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Let's compare: how do you pay for your internet connection?

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  • K KaRl

    What is the bandwidth, and what is the price?


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    jonathan15
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    1 meg download 265k Upload. 50:1 contention ratio and a 10 Gig per month bandwidth limit (although any usage between 1 am and 6 am is not metered). £20 per month. But its only 1 meg because of where i live. If i was in town it would be 2 meg download for the same price and if the exchange was 8 meg enabled and i lived in town i would have that for the same price. Jon

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    • K KaRl

      What is the bandwidth, and what is the price?


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      Gary Thom
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      I use RoadRunner from Time Warner Cable, if you already have cable service the cost is $44.95 per month (USD). Unlimited upload / download, and speedwise I get about 5.0 Mbps downstream and 384 Kbps upstream. Gary Flickr Photos[^]

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      • D Daniel Turini

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        Contention: 50:1

        What's that? From the Churchdown Parish Magazine: "Would the Congregation please note that the bowl at the back of the Church, labelled 'For The Sick,' is for monetary donations only."

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        jonathan15
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        Its how many people could potentially be sharing that bandwidth. 50:1 is the standard in the UK for most home or cheaper business packages. If you pay more you can get 25:1 on business packages. Jon

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          Its how many people could potentially be sharing that bandwidth. 50:1 is the standard in the UK for most home or cheaper business packages. If you pay more you can get 25:1 on business packages. Jon

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          Daniel Turini
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          jonathan15 wrote:

          Its how many people could potentially be sharing that bandwidth. 50:1 is the standard in the UK for most home or cheaper business packages. If you pay more you can get 25:1 on business packages.

          Here, they give you only a single IP per line. If you want to put a router, and behind that, put 2,000 users, that's your problem. From the Churchdown Parish Magazine: "Would the Congregation please note that the bowl at the back of the Church, labelled 'For The Sick,' is for monetary donations only."

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          • V Vikram A Punathambekar

            I don't have a PC, but for my family in Coimbatore: Dialup connection 56kbps Roughly Rs. 5 - 6 per hour for the ISP Standard local charges for the telephone provider. Vary depending upon your plan, but generally Re. 1 to Rs 1.20 per minute. :(( Cheers, Vikram.


            "When I read in books about a "base class", I figured this was the class that was at the bottom of the inheritence tree. It's the "base", right? Like the base of a pyramid." - Marc Clifton.

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            Daniel Turini
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            Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:

            Roughly Rs. 5 - 6 per hour for the ISPStandard local charges for the telephone provider. Vary depending upon your plan, but generally Re. 1 to Rs 1.20 per minute.

            How much is that in US$? From the Churchdown Parish Magazine: "Would the Congregation please note that the bowl at the back of the Church, labelled 'For The Sick,' is for monetary donations only."

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              jonathan15 wrote:

              Its how many people could potentially be sharing that bandwidth. 50:1 is the standard in the UK for most home or cheaper business packages. If you pay more you can get 25:1 on business packages.

              Here, they give you only a single IP per line. If you want to put a router, and behind that, put 2,000 users, that's your problem. From the Churchdown Parish Magazine: "Would the Congregation please note that the bowl at the back of the Church, labelled 'For The Sick,' is for monetary donations only."

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              jonathan15
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              Same here. It relates to the sharing at the exchange i think. I am not sure how it works technically but that is pretty much the definition you get on the ISP's website. It doesnt seem to make much difference as my download speeds can be pretty fast. Jon

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              • K KaRl

                What is the bandwidth, and what is the price?


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                Maximilien
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                20 gig download 10 gig upload for about $30 can. + taxes + modem location, so around $40


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                • K KaRl

                  What is the bandwidth, and what is the price?


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                  Paul Watson
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                  Back in Cape Town: 512k ADSL for R900 a month with a 3gig bandwidth cap. Here in Ireland: A tiny part of my rent and bloody fast. regards, Paul Watson Ireland Colib and ilikecameras. K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!

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                  • K KaRl

                    What is the bandwidth, and what is the price?


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                    Ravi Bhavnani
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                    Comcast 6Mb/Sec download, 1Mb/Sec upload $19.99/mo /ravi My new year's resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Music | Articles | Freeware | Trips ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

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                    • K KaRl

                      What is the bandwidth, and what is the price?


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                      Corinna John
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                      Provider: Infocity Bandwidth: 2200 kbit/s down, 220 kbit/s up Price: 19,98€ / month _________________________________ Please inform me about my English mistakes, as I'm still trying to learn your language!

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                      • D Daniel Turini

                        Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:

                        Roughly Rs. 5 - 6 per hour for the ISPStandard local charges for the telephone provider. Vary depending upon your plan, but generally Re. 1 to Rs 1.20 per minute.

                        How much is that in US$? From the Churchdown Parish Magazine: "Would the Congregation please note that the bowl at the back of the Church, labelled 'For The Sick,' is for monetary donations only."

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                        Mukesh Kumar Gupta
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                        Approx $1 = Re 50 I would love to change the world, but they won't give me the source code.

