TEMPEST 256k

[RockBoy]

well so in noticed this on the clear site the other day and was wondering if anyone here had some opinions on it or not

Tempest 256k (http://www.clear.net.nz/services/pricing.html)

its about time someone started to offer this Telecoms 128k or full pipe nonsense was starting to get a little thin

and note the "unlimited" usage as well

wonder what the catch is ;)

RB

[Geek4Life]

Last I heard it was only open for business customers. :(

But Walker Wireless also has a 256K unlimited plan, pity it rains so often.

[nomad[32]]

It is for business customers only. And your average business won't saturate the link 24x7 like you would probably want to ;) If a 'business' did this they would be disconnected. It is unlimited, but within reason. :)

[theYANK]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
I was thinkin about buying that! :mad: :( :mad:

[RockBoy]

Hmm interesting
Business you say hmm

and on the walker wireless front

before the end of the year we will see some cool tech that will remove the line of site requirement for walker wireless

check out www.ipwireless.com

Cheers RB

[TORN]

Will that make it less prone to dying in bad weather??

Could be interesting :)

[paul rhee]

why not just say that u run the bussiness at home?

[Volodkovich]

theYANK - go for saturn cabe it ro><ors, only problem is that ur prob in auckland...

[AgentofEvil]

Note: Service not available in all areas.
I'd say that writes me off, considering jetstream isn't even here yet.

[Volodkovich]

heh, thats wots cool bout welly, pretty much everywhere u can get saturn cable modem up to 2mb/ps

[I.R]

Man I'm in Auckland.... bout 600m away from the exchange..... not jetstream capable:(...... though I am in a rural type area :mad:

[Volodkovich]

wireless? or just plain old dial-up?

[DiSCLAiMER]

Tempest 256k looks quite good, with jetstart being caped by most providers and comparative cost, tempest 256k at double the speed for $99 is tempting. I wonder how fast "tempest flat rate" is.

You can get faster cable, but I don't think off hand that any providers offer flat-rate cable service, particuarly at 2MB. Thou I have to preach and say that at our kapiti office we have a 2MB cable modem which goes sweet.

I wonder how they define "business", as you could pretty much say your a sole trader. Would organisations also fall under the term "business"? I mean are they going to check your ird records, does it need to be a registered company, or is it just a label they slap next to the service to show its intended target/consumer?

[Antallica]

"I wonder how they define "business", as you could pretty much say your a sole trader. Would organisations also fall under the term "business"? I mean are they going to check your ird records, does it need to be a registered company, or is it just a label they slap next to the service to show its intended target/consumer?"

They probably won't even care if your really a businsess at all, the only thing these arseholes want is their money.

[whetu]

in my studies for tempest 256k:
1) you MUST be using telstrasaturn phone lines.
2) you MUST be a business.

we could have had tempest 256k at our flat, as tojja is a business, but telstrasaturn refused to connect our phoneline earlier than june 14th. so telecom hopefully hooked us up yesterday (while i was still unconcious) and as soon as we get a dsl router we'll be inspire whores.

antallica.. can you please change your avatar? i was about to call you asan for a moment there...

[RockBoy]

With regard to walker wireless
this is also what i was talking about

http://www.liveupdater.com/ww/LiveArticle.asp?ArtID=-1565958393

RB

[Geek4Life]

You could probably get Tempest anyway couldn't you RB, as RockBoy's 1337 Cubic Case Ltd. or whatever the name is.

[RockBoy]

RB designs it is actaully but..

the thing is having the telstra clear phone line
i.e business phone line
i.e paying for local calls

that would suck

ill wait for Walker wireless ive been talking to them for about a year now jsut waiting

RB

[Gh0s7 L3mUr]

Lets hope Walker Wireless can provide the competition Telecom so richly deserves.;)

[SecretSquirrel]

Originally posted by Volodkovich
heh, thats wots cool bout welly, pretty much everywhere u can get saturn cable modem up to 2mb/ps

Or 10Mbits if you work for them :)

[Antimatter]

Nice pings and speed is soooo much better than jetstart... :D
Just gotta make sure it doesn't get abused to much...
Now to check BF1942.

[Stove]

Hmmmmm
MAy have to go for that when my Telecom contract expires (ie soon)
600meg Cap is a PAIN in the lower bowel.
And I already pay per minute line charges *LOL*

*edit*
Wow, Its even better than I thought: Static IP basically, and allowed to use servers on it (which is better than the bloody Jetstream agreement I have)
I may have to start a webpage *LOL*

[hybridneo]

Talk about digging up a post that is about 5 months old....
Hmmmmmmmmmm.

[Antimatter]

Originally posted by hybridneo
Talk about digging up a post that is about 5 months old....
Hmmmmmmmmmm.

Why start a new thread when one already exists?
Sad the search function isn't used more frequently really.

[Gh0s7 L3mUr]

Originally posted by Antimatter
Why start a new thread when one already exists?
Sad the search function isn't used more frequently really.

I agree. Spending nowhere near as much time here as I used to. It would make things a lot easier if old threads were just added to when someone had something new to add. Instead of the general create a new thread, gets a couple of replys and then someone creates a new thread again when the old one is out a sight.

Think I was guilty of it myself a couple of times.

[mird-OC]

LOL... well adzest, if you scroll back up the screen a few posts you'll see that Antimatter (who just so happens to fit into the "any of you here" group) was commenting about his new Tempest connection :D