I think this would be a wonderful opportunity for Telecom to show that
yes, their systems are not perfect, but they are willing to fix,
streamline, document them since this is a new product.

The guy made a genuine mistake, Telecom had confusing documentation and
logic on this, especially since you can avoid traffic charges in the
gaming realm, you would think if you key in your jetstart password and
your capped at 128kb, your price would be as well.

This is the equivelent of having a business phone line, instead of a
home line and dialing a 0800 number and still being charged the toll
call because you made the call on the wrong phone line silly!

Regards,
Tyler

-----Original Message-----
From: Iain [mailto:tripz@xtra.co.nz]
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 1:36 PM
To: adsl@unixathome.org
Subject: Re: HUGE WARNING ON JETSTREAM BILLING!

I sympathise with the guy who first posted this. It is unfair, and what
if
you logged on to a jetstart users line and modem with a jetstream
password..
I bet they don't let the traffic go free...

This is just another situtation of the forever unending thing called the
Local Loop.

There are alot of very annoyed people out there right now, and to be
honest
Telstra are going to make a killing in this country. Not because they
offer
a better service, faster service blah blah blah... but because people
will
change for the hell of it. ie Linux.

oh well.. sigh

> On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 11:56:56AM +1300, G wrote:
> > >I've always thought it was fairly clear.
> > >What you pay telecom is based on what your phone number is.
> > >What you pay your ISP is based on what your login is.
> > >If you are on jetstream you pay telecom for volume. on jetstart
> > >you don't, some ISPs are charging for volume under various
conditions.
> > >In some cases it is if you go over 10 Gb in a month, in others it
is if
> > >you log in to them more than once. As far as I can tell Telecom
does
> > >not care who your ISP is or what you login as.
> >
> > This case is slightly different. It means that if you are a
JetStream
400
> > user and I come over to your house and log in with my JetStart
userid
YOU
> > will get billed JetStream 400 usage, even though we're using my flat
rate
> > JetStart account.
> And to attempt to further clarify the point, we would be using your
login
> to your ISP for the ISP charges, and my Jetstream Line. I am
> more than clear about that. Presuming the ISP authenticated us. The
> interesting part is if the ISP is billing for its bandwidth will you
> be charged as well.
>
> If the ISP is being chargted for the bandwidth on jetstart I hope that
> they get enough data to distinguish customer line types.
>
> --kit
> >
> > /Greg
> >
>
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