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                        • K KaRl

                          What is the bandwidth, and what is the price?


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                          Simon Capewell
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                          £10 per month 1Mbit down (Just got a free upgrade from 512Kbit :)) 256Kbit up 50:1 contention No download cap!

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                            What is the bandwidth, and what is the price?


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                            John M Drescher
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                            Adelphia Cable 6Mbit down / 768K up (when it works) for ~$45 US. John -- modified at 8:04 Thursday 5th January, 2006

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                            • V Vikram A Punathambekar

                              I don't have a PC, but for my family in Coimbatore: Dialup connection 56kbps Roughly Rs. 5 - 6 per hour for the ISP Standard local charges for the telephone provider. Vary depending upon your plan, but generally Re. 1 to Rs 1.20 per minute. :(( Cheers, Vikram.


                              "When I read in books about a "base class", I figured this was the class that was at the bottom of the inheritence tree. It's the "base", right? Like the base of a pyramid." - Marc Clifton.

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                              Daniel Turini
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                              Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:

                              Roughly Rs. 5 - 6 per hour for the ISPStandard local charges for the telephone provider. Vary depending upon your plan, but generally Re. 1 to Rs 1.20 per minute.

                              Ouch! That's extremely expensive! From the Churchdown Parish Magazine: "Would the Congregation please note that the bowl at the back of the Church, labelled 'For The Sick,' is for monetary donations only."

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                              • K KaRl

                                What is the bandwidth, and what is the price?


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                                Eytukan
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                                Scenario here in our state (TN,India): UNLIMITED Deposit(initial Amount- refundable):1000 bandwidth : 64 Kbps (unshared) Limit : Unlimited Monthly charge : 551 rs. Mode : Cable-NIC. Deposit : 1000 Bandwidth : 128 (unshared) Limit : unlimited Monthy charge:993 rs. (modem rent 100rs included) Mode : ADSL Modem rate raises accordingly for 256kbps. LIMITED: *sucks* . Deposit : 1000 Bandwidth :128kbps Download allowed : 400KB Mode : Cable-NIC Monthly charge: 350 rs. *above 400KB billable. Bandwidth : 128kbps download allowed:1GB Mode : ADSL monthly charge: 700 rs. 1USD = 45Rs They are lot of other features and HIDDEN COSTS. *200 rs extra for static IP *Night Time only scheme. ie, you'll be able to access net only after 9.00pm and before 8.00 am * Shared/Unshared means, if your bandwidth'd be shared by the other local users of your area. *in limited scheme they say, at midnights its Free!. They confuse like anything. when you wanna select a particular scheme from a particular ISP, you'll need a month time to decide based on their confusing offers. Last year i took a 1GB conn.it was bit more expensive than this year. i had to pay around 1000 rs every month. with 9.00 to 8.00 free surf offer. after i moved on from my town, i cancelled that connection. now here in chennai i'm planning for a 64k unlimited.which's quite affordable.


                                "But your mind is very complex, very tricky. It makes simple things complicated. -- that's its work. And for centuries it has been trained for only one thing: to make things so complicated that your life becomes impossible."- Osho

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                                • K KaRl

                                  What is the bandwidth, and what is the price?


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                                  Dan Neely
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                                  Atlantic broadband cable. $40/mo. On paper I've got 1.5down, 160 up. In practice I get 2.5/300 (no I haven't reversed the theoretical/actual numbers).

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                                    Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:

                                    Roughly Rs. 5 - 6 per hour for the ISPStandard local charges for the telephone provider. Vary depending upon your plan, but generally Re. 1 to Rs 1.20 per minute.

                                    How much is that in US$? From the Churchdown Parish Magazine: "Would the Congregation please note that the bowl at the back of the Church, labelled 'For The Sick,' is for monetary donations only."

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                                    Eytukan
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                                    1USD = 44.95rs


                                    "But your mind is very complex, very tricky. It makes simple things complicated. -- that's its work. And for centuries it has been trained for only one thing: to make things so complicated that your life becomes impossible."- Osho

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                                    • K KaRl

                                      What is the bandwidth, and what is the price?


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                                      Dario Solera
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                                      4 Mbit/s down, 256 Kbit/s up: 19.95 Euros/month (23.94 USD) unlimited bandwidth. There's also another plan: 12 Mbit/s down, 1 Mbit/s up: 34.95 Euros/month (41.94 USD). ___________________________________ Tozzi is right: Gaia is getting rid of us. My Blog [ITA]

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                                        £10 per month 1Mbit down (Just got a free upgrade from 512Kbit :)) 256Kbit up 50:1 contention No download cap!

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                                        jonathan15
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                                        who is that with? jon

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                                        • K KaRl

                                          What is the bandwidth, and what is the price?


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                                          Stefan Pedersen
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                                          Down: 100 MB/s, Up: 10 MB/s, no monthly transfer limit 35,88 EUR/month And suddenly you realize / Nothing here is what it seems / You are beyond the looking glass / Like Alice and the red queen Red Queen, Funker Vogt

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