Re: I think too many people are downloading 10g database

"DJ" <nospamplease_at_goaway.com> wrote in message news:<MFdWb.3295$cb7.24489_at_newsfep4-glfd.server.ntli.net>...
> "Howard J. Rogers" <hjr_at_dizwell.com> wrote in message
> news:40294570$0$14898$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au...

> >
> > I'm open to offers!!!
> >
> > I had a look at faster options last night. ISDN -a pathetic 128kbps for
> > around $90 per month, uploads and downloads included in the paltry
> bandwidth
> > allocation. ADSL is out, because I'm a huge 100kms from the CBD and no
> > exchanges are enabled around here. Ditto for cable. Satellite is looking
> > good, apart from the fact that one-way satellite is $90 per month at
> 400kbps
> > with just 1GB bandwidth (which I was quick to realise is only about one
> > Oracle CD's worth, plus posting here and a bit of light news surfing at
> the
> > BBC), and there's a hefty several hundred dollar charge for installation.
> > Two-way satellite is even scarier. If I want a 3GB bandwidth limit at
> > 400kbps in both directions, I'm looking at (from memory) $250 per month,
> > plus the huge installation costs, and uploads are counted as bandwidth,
> and
> > if I don't use any of my bandwidth one month, it's lost for ever not
> rolled
> > over. Oh and you have to stay signed up for 18 months, and if you jump
> ship
> > early, they'll charge you another $400 departure tax.
> >
> > It's a scam, I tell you!
> >
> > Cheers,
> > HJR
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> >
> >
> >
>
> but you get to live where you are living :-)

Hey, offer to build these guys' asia/pacific region :-) http://www.currenttechnologies.com/

jg

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