixathome.org>
> %-> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 9:03 PM
> %-> Subject: Re: clear/telecom deal
> %->
> %->
> %-> > Does DSL data cost an isp more than modem based data?
> %-> >
> %-> > Cos essentially I could get a flat rate dial up connection and use
> %-> >
> %-> > approx 10meg per hour, * 12hrs per day, * 20 days per month
> %-> (heavy usage
> %-> > average)
> %-> >
> %-> > giving 24 gigs data for a measly $24.95,
> %-> >
> %-> > thats a data cost of 1.04c per megabyte. - even if you take
> %-> 10% of this
> %-> > usage it is only 10c per mb!
> %-> >
> %-> > Are these ISP's offering flate rate making large losses,
> %-> > or are we simply paying what the market will stand for dsl? at 20c
per
> %-> meg.
> %-> >
> %-> > ----- Original Message -----
> %-> > From: Nigel Roberts <nigel@snippy.paradise.net.nz>
> %-> > To: Pete <speed@advcomm.co.nz>
> %-> > Cc: <adsl@unixathome.org>
> %-> > Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 1:29 PM
> %-> > Subject: RE: clear/telecom deal
> %-> >
> %-> >
> %-> > > Not true, Paradise.Net provides all national/international
> %-> bandwidth for
> %-> > it's
> %-> > > ADSL users. This is easily demonstrated by a traceroute to any
> %-> > well-connected
> %-> > > site through a paradise ADSL connection.
> %-> > >
> %-> > > Oh, and Chello has very little to do with Paradise. :)
> %-> > >
> %-> > > Nigel
> %-> > >
> %-> > > Quoting Pete <speed@advcomm.co.nz>:
> %-> > >
> %-> > > > > %-> bandiwidth (from
> %-> > > > > %-> what I gather). Telecom do (although it passes
> %-> through the ISP
> %-> > > > > %-> if they want it
> %-> > > > > %-> to (for caching purposes etc).
> %-> > > > >
> %-> > > > > No, that's not how it works. Paradise e.g uses Telstra
> %-> for parts of
> %-> > > > their
> %-> > > > > international connectivity.
> %-> > > >
> %-> > > > For dial-up users yes (and chello connected users etc),
> %-> but I believe
> %-> if
> %-> > > > you are
> %-> > > > a DSL ISP your DSL users get their bandwidth through
> %-> Telecom (or that
> %-> is
> %-> > > > at
> %-> > > > least an option to the ISP). Which is why Telecom charge you for
> %-> > > > bandwidth
> %-> > > > useage.
> %-> > > >
> %-> > > > Rgds,
> %-> > > > Pete
> %-> > > >
> %-> > > >
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