[LINK] Telstra lifts net speeds

[Adam Todd]

At 09:03 AM 11/11/2006, Jan Whitaker wrote:

>At 08:26 AM 11/11/2006, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
>>Customers that currently rent their copper line from Telstra can 
>>subscribe to the carrier's basic ADSL2+ service, which has a download 
>>allowance capped at 600MB, for $59.95 per month. Telstra is offering a 
>>shaped 12GB plan for $89.95 per month, and 25GB and 60GB plans priced at 
>>$119.95 and $149.95 per month respectively.
>
>The trick in the above is the limited data number at 600MB. If the problem 
>as was stated in the story is the slow speed for downloading movies, then 
>that 600MB is going to be used up VERY quickly. My monthly data usage, 
>without movies as most of my stuff is email and webpages, is running about 
>1.5GB on average per month. That is 2.5X the $60 allotment from Tel$tra on 
>a 512 connection.

And you'll pay 30 cents per megabyte UPLOAD and DOWNLOAD for everything 
about that 600 MB limit.  If I'm not incorrect, Telstra charge data both 
ways on DSL, or is that only cable?

>I wonder what their over quota rates are? At one time they were $150/Gig - 
>more robbery. I went to the website and they say the Liberty plan shapes 
>back to 64kb. That will really be a shocker to the punters, eh?

<rofl>  Might as well put in two modems!  Far cheaper!

>It's also a 12 month minimum contract. Most bb ISPs are offering either 6 
>mo or no contract with a $65 exit fee if you leave before the 6mo has 
>passed which is paid to Tel$tra if you're on their DSLAM.

Or some on churn charge you nothing in and nothing out.  They had better 
work their arses off to keep the consumer happy!

>I think Tel$tra may need to rethink their plans. The competition has 
>outdone them once again.

Telstra hasn't thought about it's plans.  It's just applied a multiplier to 
existing plans.  "Bigger costs more"

I think the other ISPs need to rethink their plans!  But I've been saying 
that since 1997 :)

>Who is running that company?!

An American who knows unless he makes you pay a lot of money, he won't be 
leaving Australia with a $92 million payout because Telstra doesn't make 
the $300 billion a year his former employer did.