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# Ick!
Bandwidth is so cheap! Ick, ick, ick!

I'm in America, and my cable provider (Time Warner) gives me a 5 Mb download rate with no fees on usage. I realize it may be different elsewhere, but the bandwidth thing seems a bit extreme.
(, Thu 2 Mar 2006, 5:45, archived)
# Yep. Same up here in Canada too.

I've got (in theory) infinite traffic - and I give that a run for it's money every month :)

New Zealand is *really* archaic on that though. I've been told it's due to the telecom monopoly down there.
(, Thu 2 Mar 2006, 5:48, archived)
# Exactly.
 
That's what we get for privatising the infrastructure in the '80s, and allowing a corporate monopoly in.

I was just looking for a relevant article, since they may be dragged through the courts.

Basically, broadband over here, isn't.
However, I'm hooked into the national backbone here at work, ho ho!

This is probably the main reason I don't have a home PC, since the World Wide Wait would be frustrating as all get out.
 
(, Thu 2 Mar 2006, 5:53, archived)
# wow
fees on bandwith useage?
never heard of it before
we just pay our monthly cost and they leave us to use our 8mb as we damn well please...


(, Thu 2 Mar 2006, 8:57, archived)