Comments on: I leapt onto Leaptel and I’m happy I did

By: Chris Rowland

Chris Rowland — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 07:23:31 +0000

In reply to Snoozin. Phil's already replied - $10/mo for static IP.

By: Snoozin

Snoozin — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 07:28:25 +0000

Again! How much did your static IP cost per month? These new providers are fine when they start out, but over time with more users they become congested with not enough bandwidth. Lets see how happy you are in 12 months?

By: Chris Rowland

Chris Rowland — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 00:40:27 +0000

In reply to Snoozin.

As we understand it, Leaptel is a relatively new NBN RSP, and so the aggressive pricing is likely a ploy to grow the userbase and bring in more revenue to enable greater provisioning to the POIs where customers are signing up. It’s a fairly common strategy for RSPs in their early phases.

My expectation would be that Leaptel’s pricing will probably more closely align with other RSPs come the end of the 12 month introductory period.

One would hope that the expansion results in bandwidth being provisioned where its needed, not growing users for the sake of doing so with no matching investment. That would be a pretty self-defeating strategy.

By: Phil Tann

Phil Tann — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 23:26:03 +0000

In reply to Snoozin. $10 a month for the static IP - It's a business expense for me, so not a major issue.

By: Snoozin

Snoozin — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 06:30:57 +0000

How much extra did your static IP cost? – Will be interesting what your thoughts are in 12 months. As some of these smaller providers bandwidth becomes chocked due to its limitations with too many users.