In a message on  Telstra's announced $95 per month (and 25c mb after the 1st 
 PM> 400mb) is way to high for the average home user IMHO, but if 
 PM> either provider supplied Cable TV AND Cable modem for $50 per 
 PM> month I think connection would be the norm instead of the 
 PM> exception in a lot of homes, probably even in your area 
 PM> Bill!

I've had cable TV for a few weeks and am about to cancel - $50 a month is
far too much for lots of channels not worth watching. If they bundled in
cable modem access for the same price I might be interested in staying
connected, but at $95 per month plus volume charges (and at 50k char/sec
the "free" volume would be quickly used up) cable modem service
is also far too expensive. After all it would be $50 for cable TV PLUS $95
for cable modem connection.

It's a real pity - even sharing a segment with many others should still
give higher throughput and fewer errors than any modem link via POTS.

Maybe I'll have to wait for ADSL - but I won't hold my breath :-)

Regards 

John

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