Like Mark, Joel are you sure you are not confused.

Jestart was supposed to be pulled out late last year, but this was delayed,
and I believe they have only recently announced that this is fonially going
to happen.

I have not heard anything about us users who signed up to the faster plans
before the decision by Telecom to keep the existing 192kps customers as-is.

However, according to my ISP, this is all academic now anyway. A week ago,
I received a letter from Maxnet telling me that the Jetstream Partnering
Programme (JPP) is being withdrawn by Telecom at the end of August, so there
goes 192kps up rate, fullstop! I have to switch across to a UBS plan, or
get my Jetstream service cut-off by Telecom at the end of the month. No
alternative to UBS provided.

Disadvantage:
128k upload!!!

Advantages:
Lower cost ($64.95 from Maxnet, instead of $59.95 Telecom and $10.00 Maxnet,
although the letter from Maxnet quotes $69.95, but is wrong as their website
says $64.95 and I have confirmed the error).
10Gb limit is only on International downloads, not uploads and not on
National.

Rgds

Paul Quinlan

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-adsl@unixathome.org [mailto:owner-adsl@unixathome.org] On Behalf
Of Mark Foster
Sent: Thursday, 4 August 2005 12:13 p.m.
To: Joel Wiramu Pauling
Cc: adslNZ
Subject: Re: Telecom surepticiously has changed Jetstart +

Just confirm for me that you're not talking about the plan listed here:

http://www.telecom-media.co.nz/releases_detail.asp?id=3068&page=1&pagesize=1
0&filtertext=Jetstream+Starter&m1=1&y1=1996&m2=8&y2=2005&filter=filter

(sorry for the long link)

Mark.

On Thu, 4 Aug 2005, Joel Wiramu Pauling wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Telecom seems to have changed the jetstart + plan. After publicly
> saying they would "Grandfather" and keep existing customers "as is" in
> computerworld earlier this year, at the 2mbit 192kps up rate. They
> have changed the plan to only be 128kbit up. I have confirmed this
> with another user of the plan.
>
> His contact with Telecom seems to be that they are defending the move
> as "Keeping in Compliance" with the com com agreement.
>
> I have contacted Consumer Affairs about this, as I believe it is in
> breach of the Consumer Gurantees Act as well as the Fair Trading act
> (in that it is an issue of measure and weight).
>
> I don't know about others, but I would not have switched to ADSL from
> cable knowing that the upstream would shrink. I rely on that extra
> 64kbit for visitors to my site for both research and non profit use.
>
> I would be interested to hear from others on the plan, who are willing
> to make a submission to the Consumer affairs people.
>
> Evidence of discussions with Telecom and your ISP over the matter is
> useful.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Joel W
>
>
>
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