Not many people who "surf the net" can line up a dish.
--- Calculate the Minimum Cost of your Contract Here is a guide to the potential minimum cost of your BigPond Broadband 1-Way Satellite contract. Please bear in mind that the figures given here can only serve as a helpful guide.
Amongst other things, they buttume that you stay on the same plan for the full duration of your contract (when you can in fact change).
Plan Minimum cost (Plan only) 1-Way 256 200MB $1336.90 1-Way 512 500MB $1516.90 1-Way 512 2GB $1876.90
These figures are based on Self-installation. Additional charges will apply for professional-installation. Excess usage and Early termination charges also apply. These costs do not include dial-up charges.
--- Plus the cost of hardware. Plus the cost of installation. Plus the cost of a dial-up account. Plus the cost of a land line. About $2,200 for the tiniest of dishes. And that buttume you "high-speed" people will put up with 512 and a max download of 1-2 GB. Yeah, right.
buttuming you don't want a backplane...
--- Calculate the minimum cost of your contract Here is a guide to the potential minimum cost of your BigPond Broadband 2-Way Satellite contract. Please bear in mind that the figures given here can only serve as a helpful guide.
Amongst other things, they buttume that you stay on the same plan for the full duration of your contract (when you can in fact change).
Plan Minimum cost HiBIS subsidised* Minimum cost 2-Way 256-64 500 MB $2987.10 $1388.10 2-Way 512-64 500 MB $3347.10 $1748.10 2-Way 512-128 2 GB $5597.10 $4268.10 2-Way 800-128 4 GB $10097.10 $8768.10
These figures are based on Professional Installation at a Category 1 Site in an Urban Location. Additional charges will apply for different Site and Category installations. Excess usage and Early termination charges also apply.
Plus hardware, plus installation. My copper xDSL provides better than 800-128 4GB, so let's have a look at the top of the range. About $12,000. Every download-upload over 4GB is charged at a premium.
Not for free he won't.
I'll bet it will not.
Is that all!
I'd like to see that documented!
Unwired sounds like a great company. $120 a month is way more than double what I pay now. Even if it was available at my place (which it is not).
Intel was behind OS-2 as I recall.
Mark Addinall.
