On Fri, 2004-05-28 at 14:31, neil gardner wrote:

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Simon Lyall 28/05/2004 2:24:47 p.m. >>> No, they'll change their terms and conditions so that National traffic is no longer free and is instead part of your quota. [snip]

Yeah, I knew this would probably be the way they handled it.

Thanks Telecom and TelstraClear, for between you managing to keep cheap high speed Internet a far off dream.

Cheers - N.

Sure! They reduced the monthly access charges - to satisfy the Telecommunications Commissioner.....and now that the heat if off, they grab the traffic end of the pipe and give it a good squeeze for extra dollars. One of the insane parts of "business" is the idea that revenue must grow each year - forever. So when you strike a revolutionary technology that could make voice/data virtually free, you will get HUGE resistance from the very companies you would expect to implement. This is why some "conscious" and thinking countries have simply said how it's gonna be....because they want it that way. It's not reasonable to expect a company like Telecom or TelstraClear to shrink to 10/th it's present size without a fight. ...and they are fighting the price impact of the comms revolution every step of the way.