The "reduce speed to 64kb/s after 10gig" was part of the Jetstream Surf
plans... Although it apparently never actually eventuated.

Then again, maybe we'll see another "press release" next week...

Paul Warner wrote:
> Also reading this article
>
>
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/NL/356B8A20E567C86DCC256EED00750BAB
>
> Orcon managing director Seeby Woodhouse didn't respond to an inquiry
> from Computerworld yesterday. However, he posted a press release on
> Orcon's website overnight saying the provider will wear the cost of
> excess traffic over 10GB a month (understood to be 5c/MB). Customers
> who signed up in advance for Orcon's UBS plan on the premise that
> they would receive static IP addresses will get these, Woodhouse
> promised.
>
> Does this mean that Telescum have given up on the over 10G plan to
> reduce the speed to 65K to charge now at 5c/Meg
>
>
>
>
> At 10:26 AM 8/12/2004 +1200, you wrote:
>
>>> 2. Telecom finalize the UBS specification (note: I'm just reading
>>> this from the Orcon article mentioned, so you'll have to take their
>>> word, not mine) for ISPs. An ISP
>>> (Orcon) announces a plan, based on that specification that , oh,
>>> woops, blows Telecom's (err... Xtra's...) plans out of the water.
>>> Telecom suddenly realises that the competing ISP has managed to
>>> beat them using their (Telecom's) own wholesale service... So
>>> back-peddles, reneges on the finalised specification and changes it
>>> to take away the key selling points of the competing ISPs plans,
>>> thus attempting to render them the same as Telecom (err...
>>> Xtra's...) plans [doesn't this defeat the entire purpose of
>>> wholesale? If Telecom restricts what people can do, how are ISP's
>>> supposed to differentiate their
>>> plans?]
>>>
>>> More power to Orcon for taking it on the chin and
>>> honouring their plans, unlike Telecom.
>>>
>>> </super rant>
>>
>> I had thought that Telecom had said something like this is
>> the final draft but we might change things if we think it's
>> necessary... But looking back, the article I read on the Herald
>>
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/businessstorydisplay.cfm?storyID=3580
256&thesection=business&thesubsection=telecommunications&thesecondsubsec
tion=general
>>
>> actually says 'Telecom will now give the providers details
>> of the final offer. Butler said that while the offer was
>> more or less set in stone, there was some room for negotiation. "If
>> there are issues we've not thought about, such as migration, then
>> we're absolutely prepared to work it through." '
>>
>> If this is the same thing Telecom told ISPs I wonder who exactly
>> negoiated with Telecom for these changes? Or maybe Telecom never
>> though about people actually offering better & cheaper products then
>> them although I don't know who they've worked it through with, def
>> not Orcon it seems...
>>
>> Interestingly, I still can't seem to find any info on what Telecom
>> plan to charge ISPs if their user's average is higher then 10gb.
>> Also, having reread the press release, it appears ISPs may be able
>> to offer static IPs, they just can't advertise/promote it (although
>> what exactly constitutes promotion is anyones guess)
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>
>
> Paul Warner
>
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