100Mbps Internet for $150 per month
"It's just a no-brainer these days," says InternetNZ president Colin Jackson of Wellington CBD businesses' attitude to using the CityLink service. "It costs you a few grand for a router and about $150 a month. For that you get [a connection speed of] 100 megabits per second. There's none of this metered bandwidth or anything." http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10355213 I always knew Citylink had a great product, but i never realised it was so cheap... -- Regan
On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 02:04:05PM +1300, Regan Murphy said:
"It's just a no-brainer these days," says InternetNZ president Colin Jackson of Wellington CBD businesses' attitude to using the CityLink service. "It costs you a few grand for a router and about $150 a month. For that you get [a connection speed of] 100 megabits per second. There's none of this metered bandwidth or anything."
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10355213
I always knew Citylink had a great product, but i never realised it was so cheap...
Sadly, I suspect there may have been some journalistic license in there. Cheers Si
Regan Murphy wrote:
"It's just a no-brainer these days," says InternetNZ president Colin Jackson of Wellington CBD businesses' attitude to using the CityLink service. "It costs you a few grand for a router and about $150 a month. For that you get [a connection speed of] 100 megabits per second. There's none of this metered bandwidth or anything."
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10355213
I always knew Citylink had a great product, but i never realised it was so cheap...
They make their money on the router rental... a few grand a month. ;) -- Juha
On Tue, 15 Nov 2005, Regan Murphy wrote:
I always knew Citylink had a great product, but i never realised it was so cheap...
I think some legacy customers have cheaper prices. They seem to be a bit more hard nosed these days. Then again they *are* a company not a charity. Anyone know a cheap[1] neutral[2] Colo in Auckland , CBD if possible. [1] - May settle for "cheap and nasty" . [2] - APE connectivity. -- Simon J. Lyall | Very Busy | Web: http://www.darkmere.gen.nz/ "To stay awake all night adds a day to your life" - Stilgar | eMT.
Heh heh, they CityLink boys are noticeably quiet, probably don't want to be accused of blowing their own trumpets :) This page: http://www.citylink.co.nz/services/broadband/product-specs.html suggests that the monthly cost of at least the "PublicLAN" cost is a bit higher than $150/month. What the article also fails to mention is that you are only able to connect to other WIX peers for "free", all other locations will require specific peering or a paid route via one (or more) of the WIX connected ISPs. But then you guys all knew this... After all, a couple of Telco's aside, it's all just preaching to the converted... Right :) Later'ish Craig
-----Original Message----- From: Regan Murphy [mailto:regan.murphy(a)oasystems.co.nz] Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 2:04 PM To: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: [nznog] 100Mbps Internet for $150 per month
"It's just a no-brainer these days," says InternetNZ president Colin Jackson of Wellington CBD businesses' attitude to using the CityLink service. "It costs you a few grand for a router and about $150 a month. For that you get [a connection speed of] 100 megabits per second. There's none of this metered bandwidth or anything."
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10355213
I always knew Citylink had a great product, but i never realised it was so cheap...
-- Regan
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On 11/16/05, Craig Humphrey
This page: http://www.citylink.co.nz/services/broadband/product-specs.html suggests that the monthly cost of at least the "PublicLAN" cost is a bit higher than $150/month.
Indeed, though as Simon has pointed out there have been changes over time to the install/operating fee balance, this means $150/month was more than a fibre pair cost.
What the article also fails to mention is that you are only able to connect to other WIX peers for "free", all other locations will require specific peering or a paid route via one (or more) of the WIX connected ISPs.
Participation in WIX is not required to peer over PublicLAN. Private peering arrangements do occur, the free WIX feature on some connections is a more convenient way to participate, but it is not mandatory.
But then you guys all knew this... After all, a couple of Telco's aside, it's all just preaching to the converted... Right :)
Interesting choice of metaphor.
Later'ish Craig
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On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 08:44:41AM +1300, Craig Humphrey said:
Heh heh, they CityLink boys are noticeably quiet, probably don't want to be accused of blowing their own trumpets :)
This page: http://www.citylink.co.nz/services/broadband/product-specs.html suggests that the monthly cost of at least the "PublicLAN" cost is a bit higher than $150/month.
Dredging the muddier sections of my memory, I do recall that the original price (circa 1996-97) for a dark fibre pair around the city was $195/month. You paid a hefty install, but the ongoing wasn't particularly onerous, especially if you plied certain staff with beer. So the article wasn't so much inaccurate as way out of date. Not suprisingly, our recent pricing is intended to be attractive to organisations other than just those with enormous capex budgets. With my occasional-list-admin hat on, this is getting somewhat off topic, we should probably close this thread here. Cheers Si
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