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Old 16-02-2010, 12:05 AM
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Anybody who is not a leech and does not quite know what is what with internet usage would be wise to stay away from this plan. For one thing, $100 buys you ALOT of quota elsewhere, anyway. This is coming from a leech, himself.

This is not the beginning of unlimited in this country. It is another foray into territory that will quickly be rebutted by people's unrepentent tendency to "go too far". To be honest, were I on this service, I would wastefully use it, too.

Before long, this service will be brought to its knees by overselling or successively restrictive .. restrictions, bringing it back in line with the rest of the pack. ISP's are very quick to realise that the high end users are subsidising the average customer - it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see the dollar signs when you think about getting rid of those high volume users, after a few months (and generally, an ISP contract says they can change the terms of the deal completely - all they have to do is give you an opt-out when they do).

Think of it like this, why do companies offer "cashback" schemes? Strangely, it's because some people actually don't bother getting their cash back. It's that type of logic that breeds this type of plan. Sucker them all in and then pull back on your promises, sure, some will go, but at no real cost to you - you've gained customers.

There have been unlimited plans popping up, from time to time for years, many years, infact. Optus used to have a system (netstats) whereby you were warned if you used ten times the average quota of your area. That went out the window.

You get what you pay for.
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