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68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#867112
I will be needing another broadband internet service provider in December

any info on great plans?? Big pond ??

looking at 50GB a month 24 month plan $49.95 a month???

Does this sound OK??

LEE
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

Gracey Wolfsburg Wizard

511 posts · joined Feb 2003 ·

#867127
If that's with bigpond than that's a pretty good deal.

Is that ADSL or ADSL 2?

barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,474 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#867129
look here mate
http://bc.whirlpool.net.au/
be aware that you really need to look at the speed, download limit, if there are charges for over limit or just restricted to dial up speeds and if there are fees for changing over to them.
personally i like internode
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vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 ·

#867136
i am with internode. fantastic!!!!

anything to do with telstra is pure monopolizing evil. stay away from bigpond, tpg are also jerks and hopeless service, dodo is also bad and rip you off.

iinet is suppose to be pretty good too.

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vwo60 Veteran Volks Folk

2,036 posts · joined Feb 2007 ·

#867140
I am with engin, i have 12GB and all my phone calls for $49.00. they have heaps of plans ,I have had no problems with them.

tweety Wolfsburg Wizard

460 posts · joined Feb 2011 ·

#867154
Well my 2 bob's worth. Ever since the onetel days I've stuck with Telstra and Bigpond and no regrets. Sure you get frustrated at times with the prompts and the systems in place but.....I'm overall happy.

I've been running a 3G wireless internet for a few years now. Yesterday I went into a telstra shop in Shepparton because my internet was beginning to drop out a lot especially in my rural tablelands of Strathbogie. So the wizz kid suggested I update to 4G. Cost $299 but in 60 days I get that back plus $110 (God knows why- its the deal at the time). Plus of course that $49.95 a month. 4MB I think download- more than enough for me. If I had a land line it would be $29 a month. Anyway the 4G network is much much faster and doesnt drop out- at all.

The other smaller private companies do offer cheaper rates for more and this will always force Telstra to drop their prices eventually. The frustration I mentioned....got home and rang Bigpond for new connection etc and was told I can get internet straight away bUT no email for 2 working days. they didnt tell me this at the shop and I run a business....that pisses me off. but I'll stick with them.
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narumi I'll do it tomorrow

138 posts · joined Aug 2011 ·

#867164
I'm with Internode 50GB and average max dl around 500Kbps
and as mention by vlad i also heard good things about iinet

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#867172
Gracey wrote:If that's with bigpond than that's a pretty good deal.

Is that ADSL or ADSL 2?
ADSL as far as I can see...

no mention of ADSL 2 ... maybe because I'm regional.. country..

OPTUS wasn't recommended ...

after all the charges they advertise....

they add GST to your Bill...

they ADD $35 if Your bill isn't paid by the due date...

some people complained about the bill arriving 1 day before it was due..??

I'll checkout iinet and engin

Lee
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 ·

#867178
Internode provided me with ADSL2+ in country area where only other choice was telstra for that type of connection. I am getting 10.5Mbit connection which is pretty good, 69 buks a month for 60Gb which is the Easy Reach plan, no contracts uploads are counted though by only account for like less than 10% of the total usage anyway.

Works out very cheap shared out between 4 people and 2 houses 👍👍

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68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#867197
Sounds great Vlad....

and Excellent between 4 people and two houses... lol

Lee
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

1303Steve Scirocco Rare

8,650 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#867198
Hi

I'm with iinet, great people.

Steve

Imac Commited Dubber

67 posts · joined Dec 2009 ·

#867204
iinet, best service of all the companies not just Internet and you get to talk to human beings if you have problems.
Ian

vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 ·

#867270
68AutoBug wrote:Sounds great Vlad....

and Excellent between 4 people and two houses... lol

Lee
yep a network connection spanning 3.5Km 😂 Its the only way I can get anything faster than 31.2k dial up.

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david-syd Learner Dubber

4 posts · joined Aug 2011 ·

#868672
I am on TPG with $ 29.95 for 50gig download. but I didnt really use their support.
Because it was routed to india. If you can setup your own . Then may be the download limit is ok.

vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 ·

#868689
their unreliable service( drop out, packet loss, lag, slow download speed) and then the Indians was the last straw !

I ditched tpg and went internode and never looked back. All my connection problems went away on internode. 👍

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