Well you know, here at the UoC they charge students for research on the Internet. Here is a little statistic. The first month I was short on money, so I only used the Internet very little.
1st month:
Internet charge: $3.79
Fixed fee: $23.00
Sums up to: $26.79
1st week of 2nd month:
Internet charge: $3.18
Fixed fee: $15.00
Sums up to: $18.18
So, for having Internet at my flat, I have to pay the IT-Department a monthly fee to have my Ethernet-box connected. I chose the 100MB connection, because I wasn’t aware that it is more expensive than the 10MB connection. Additionally I had to pay an administration fee in the first month. This money goes to the IT-Department of the University of Canterbury.
But the Halls of Residence charged me another Telephone and Data Connection fee of $120! — for their side of the connection…
…and no operating system updates in this time :-/