Stuart McLachlan
stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Sat Aug 1 09:05:47 CDT 2009
It's a monopoly. The state owned Telco are the only ones allowed to operate an international gateway and they set the rates. It's the same with international phone calls. They also set the termination rates for incoming calls which is why it is so expensive for people to make calls to PNG. That's why a Skype call to a landline in Australia costs 2.1c per minute but to PNG costs 80.1c per minute - yep 40 times as much!. -- Stuart On 1 Aug 2009 at 6:42, Rocky Smolin wrote: > Those kinds of costs would seem to make internet access beyond the reach of > a lot of people. Are the prices artificially high? Is it a monopoly? Or > are there good reasons why it's so expensive? > > Rocky > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan > Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 5:38 PM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving; > accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT Friday: Some interesting news items > > A lot of people are now using wireless connections from home. > > The connection itself costs $100 per month for a residential connection and > $200 per month > for a business connection. Since my office is in my home, I get away with > the lower rate. > > Dialup costs about 2c per minute ($1.20 per hour) to our state monopoly > telco and about 30c per hour as a connection charge to the ISP. > > The abve is purely for the connection. ISPs also charge per MB downloaded, > so it's really up to the user to determine how much they download and how > much they pay. > > A basic dialup plan will cost about $25 per month for the first 150MB and > then about 15c per additional MB > > In my case, I effectively pay about 8c per MB - so for example, the "free" > 434MB Vista SP1 costs me about $35 to download.( and it will take about 8 > hours). > > > -- > Stuart > > > > On 31 Jul 2009 at 16:55, Rocky Smolin wrote: > > > Fascinating website. So internet access is primarily for business > > customers? If you want internet for personal use at home, is it > > $4-500/month? > > > > R > > > > On TV it's really one world, isn't it: > http://www.hitron.com.pg/wantok.html > > - many of the same channels we get. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart > McLachlan > > Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 4:39 PM > > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > > Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT Friday: Some interesting news items > > > > No, Wireless. > > > > http://www.hitron.com.pg/wireless_2008.html > > > > Dialup is only capable of about 1/3 of those speeds. > > > > > > On 31 Jul 2009 at 15:54, Rocky Smolin wrote: > > > > > Dial up? > > > > > > R > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart > > > McLachlan > > > Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 3:42 PM > > > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving; > > > accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > > Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT Friday: Some interesting news items > > > > > > Using the same server, my speeds are: > > > Download: 127kbps > > > Upload: 153 kbps > > > > > > and I pay on average $400 - 500 per month for the service. :-( > > > > > > > > > On 31 Jul 2009 at 5:50, Rocky Smolin wrote: > > > > > > > I use Speakeasy for speed tests, using the Los Angeles server. > > > > Today download speed is 8439kbps and upload is 983kbps. I use Road > > > > Runner from Time Warner and am on cable. I pay about $50 a month for > the > > service. > > > > > > > > Rocky > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > > > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Max > > > > Wanadoo > > > > Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 1:54 AM > > > > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' > > > > Subject: [AccessD] OT Friday: Some interesting news items > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This is where your bits go. > > > > > > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8171984.stm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Smart Phone matters > > > > > > > > http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1001067&tag=nl.e530 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Attack on your iphone > > > > > > > > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32222633/ns/technology_and_science-secur > > > > it > > > > y/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > max > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > AccessD mailing list > > > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > > -- > > > > AccessD mailing list > > > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > > > -- > > > AccessD mailing list > > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > -- > > > AccessD mailing list > > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > -- > > AccessD mailing list > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > -- > > AccessD mailing list > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com