I've been contemplating converting to broadband since I started up a consultancy business (doesn't tie up the phone line) but the price and "gaurantee of service" have been the stumbling blocks.
Any thoughts.
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sparkiesue ·
some mob my mate uses, a perth company (aussie wide though) cheep as chips, i will try to get the name unless any body else can help, c u
SKEWtYpe3 ·
its easy
dial up sucks big time and broadband just sucks !!
😀
hool ·
i just went from dialup to telstra cable a couple of weeks ago - it is seriously fast!
we have a fast adsl connection at work, but cable creams it.. the other day i downloaded a 27mb file from microsoft in about 20 seconds - i have never seen downloads that quick
i just got an offer yesterday from telstra for free cable installation on 24month plans and $65 per month for unlimited use. Once you go over 10Gb of downloads per month your speed gets limited to 64k for the rest of the month... it's a really good deal, worth looking into
julian
cray ·
sparkiesue wrote:some mob my mate uses, a perth company (aussie wide though) cheep as chips, i will try to get the name unless any body else can help, c u
iinet?
yeah. if adsl is your flavour, go with iinet or internode.
keep an eye out for optusnet's new cable plans coming out early next year though 😉
david ·
THEY ARE CALLED SWIFTEL $75 PER MONTH NO DIAL UPS COSTS, NO UPLOAD FEES AND 10 GIG PER MONTH AND FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAST YOU WILL NEVER GO NEAR DIAL UP IN A FIT by the time you paty the phone line rent and all the dial up costs it does not work out that much dearer www.swiftel.com.au
XXX-1.8T ·
at my work we resell Swiftel its really fast and reliable cheapest plan is $35 per month with 1GB d/l:o.
Best thing about it is the contract is only 3 months longs which gives u an opportunity to dump it or upgrade/just stick to it.
They are from Perth but have offices all over Aus 🙂
hey
we are with tpg broadband i can say it isnt the best for browsing i wouldnt reccommend it!!
cheers
rhys
p.s. suppodsly never get disconnected always connected but we are always being disconnected it sucks big time!!
XXX-1.8T ·
my friend also has tpg and he also says it sux
Apparently in Melb its really good!
pyr0 ·
ATM i use telstra adsl i only get like 500meg a month down load limit but and i think its around $70.
with these compaines swifttel and so on are they adsl?? if so what kind of fee applies for hireing the adsl box thingy ???
the only reason i used ADSL is because the cable line / cable thingy doesnt run in my area 🙁
tassupervee ·
Gawd those swiftel plans are good value.
Down here in rural Tassie we have no ADSL access and I use ISDN.
This is only just marginally better than a good diallup connection and costs me about 40 bucks a month with 30 cents/hour/channel (X 2 channel) access charge and 400 Meg/month download limits.
All this just to untie the friggin phone line......Sheesh
L8tr
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Boozer ·
Broadband kicks ass! iprimus is pretty good too , i can't imagine going back to dial-up. itis sooooo worth it.
typ-fre ·
Im lovin' it
56astro ·
Yellow text not real good typ-fre
kombi_kid ·
only bonus with TPG is u get a free modem!!! i think when our contract is up and the new year starts there will be good deals going??
cheers
rhys
68AutoBug ·
I know broadband is VERY FAST, but I cannot afford that sort of money...
I have a seperate phone line for the internet, only around $20 a month and My Son owns the ISP I use so it costs nothing and I'm always connected...
plus 23c a day to connect (phone call)
$65-70-$150 sounds just too expensive...
another phone line is the cheapest way to go... but slow...
Lee