gnubeest
Gnu
join:2001-10-28
Nashville, TN
| Duh.
Broadband access in rural Australia (which is 90% of the country, mind) is a sham. You generally have to pay twice as much for half the bandwidth as in most places in the world, and then you're fed stiflingly metered access on top of it. Telstra is party to blame -- they'll often outright lie to secondary DSL carriers that your home can't be serviced, then turn right around and offer you their own access. Not that Telstra's rural customers really expect any less from them already. The federal slaps on the wrist they've been getting so far just aren't working.
I'm nice and cozy with my American cable modem connection right now, but I dread dealing with broadband when I'm shifted to rural SW Australia. |
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gogeta6
join:2002-06-20
San Diego, CA
clubs: | duh...
Lets see. These companies tried to say their peering arrangements with each other were all income a while back. Who would have thought they could be asses to other countries networks to get more money. |
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gogeta6
join:2002-06-20
San Diego, CA
clubs: | ahhh, i didnt see your title  |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
| failed . . .
How many australian broadband [or just regular phone companies] have you heard of in chap 11 or chap 7? NONE. because they nickel and dime users to death. even most of their dial up services are bytecapped (metered). its like the internet is an annoyance there and they simply dont want widespread and reasonably priced plans there. 300 megabytes/month i mean COME ON, WHAT A DAMNED RIPOFF! |
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amenite
The Soylent - It's People
Premium
join:2002-11-21
Ridgewood, NJ
clubs: |  Where's the Beef?
Alot here about "getting screwed by so and so" and not so much detail about how and why. Would like to see some additional facts to go with the editorial content. |
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gnubeest
Gnu
join:2001-10-28
Nashville, TN | reply to gogeta6
Re: duh...
Double duh on you! :P |
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routing0
join:2002-02-18
Louisville, CO
| and old argument
Here is the FCC's take on this in a somewhat older -- but still relevant paper by the FCC (see section IV)
»www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/OPP/working_···wp32.pdf
The internet is a free market and an unregulated market.
IMHO - It would be unwise to attempt to regulate internet traffic in the same way that PSTN usage is regulated between countries. |
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