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From: SG1 on 29 Oct 2009 01:53 "terryc" <newsninespam-spam(a)woa.com.au> wrote in message news:hcb983$9e$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:30:41 +1100, Rod Speed wrote: > > >> Rather dubious on the lowest cost per month, but otherwise not too bad, >> although it ignores the fact that many of ours only bother to pay for >> 512 or less speed wise. > > More than enough speed. > Now now we are talk Bps not Roddles per message???????
From: David L. Jones on 29 Oct 2009 02:18 Don McKenzie wrote: > Internet Speeds And Costs Around The World, Shown Visually: > http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/10/internet-speeds-and-costs-around-the-world-shown-visually/#more-362769 > > Be sure to click the above image to see it in its full glory. > > Yes, Australia if 5th from the right hand end of the graph. > > Cheers Don... Well, my Telstra cable gives me up to 30Mbps so no complaints there, but then they sting me $70/month for 12GB including uploads :-( Dave. -- ================================================ Check out my Electronics Engineering Video Blog & Podcast: http://www.eevblog.com
From: Rod Speed on 29 Oct 2009 02:24 terryc wrote > Rod Speed wrote >> Rather dubious on the lowest cost per month, but otherwise not too >> bad, although it ignores the fact that many of ours only bother to >> pay for 512 or less speed wise. > More than enough speed. Depends on what you want to do. ABC's Iview doesnt work that well at those speeds.
From: kreed on 29 Oct 2009 02:43 On Oct 29, 4:58 am, Don McKenzie <5...(a)2.5A> wrote: > Internet Speeds And Costs Around The World, Shown Visually:http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/10/internet-speeds-and-costs-around-th... > > Be sure to click the above image to see it in its full glory. > > Yes, Australia if 5th from the right hand end of the graph. > > Cheers Don... > > -- > Don McKenzie > > Site Map: http://www.dontronics.com/sitemap > E-Mail Contact Page:http://www.dontronics.com/email > Web Camera Page: http://www.dontronics.com/webcam > No More Damn Spam: http://www.dontronics.com/spam > > Breakout, Prototype, Development, & Robotics Boards:http://www.dontronics-shop.com/sparkfun-electronics.html The graph is pretty useless as they do not cover the "download limits" or the forced speed reduction (PC name = shaping) after a small limit is reached. Many countries do NOT have a download limit. This is certainly the case in Russia, the Ukraine and US. To compare without this important data, is not giving the full picture. In the days of common use of things like VOIP, Online TV services such as ABC I-View, You Tube and other such legitimate data intensive services, (we could mention torrents and other file sharing if you want) this cannot be overlooked. It's like saying that you can have a new top of the range Mercedes but are limited to 100km a month at normal speed, after which you can only do 25, or a used Commodore that you can drive as much and as far as you like and at the speed limit. Unless you are the "little old lady who only drives to church on sundays", then the commodore is the better offer.
From: terryc on 29 Oct 2009 02:44
On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:24:43 +1100, Rod Speed wrote: > terryc wrote >> Rod Speed wrote > >>> Rather dubious on the lowest cost per month, but otherwise not too >>> bad, although it ignores the fact that many of ours only bother to pay >>> for 512 or less speed wise. > >> More than enough speed. > > > Depends on what you want to do. ABC's Iview doesnt work that well at > those speeds. True, but I can only afford 2 hrs max of that per day anyway. The big problem with iview is that by the time you could watch news, it was ancient or weeks old. Cheaper and faster just to buy a USB san/dongle for the desktop box |