[LINK] Surprise from Internode - upgrade speed

[rene]

On Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:43:16 +1000, Kim Holburn wrote:

> I was just looking over internode's new plans and they have moved to
> a combined upload and download cap. 
[...]
>Why the move to count uploads now?
> After all, uploads are already limited by the asymmetry anyway.

Uploads are counted unless any particular customer prefers to pay an extra 
$10 per month above a base plan price for 'Power Pack' extra features, 
which include (among other things), not counting upload data. 

Internode first introduced a plan that counted uploads in July 2009. At the 
time, Internode said:
"To allow customers to make a direct comparison of value for money, the 
Internode Easy Broadband plan counts both downloads and uploads in the 30GB 
data quota, in the same way its major rivals do. ..."
http://www.internode.on.net/news/2009/07/143.php

Similarly Simon Hackett said on Whirlpool:
"Because its aimed to compare with plans from Telstra and Optus retail, and 
because both of those providers count uploads, the only way we can be 
fairly compared to their plan quotas is if we are comparing apples to 
apples. Their apples include uploads, so Internode Easy Broadband needs to 
do that as well."
http://whrl.pl/RbWbOL

Since then, (it appears, unless I've missed something) that all new plans 
announced by Internode have also counted uploads in the base price, along 
with Power Pack option being available.

Obviously anyone sufficient 'technically' aware to be worried out whether 
counting uploads may exceed their monthly data limit, can work out for 
themselves whether they'd be better off paying the Power Pack cost, or 
using some other ISP. 

I can certainly see Internode's point/reason for having base prices that 
enable easy comparison of apples with apples.

Irene