On Tue, Feb 26, 2002 at 12:57:25PM +1300, Ewen McNeill wrote:
By no means is it perfect now. And yes, the charges in New Zealand are probably higher than charges overseas by pure exchange rates or whatever. But quite a number of providers overseas (eg, the US) appear to have been going out of business which is, umm, inconvenient for their customers, suggesting they're not entirely profitable charges there.
This is the key point. People keep wittering on about a flat rate, and seem to be ignoring the outcomes of such - at worst, bankruptcy for your ISP, and at best, significant restrictions on what you can do with that bandwidth. I'd like to pay lower bandwidth charges. I'd like it if petrol were free, too. -- Rodger Donaldson rodgerd(a)diaspora.gen.nz I just had this vision of a young boy cowering in terror, whispering: "I see dumb people" -- Steve VanDevender - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog