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Article #683Re: Ihugs ULTRA - No good for gaming ?
From: Craig Sutton
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 00:00
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 00:00
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"Adam Warner" <Adam.Warner@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message news:8keba6$gck$1@news.ihug.co.nz... > Craig, > > > One question about satnet ultra, if i used 300 hours, can I then use the > > service via normal modem dialup only..if so will these hours be charged at > > $1.50 or will they be considerd like the normal flatrate. > > I have no idea (I'm not an Ihug employee or representative). However I > suspect that wouldn't circumvent the 300 hour limit because it would still > be the one account and Ihug would just count the time you were using it. > There was no official time limit before and dialup only was useful if the > 3GB download "limit" was going to be exceeded (otherwise it was ~$100/GB > thereafter, i.e. 10c/MB). > > If you set your computer to dial on demand with an automatic logoff after 5 > or so minutes of inactivity it's quite possible you would never have to give > the 300 hour/month limit another thought. > > Regards, > Adam > But where I am I would be useing the Pas 2 service...so if i wanted to use normal dialup for lower pings when gameing I would want to use modem dialup for more stable performance.. As for 300 hours a month I often do 350...mostly overnight downloading which i guess wouldnt happen if i had the speed of Ultra
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