At 06:58 p.m. 15/06/2004, you wrote:
>At 06:39 PM 6/15/2004, Peter wrote:
>
>
>>Even better still, sometime (2 days) after I got the email saying I had
>>exceeded 120% of my limit on a 10 gig plan from telecom, I got a "courtesy"
>>automated phonecall from telecom telling me I had exceeded 80% and that
>>after i hit my cap that I would be paying per MB
>>Needless to say they recieved a call from me quick smart
>
>It would be interesting to see the reaction if they tried to bill for over usage on Jetsurf..

I'm pretty sure they already do, on the 1 and 3 gb plans, as they are supposed to. IMHO, they are unlikely to do so for the 10gb plan. It doesn't make sense. Their new bandwidth limiting system is supposed to be up in September, which isn't that long away. If they wanted to bill for overusage, they would have to tell the ISPs and then wait for them to tell their customers (since they will get into real trouble if they try to do it without telling people). This would take a while and since it is only likely to take affect from a users next billing cycle even if they decide to implement it on 1 July, some users won't be affected until the end of July and these ones might go on internet overload to make up for it. That and all the fuss there is bound to be makes it kind of pointless. Especially since their wholesale service is going to be launched sometime soon and despite the $150 penalty, people might change if they get real pissed of at Telecom. Just ride it out until September is
 their best bet...

What interests me is I thought the Xtra e-mail notification problem had been solved. Last time this issue came up, someone posted after a while saying their latest e-mail was from Telecom and directed to Telecom pages not Xtra...

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