Here you go...

http://www.clear.net.nz/services/tempest.html

Tempest isn't just DSL, it's a mix... Tempest is a service offering 2mbit
access through a variety of ways...

Spread Spectrum Radio, ADSL, and Frame Relay

     Volume Based Plans Flat Rate Plan
      Plan
     Cyclone
     Thunder
     Lightning

      Monthly Fee
     $199
     $299
     $499

      Monthly volume allowance
     1,000MB
     2,500MB
     Unlimited

      Cost per additional MB

      18 cents
      18 cents
      N/A
      Monthly On-premise receiver and router fee
     $150
     $150
     $150

      Installation Charge
     $750
     $750
     $750

Sorry for those that don't have HTML on.. yuuuuuus!!! I am an evil person...

Anyway... http://www.clear.net.nz/services/pricing.html#tempest if you don't
have html turned on...

Didn't read anything that said if it was business only.. but if it isn't...
I can only guess it's to protect themselves from leechers like me!!

To be honest.. 256k and 512k DSL a/c's are the next step. I don't see how
pricing and accounts could differ from overseas places when we are based in
the pacific ocean! :0)

Paitience and you will have your flatrate broadband account..

In the meantime, go JetStart and enjoy leeching at least a gig per day. If I
was a doggy my tail would be wagging like mad.. and yours should be too..

cya
Iain

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kendall Julian" <kendallj@clear.net.nz>
To: <adsl@unixathome.org>; "riscos-newzealand"
<riscos-newzealand@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 1:49 AM
Subject: ClearNet ADSL ?

> I have contacted Clear's Helpdesk periodically over the last few months to
> try and glean when Clear might be offering ADSL and initially was told by
an
> enthusiastic operator to wait for their ADSL offering as it was 'imminent'
> and later another operator even gushed that pricing would set new levels
of
> competition!
>
> The end of last month month I went to a product seminar which was
promoting a
> range of ADSL hardware solutions. The blokes leading this seemed to think
> that Clear wasn't going to offer retail ADSL, and that their focus would
be
> to business users in CBD areas where Clear had rolled out fiber or
wireless.
> So early this month, another call to Clear and the news given seemed to
> confirm Clear was NOT going to offer ADSL to residential users, and that
> their broadband offering to businesses would be announced 'any day now'.
So
> nearly three weeks ago a couple of half page colour adds appeared in our
> local rag offering Clear's 'Tempest' service with Free Installation for a
> limited time (normally $750), I rang the 0508 number given and spoke to an
> operator who knew nothing about the adds or 'Tempest'. I read the details
> out, to which she replied 'you have the wrong number - this is the Clear
> Residential service number - you need our business division' and
transferred
> me to another operator who also new nothing of the adds and had no info on
> 'Tempest' but she would get a customer service rep to call me back with
the
> details. To this day I havn't heard back. Now the adds also stated details
> were available on their Web Site so off I go looking... nope nothing I
could
> see at a glance...perhaps its in 'What's New' - nothing there.... do a
site
> search on 'Tempest', not a bean.
>
> I have been with ClearNet almost since their day one (both as a business
and
> residential customer) and for whatever misplaced reasons was happy to stay
> loyal to the brand. So now I'm thinking Clear are probably now only
> interested in the 'Corporates' so its time to ditch them and begin looking
> elsewhere...then...
>
> In last Monday's Dominion Infotech (26-2-01) in article headlined 'Clear,
> TelstraSaturn behind the JetStream', Clear Spokeswoman Rochelle Lockley is
> saying that Clear will resell Jetstream under it's own branding, in the
first
> wholesale deal for Jetstream. The article says that Clear has yet to
finalise
> pricing, service plans, and contractors to install user equipment. Lockely
> goes on to say that the launch date is 'imminent'.
>
> Is there anyone on this list that has definitive information about what
Clear
> is up to or am I wasting my time with them ?
>
> Cheers
> Kendall
>
> --
> Kendall Julian
> Napier, NEW ZEALAND
> email: kendallj@clear.net.nz
>
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