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8 months ago

in How to Convert Microsoft Excel (XLS) to PDF Files Free on The PDF Blog
Hi Andy, the best place to get PDF Download support is over at http://www.pdfdownload.org/forum/

If you'd like to post over there what version of Firefox you're using, what Operating system, etc we'll be more than happy to help!

1 year ago

in Metered Internet Is OK But Won’t Work on How To Split An Atom
Metering works as long as there is plenty of competition. New Zealand used to have very little competition, and very high metered bandwidth prices. Thankfully this has dropped in the last few years with increased competition - with one ISP (xnet.co.nz) simply offering a base fee of about $15-40 (depending on the up/down speed of your line) and then less than $1 per Gb. (figured adjusted to US$)

I've since moved to Australia, and if you're happy to take an 80/20 offpeak/peak split with your bandwidth bill (ie. 80% of your 'cap' is allocated for use between 2am and 10am) you can get over 100Gb/month for around $45 (ADSL2+, slow upload speeds, p2p traffic might be rate limited at peak times)

If you're an email only type person, I think you can get a FREE 2Gb/month connection if you switch your cellphone over to Virgin. (and then $10/Gb over that or something ridiculous - thats where they make the money)

Personally I pay around $150/month for 90Gb down with Internode - this is a business class connection with no p2p rate limiting and UNLIMITED upload at 2Mbit. Once I split the cost with my flatmate it's a reasonable figure to pay each, and we know we have the bandwidth on hand whenever we need it.

User pays systems work, especially when the bandwidth costs come down to a negligible level.

For me, it's just normal to shell out US$60-80 per month for my internet connection. If I'm living with others, I'll try to get them to chip in for something bigger and better, if not then it's enough to cover my own personal use anyway.
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