[Solar-general] la experiencia australiana

[Diego Saravia]

On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 12:39:38 -0300 (ART), gerardobdiaz wrote
> La esperanza no está perdida. Este australiano comenta que allá, una 
> vez que te comiste el umbral te bajan la velocidad a 64kbps fijos. 
> Será eso mejor que los u$s 6 por gb supong?

es mucho mejor, eso seria aceptable

> 
> Es feedback del artículo de Cassia en the inquirer, supongo.
> 
> http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=19480
> 
> --begin quote--
> 
> Charge them by the Megabyte, show them who are men
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I\'ll tell ya what, \"charge by the megabyte/gigabyte\" is not a new 
> concept.
> 
> It began with Telstra Cable, here in Australia. Back in 1998, it was 
> like 500MB per month and 25 cent per megabyte! (I recall racking up 
> one hell of a bill just to download Debian Linux!)
> 
> (Interestingly enough, a more generous version was adopted by some 
> US ISPs as it was generating huge profits...But it didn\'t last 
> long...)
> 
> However, today its largely unlimited usage but speed is shaped to 
> 64k (8KB/s) once you go over your monthly planned usage (about 10GB 
> or 20GB depending on which plan you go for). In addition, there\'s 
> \"unmetered sites\" that allow you to download distros and other 
> goodies at no cost to you. (and at full speed...I get 10Mbit speeds!)
> 
> So what Argentina is just starting to experience, we Aussies have 
> been buried with it for quite a while. Not to worry, hopefully, ISPs 
> wise up when they start loosing customers. They most probably will 
> eventually give you unlimited usage, but shaped speeds. (This 
> \"forces\" folks to pay extra if they need more usage, otherwise 
> deal with slow speeds).
> 
> I guess it depends if the Govt will step in, that\'s what happened 
> in Australia. The Govt body known as the ACCC put their foot down 
> about how unfair the Internet plans were, and how these practices 
> like \"charge by the usage\" will hamper the adoption of broadband 
> services for all Australians. (less people are likely to sign up 
> because they have to keep an eye on the bloody usage!).
> 
> So, many of us Aussies know how you Argentinian broadband users feel.
> 
> Regards
> Stmok
> 
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Diego Saravia 
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