Big Time plan end, Pro Broadband plan is recommended!!!

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#349166 8-Jul-2010 17:40

graemeh: Well at least Telecom tried, you show me the other ISPs that have introduced an "unlimited data" plan at an affordable price!

good on them for trying.... there is world-net with unlimited yet wander when telecom tells them to shut it down lol .... but they good have come up with sum better alternatives, off peaks and bigger cap plans i would stay

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#349205 8-Jul-2010 19:21

Well, we aren't asking for an unlimited plan,
Just fairer data caps, In this day and age of bandwidth hungry applications, web pages growing in size, social networking taking off, youtube , gaming, streaming TV and radio etc etc
The list grows daily yet the data caps stay the same.

I shudder to think what its going to be like when fibre to the home takes effect..

It'll be - oops sorry, you have used up your data cap in one day now you are on dialup on fibre - sheesh!

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#349209 8-Jul-2010 19:30

cafeg: Well, we aren't asking for an unlimited plan,
Just fairer data caps, In this day and age of bandwidth hungry applications, web pages growing in size, social networking taking off, youtube , gaming, streaming TV and radio etc etc
The list grows daily yet the data caps stay the same.

I shudder to think what its going to be like when fibre to the home takes effect..

It'll be - oops sorry, you have used up your data cap in one day now you are on dialup on fibre - sheesh!

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Sheagae

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#349227 8-Jul-2010 20:25

Somewhere in my wishful thinking mind, I thought maybe, just maybe Telecom would get some new plans together, but in the end no surprises here. Don't get me wrong, Telecom speeds are great and the connections are mostly steadfast but I do feel like they limit this country and even in situations like this, take us back in time. There is not much progression for residential broadband when Telecom are involved.

numfarr

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#349246 8-Jul-2010 21:08

I haven't got my letter yet, what is the Big Time end date for people that have received it?

thinhvy

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#349252 8-Jul-2010 21:21

numfarr: I haven't got my letter yet, what is the Big Time end date for people that have received it?

According to the letter "If we don't hear from you by 13 August 2010,we will automatically move you over to our Adventure Broadband by 8 October."

So the end date for big time is 8/10/2010 I think(correct me if I'm wrong)

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#349262 8-Jul-2010 21:33

I got my letter today. I thought this day would never come and it has. kinda feels end of this world - all those endless downloading of stuff - - - what is the alternative. what other ISP's are giving unlimited internet????

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#349270 8-Jul-2010 21:56

thinhvy:
numfarr: I haven't got my letter yet, what is the Big Time end date for people that have received it?

According to the letter "If we don't hear from you by 13 August 2010,we will?automatically??move you over to our?Adventure Broadband by 8?October."??

So the end date ?for big time is 8/10/2010 I think(correct me if I'm wrong)

Sounds like you'll be moved at the end of your billing period that ends in that period. (For me, that'd be the 25th of September)

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graham1234

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#349412 9-Jul-2010 11:24

Maybe im a little naive but i had a contract with telecom for 12 months which is not up does anyone know how they are able to break this contract I know they are telecom and they can do waht ever they like but i thought a contract was a contract silly me

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#349419 9-Jul-2010 11:28

i think the contract was for 12 months but had a clause in the fine print , if we decide to stop the plan we will give you 30 days notice , theres no disconnection fees

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#349426 9-Jul-2010 11:38

To ppl in Big time - Whats the next boat you are hopping on ?? . . . Kindly provide some directions?!!!!!!

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#349429 9-Jul-2010 11:45

i think i am going with world-net if the unlimited is till available , heard its not the best isp around but oh well i see for myself,nothing really good either than slingshots i think , wait for boot letter first .......kind of sucks really didn't want to break the home package but telecom leaves me no option , (should give us priority /loyalty card and leave us on bigtime :P)

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#349436 9-Jul-2010 12:05

Got my letter today. From one extreme to another! Why can't they find some middle ground 200GB, 500GB managed traffic at a reasonable price. That way they cut out the abusers pulling down 1TB/Month. Ok Maybe 200GB is considered abuse? Well what about about 100GB at a reasonable price??? 40GB for $80!!! That's a bit much. I'd like to see $1/GB overage too. A dollar per GB sounds like a nice round number! Is that really not viable for them? Or is there just not enough competition.

I like the idea of staying with Telecom because I think they have the most international bandwidth at there disposal and even on big time I found speeds VERY good. Often pulling down stuff at 1.3MB/sec and yes that's MB not Mb!

Come on Telecom! Show us a decent a datacap at a decent price!

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graham1234

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#349442 9-Jul-2010 12:16

oh wow! just checked with telecom ive been using about 200gig a month what the hell am i going to do now! the end is nigh!

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#349445 9-Jul-2010 12:25

stop downloading so much?

You may not realize but the average BB user downloads less then 5GB a month.

at 200GB a month it is pretty apparent that you are down/uploading excessively. You might have to go pay for your illegally downloaded bluray's :)

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