INTERNET SERVICE INTERRUPTION.
Definition: Interruption
Interruption
An outage caused by the failure of one or more communications links with entities outside of the local facility.
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We interrupt this blog to bring you a special news report.
My internet connection has been transferred back to its original owners. I have applied for a new connection which hopefully will be up and running withing the next 10 working days.
For your information, getting internet set up here is a pain.
Initial phone line connection fee costs AUD300. Phone line rental prices differ from plan to plan. I got the Homeline Budget plan so I pay AUD20/month.
After that I applied for broadband. There are about 200-300 different ISPs to choose from. Another thing the really annoys me is that Australian broadband services employ a quota system where by each account has a certain download limit. There are about 3 ISPs that have truly unlimited plans but a lot of people complain because of poor connection speeds, slow pings, interruptions and stuff like that.
After careful consideration I have decided to go with and ISP called Internode. It’s probably the most used ISP in australia at the moment. The plan I chose is 1.5Mbps down 256kbps up connection with an 80GB quota.
How much does it cost??? AUD120/month!!! …and AUD130 setup fee.
What happens when you exceed your quota??? The ISP does something fun to your connection. It’s known as "shaping" or "throttling". I dunno why its called that but basically you internet connection speed gets capped at 64kbps.
Thats a TCO of AUD570 just to get online!!!
I hope to be online soon so I can amuse you with my awesome blog posts.
Til then, chiao!
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quoteoftheday:
"Never Interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
February 24th, 2007 at 9:45 am
You remind me of our Form 5 Oral that we two practise like hell for….but in the end….changed….
AUD 570 X 2.75 = RM 1567.50 0.o Rich bastard!!!!
February 25th, 2007 at 5:45 pm
Hey, Aus is still all-right. We have NZ$50.00 for a 10GB-broadband plan, with *supposedly* 2 MB/sec (In reality, you would be hard-pressed to get beyond 1.0Mbs) and 256kps up. And oh, that 10 GB includes your upload capacity
Good reasons why I still stick with *gasp* 56K.
March 20th, 2007 at 11:53 pm
this is why u do not get a car…