Wild Dingo
08-28-2003, 12:01 PM
Its happened for the 4th month in a row...
Having changed over from dial up with a local provider to broadband with the national provider here and having increadible amounts of hassles and problems with them over the usage meter they stick you with... continually going over our 1Gb limit per month by the 15th of each month at a cost of $75per month... our 4th bill has come in at $150 for the month and would have been more if we didnt hawk our usuage... our usuage for the month was 1169mb so the extra $75 was for 169mb over our limit!
So we have had a family discussion tonight of only those whose use of the internet is over an hour a week unsupervised... and the outcome is that we are contacting the provider tomorrow returning the modem and paying the $400 cutting the contract fee that they will charge us... we will then take a week or so of no internet at all to decide if we actually can justify reconnecting and going on line again at the costs associated... broadband will not be an option again so it would if it happens be the old ISP and dial up which would also incur a major reconnection cost for the second phone line which we had cut off when we got the broadband.
The costs have ballooned out so far as to be over $100+ per month (for the 4th consecutive month) which is $100+ per month that we would rather be spent within the family than spent on the internet.
So Im taking this opportunity to say a hearty and happy fond farewell to one and all... Ive had some absoflaminlutely brilliant times with all me mates here at Woodenboat.com forum and the crew of woodenboat themselves... your all a great bunch of people from some of the most amazing places in the world its been a pure pleasure to enjoy your world for the last 2 and a half years or so.
Thank you for everything from all of us... you have all been an inspiration to me personally and to the family... and a wonderous motivation for my boat building intents dreams and thoughts. Thank you and I know I will miss you all.
I am saying this both here and in the bilge and in a couple of other places I frequent for those who weve had the great pleasure to meet but may not come here... I do so in case we decide not to reconnect as I wont be able to if I dont do it now... if we do reconnect I will change this in a few weeks... I will have email till the 1st September then those that have my mailing address well thats the contact from then on... sorry not on any open forum.
But for now thanks and be happy in life people... remember no regrets as theres only one go round so make it the best you can! :cool:
Shane Jody and the mob
Having changed over from dial up with a local provider to broadband with the national provider here and having increadible amounts of hassles and problems with them over the usage meter they stick you with... continually going over our 1Gb limit per month by the 15th of each month at a cost of $75per month... our 4th bill has come in at $150 for the month and would have been more if we didnt hawk our usuage... our usuage for the month was 1169mb so the extra $75 was for 169mb over our limit!
So we have had a family discussion tonight of only those whose use of the internet is over an hour a week unsupervised... and the outcome is that we are contacting the provider tomorrow returning the modem and paying the $400 cutting the contract fee that they will charge us... we will then take a week or so of no internet at all to decide if we actually can justify reconnecting and going on line again at the costs associated... broadband will not be an option again so it would if it happens be the old ISP and dial up which would also incur a major reconnection cost for the second phone line which we had cut off when we got the broadband.
The costs have ballooned out so far as to be over $100+ per month (for the 4th consecutive month) which is $100+ per month that we would rather be spent within the family than spent on the internet.
So Im taking this opportunity to say a hearty and happy fond farewell to one and all... Ive had some absoflaminlutely brilliant times with all me mates here at Woodenboat.com forum and the crew of woodenboat themselves... your all a great bunch of people from some of the most amazing places in the world its been a pure pleasure to enjoy your world for the last 2 and a half years or so.
Thank you for everything from all of us... you have all been an inspiration to me personally and to the family... and a wonderous motivation for my boat building intents dreams and thoughts. Thank you and I know I will miss you all.
I am saying this both here and in the bilge and in a couple of other places I frequent for those who weve had the great pleasure to meet but may not come here... I do so in case we decide not to reconnect as I wont be able to if I dont do it now... if we do reconnect I will change this in a few weeks... I will have email till the 1st September then those that have my mailing address well thats the contact from then on... sorry not on any open forum.
But for now thanks and be happy in life people... remember no regrets as theres only one go round so make it the best you can! :cool:
Shane Jody and the mob