said by Jerm 
:said by pnosker :Bandwidth is NOT that expensive... certainly not thousands for a 50 MB pipe....Edit: fine, you can't get a 100MB unlimited line, but you can get a 100MB 600GB capped line for $100 a month
Bandwidth costs aren't the same in NJ as say, where I live in WA state. I know for a fact one ISP around here pays Sprint (read: a Tier 1 backbone provider) around
$12,000.00 a month for a T3 (45mbps).
Also, this is most likely the situation "down under" as I'd imagine internet connectivity off that island costs a little more than say, transport from LA to NY.
I would just like to point out that there is a reason T lines are so much. They are up 99% of the time because most Telcos offer contracts where if the line were to go down for any reason at all, the telco will have to pay the customer based on something like for every hour its down they pay XXXX amount.....
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