New Zealand Go Large goes down
p2pnet.net news:- Telecom New Zealand said under its Go Large plan, all p2p, nntp and ftp traffic would be throttled so, “bandwidth consumption wouldn’t affect users in other (capped) plans, or even web browsing and e-mail traffic,” says Mauricio Freitas on My window to the world.
But things didn’t quite work out, it would seem.
After, “months of complaints from people who couldn’t even consistently browse websites or download e-mails,” it’s dropped Go Large which was, “supposed to be a non-cap, max speed DSL plan, with mananged bandwidth,” says the post.
From the Telecom New Zealand site, as quoted by Freitas:
An error on our part has meant that since 8 December the process to manage traffic on the GO LARGE plan has been different to what was originally intended and communicated to customers. This may have affected the experience some customers had on this plan.
We are currently communicating this message via email or letter to customers who have been on the GO LARGE Plan between 8 December 2006 and the end of February 2007.
As acknowledgement of this error we will be crediting customers for the monthly GO LARGE plan charges for the applicable time they have been on this service between 8 December 2006 and the end of February 2007.
Also See:
My window to the world – Telecom New Zealand backpedals and remove un-capped broadband plan Go Large, February 22, 2007
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