Telstra ADSL 3gb limit

LegacyUser

Looks like Eircon have competition
http://users.bigpond.net.au/whirlpool/bigpondbroadband/notice.txt

Dear member,

This email is to notify you of a modification to the Acceptable Use
Policy for the Telstra BigPond(tm) broadband Internet Freedom Plan.

In response to member feedback about the Acceptable Use Policy and
the need for further clarity on what is considered acceptable usage,
Telstra BigPond has now addressed this issue.

From 5 July 2001, the Freedom Plan for cable and ADSL customers will
have a defined allowance of three (3) gigabytes (GB) usage a month.
This change only relates to Freedom Plan customers, not to customers
on volume based plans.

For the large majority of Freedom Plan customers, this allowance will
not impact on their current usage patterns and will provide them with
improved network performance. This is because around five percent of
users take up 35 percent of total bandwidth at any one time. This
group places a severe burden on the network which greatly reduces
performance for most customers.

Also, Telstra has received many requests from customers for a defined
usage allowance under the Acceptable Use Policy.

The three GB allowance per month represents something like 600 MP3
songs (average 5Mb per song) or 300 two to three minute MPEG videos a
month. If you use the Net mainly for email or surfing and reasonable
music and video downloads, you should not be affected at all. Gamers
should be able to enjoy up to 300 hours a month of broadband
multi-user gaming.

Initially, the allowance will be managed using the existing
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP). From around October this year, members
will have two options to manage their allowance;

Capping: Once the three GB allowance limit is reached, customers
will still have access to emails and telstra.com.

Additional usage: Once the three GB allowance limit is reached,
customers can choose to download additional data at a chargeable
MB rate.

Before the options are introduced, Telstra will provide a usage meter
that will allow users to effectively monitor their monthly usage.

Once the options become available, people will be able to swap
between the capped and additional usage options (with one month's
notice) so if more than 3 GB a month is required, the plan will allow
for charging above the three GB allowance. There will be effective
communication processes in place to warn members if they approach the
limit.

In the meantime, the three GB limit will be managed according to the
existing Acceptable Use Policy process.

Further changes are being made to the Acceptable Use Policy to provide
greater clarity across a number of separate issues. You will receive
further correspondence confirming these changes shortly.

More information and details on these changes are reflected on the
Telstra BigPond broadband website at http://www/cable/support/aupfaq.htm

Telstra BigPond will keep you informed as the changes are implemented
during the next few months.


The Telstra BigPond Team.

LegacyUser

What, I don't understand ? Does this mean Telstra will start offering broadband in the republic ?

LegacyUser

Nope, i think hmmm is just making a point, see here for more info..

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/19561.html

or
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/5/19498.html

LegacyUser

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by ando:
What, I don't understand ? Does this mean Telstra will start offering broadband in the republic ?</font>

Yeah like longfield said. Telstra are in roughly the same position in Australia as Eircon are here i.e. monopoly over local loop. This is their ADSL offering.

LegacyUser

ah right, thanks for clearing that up !