Cheap Broadband??

Sustain · Post by **Sustain** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:07 pm

ok so we've had an account with telstra for years... currently paying 30 per month for 200mb,
i wanna go unlimited usage and they try charging $60 per month

wtf???!

there must be a cheaper way... would be great if i didn't have to pay too much in connection fees for another company either

help much appreciated?!

Sustain · Post by **Sustain** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:38 pm

yeah got cable.. i don't need unlimited, just a reasonable amount like 10gig

but the only options telstra are giving me is
30 for 200mb
40 for 400mb
60 for unlimited (prob around 10gig)

what company you with? i just need net for regular use and d/loads

Post by **lynt** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:40 pm

iiNet!

Do a search on this forum mate, plenty of discussions been had before all offering good advice.

Try this for starters

spiral · Post by **spiral** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:40 pm

also telstra counts uploads as part of your limit
so if you are on private torrents telstra sucks arse

internode ++

Sustain · Post by **Sustain** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:48 pm

cheers guys...
i just never realised how expensive broadband is cos i've been sharing with five other ppl for the last couple of years

Post by **huge** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:05 pm

$60 is hella cheap man lol.

if you are in an ADSL2+ area then TPG have a 150gig a month for $70 which is outrageously good.

SoulWhiteMan · Post by **SoulWhiteMan** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:40 pm

yeah, was gonna say, TPG

Post by **system** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:04 am

+1 for internode/tpg/iinet

(avoid iinet's support lines though.)

Post by **huge** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:27 am

dont go internode if you arent on adsl2+ as they have just hoiked the prices up by $10-$20 per plan. ghey.

iinet or TPG.

jungle_tactics · Post by **jungle_tactics** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:28 am

system wrote:+1 for internode/tpg/iinet

(avoid iinet's support lines though.)

?!?!?!?!?!?!

I've had only the best experience with iiNet tech support. They sent SMS
updates to me when I first had connection problems with my line to
keep me up to speed. I have always found their support staff friendly,
human and helpful.

In fact I've dealt with a lot of ISP support dudes over the years and have
found iiNet to be the best IMO (also I work on a help desk so that's gotta
count for something!

)

Had bad experiences?

Post by **huge** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:36 am

http://www.news.com.au/business/story/0 ... 62,00.html

Post by **system** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:45 am

jungle_tactics wrote:
system wrote:+1 for internode/tpg/iinet

(avoid iinet's support lines though.)
?!?!?!?!?!?!

I've had only the best experience with iiNet tech support. They sent SMS
updates to me when I first had connection problems with my line to
keep me up to speed. I have always found their support staff friendly,
human and helpful.

In fact I've dealt with a lot of ISP support dudes over the years and have
found iiNet to be the best IMO (also I work on a help desk so that's gotta
count for something! )

Had bad experiences?

tbh, when iinet's service works, it works extremely well.

but - they had me offline at home over a weekend for nearly three days last year because a support engineer misconfigured one of the upstream routers and radius servers. i've had problems with them at work too (we use them for redundant connectivity in some locations), but that was using adsl1.

kronz · Post by **kronz** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:13 pm

I only have a 512 connection but i get 30 gig for $50.

Post by **breaksRbest** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:43 pm

system wrote:(avoid iinet's support lines though.)

to that

I had to upgrade to the business plan so I got priority support (don't think it cost me any more to do it though)

nic · Post by **nic** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 3:23 pm

TPG adsl 2 is good deal at most price points above entry
do u rly need unlimited?

try teh 70$ plan

tpg can get slow at peak times iv found.

yenks · Post by **yenks** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:06 pm

iinet seems to have more adsl2 dslams setup than tpg.

but tpg just cains iinets prices.

still waitin for hawthorn to get the dslam with tpg setup, come on farken, i need 150gigs

L-J · Post by **L-J** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 11:02 am

yer.im with telstra...they have bumped up the price of my cable now that i decided to no longer have home phone...i pay 70 bucks for 10gig,and like said b4.that includes uploads too :S

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 1:32 am

yenks wrote:iinet seems to have more adsl2 dslams setup than tpg.

but tpg just cains iinets prices.

still waitin for hawthorn to get the dslam with tpg setup, come on farken, i need 150gigs

yeah they do... I had tpg then had to change to iinet when I moved house.

I say this EVERY time I know but....

http://www.broadbandchoice.com.au

is all you'll ever need

:bi-carb: