> So how can we
> bring pressure to bear on Telecom to correct this glaring anomaly and
> differentiate between national and international traffic in their pricing
> model for full rate JetStream customers?

We cant. And we wont. Unfortunately.

I dont even know if telecoms network would sustain the load that would
be put on it by such a change. The other problem when people have such
low download limits of 1Gb if they hit on a .nz site to download
something and that .nz site is hosted overseas, they will complain to
telecom yet it is entirely their fault.

I can't even imagine the skyrockting usage of p2p.net.nz if you could
have affordable/cheap/'free' full rate transfers around new zealand.

Compared to the other options available for 2Mbit+ connections in NZ
Jetstream is very reasonably priced. Telstra Clear offer broadband
connections, 2Mbit (256k up) cable access or Tempest 2Mbit burstable
connection.(delivered via wireless, dsl, whatever depending on your
exact needs.) TelstraClear with paradise are the only one of the low
cost providers that differentiate between national and international
traffic... and by capping upstream to 256k they limit the possible
damage to their network by bandwidth hogging users and their peer to
peer filesharing.

JetStream Home1000 - $89
Paradise Broadband Max 2mbps - $93 + $17 modem rental = $110
Tempest1000 - $199 + $50 router rental = $250

There is no incentive for Telecom to change their pricing model. We only
saw datacaps introduced to the 128k Jetstream Starter connection by ISPs
after the problems introduced by p2p filesharing.. a gigabyte a day in
the extreme curcumstances... imagine if that were to become a gigabyte
an hour because you could get unmetered full rate local data transfers.

Bandwidth in NZ is expensive, Jetstream provides affordable connections
to home users and business who want to download that 5Mb email
attachment now, who dont want to wait for that webpage to load. If the
system is open to abuse, that abuse will happen. Anyone disagree?

Sascha

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