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Telstra ADSL 3gb limit

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  • 11-06-2001 5:45pm
    #1
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭


    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.




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