RE:Simply because most people that were discussing jetstream appeared to be
business users, pricing I pasted was from there business page and not
residential.

And what may appear as a acceptable usage to them would be a drip in a pond
to me :-)
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Little, Craig (SSI-GRPO52) [mailto:craig.little@ssi.co.nz]
  Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 3:02 PM
  To: 'Paul Mackenzie'; Adsl@Unixathome. Org
  Subject: RE:

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  You have chosen not to display the following information from
  BigPond, which appears on the page you have cut and pasted from...
  Why is that?

  Plan Monthly Fee without pre- selection^ Monthly Fee with pre-
  selection MB allowance Speed* Additional users # Rate per
MByte
  after allowance
  Freedom Standard $94.50 $78.00 Subject to Acceptable Use Policy
**
   256/64 Up to 2 additional users Not applicable
  Freedom Deluxe $105.50 $89.00 Subject to Acceptable Use Policy
**
  512/128

  ** Basically stated says that you have unlimited MB provided you are
  a good net citizen.

  - -----Original Message-----
  From: Paul Mackenzie [mailto:paul.mackenzie@team.xtra.co.nz]
  Sent: Tuesday, 31 October 2000 12:33 p.m.
  To: Adsl@Unixathome. Org
  Subject:

  NZ pricing appears to be allot better than some offerings in OZ

  Installation

  Telstra BigPond ADSL offers the following types of contract:

  Contract length Installation fee
  3 months $399.00

  12 months $259.00

  18 months $189.00

  Monthly Plans

  During the term of the contract, you can choose (and move between)
  any of the following monthly plans:

  Plan Monthly Fee without pre- selection^ Monthly Fee with pre-
  selection MB allowance Speed* Additional users # Rate per
MByte
  after allowance
  Blast off $89.50 $73.00 250 MB 256/64 Up to 7 additional users
  18.90 cents per MB up to 5 GB and 17.50 cents per MB after 5 GB
  Business Standard $100.50 $84.00 500 MB 512/128
  Business Deluxe $132.50 $116.00 500 MB 1.5/256

  * Speeds are presented in downstream/upstream format eg: 256/64
  represents 256kbps downstream/64 kbps upstream.

  ** Subject to Acceptable Use Policy

  # Each additional user is charged at $11.00 per user per month.

  ^ Preselection refers to the Telstra pre-selected for long distance
  call on the telephone number used for ADSL.

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