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Foxtel Wants ISPs Not To Charge For Downloads

September 30th, 2009 at 10:18 PM

I didn’t actually give an analogy!

I have a broadband account with an ISP that I pay to access the internet – WHATEVER content that may be!

There are lots of sites out there that you have to pay for their content, and there are lots that are free, but that is beside the point. Do you expect YouTube to pay Aussie ISPs for Australian users accessing their site? I know you are going to say “yeah, but YouTube is free”, but YouTube makes its money from advertising revenue rather than subscription, but it is still making money while the ISPs have to pipe the video to you – and in this case from servers located outside of Aus!

People have to realise that it is not content providers fault that ISPs in this country have quotas (which don’t exist – or are much more generous – in other countries).

Start voicing anger at the ISPs, not content providers!

Foxtel Wants ISPs Not To Charge For Downloads

September 30th, 2009 at 12:40 PM

Warcroft, I really don’t understand your statement that Foxtel are “greedy!” – are you saying that companies that have websites that offer content should pay Australian ISPs to deliver that content to their users?? Even though the users are already paying a large amount to the ISPs for the privilege of capped downloads?

Foxtel are saying that they are making it as easy as possible on the ISPs (by placing their content servers throughout Australia), and that it is now up to the ISPs whether they charge for that or not. I think that’s fair enough.

I for one am happy that Foxtel have added this service to my account for no extra cost!

Make Gmail Firefox's Default Email Client

June 19th, 2009 at 2:52 PM

I would guess that it is labelled as “Googlemail” as this is what it is called in some European countries (in UK for instance, when users sign up for an account they can only get name@googlemail.com).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmail#Domain_name

Optus Wants $9.99 A Month For iPhone Tethering

June 18th, 2009 at 1:27 PM

Of course it’s a decision based on “carrier profit rather than technical requirements”. There is absolutely no difference technically to Optus whether the data that my iPhone is using is for data on the device itself or data on my laptop.

I’m disgusted by Optus’ decision to charge a $9.99 per month fee for this “feature”. I already pay for my data allowance, I shouldn’t have to pay again just to be able to use it! I would be more likely to understand if we had unlimited data (like in US), but this is just daylight robbery!

Facebook User Name Rush Begins This Weekend

June 10th, 2009 at 12:10 PM

FTA: “Starting at 12:01 a.m. EDT on Saturday, June 13″ – which I make to be 12:01 WA and 14:01 Eastern.

iPhone 3GS: The Key Australian Details

June 9th, 2009 at 4:12 PM

Hmm, APC seems to have made a mistake.

The slide that APC is showing was for MMS support only! The slide that showed logos for companies that will be supporting tethering did NOT show Telstra.