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 56astro
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DIAL UP vs BROADBAND
Who here uses broadband?
What do ya reckon?
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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| posted on December 16th, 2003 at 10:08 PM |
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broadband rocks man, DO NOT USE telstra though exy
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
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| posted on December 16th, 2003 at 10:12 PM |
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its easy
dial up sucks big time and broadband just sucks !!
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| posted on December 16th, 2003 at 10:17 PM |
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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
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| posted on December 16th, 2003 at 11:02 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by 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
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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 
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| posted on December 16th, 2003 at 11:51 PM |
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I USE THAT CHEAP AS CHIPS PERTH COMPANY AND THEY ARE GOOD
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 http://www.swiftel.com.au
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| posted on December 17th, 2003 at 12:20 AM |
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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 
check their plans:
http://www.swiftdsl.com.au/residential/adsl-plans-prices.htm
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| posted on December 17th, 2003 at 06:27 AM |
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Thanks people.
We've just got satelite (sp) at work and it sh1ts all over my dial up service as far as speed goes.
I'll just have to do some searching for more providers.
Keep them coming.
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| posted on December 17th, 2003 at 06:32 AM |
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Im with Internode. 1500/256k adsl about 32 times faster then dialup, 30gb a month limit, $150 a month.
They have other plans most being decent
http://www.internode.on.net
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| posted on December 17th, 2003 at 07:02 AM |
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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!!
it aint just cool its aircool'd
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| posted on December 17th, 2003 at 09:39 AM |
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my friend also has tpg and he also says it sux
Apparently in Melb its really good!
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| posted on December 17th, 2003 at 09:58 AM |
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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 
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| posted on December 17th, 2003 at 10:05 AM |
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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
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| posted on December 17th, 2003 at 10:20 AM |
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Broadband kicks ass! iprimus is pretty good too , i can't imagine going back to dial-up. itis sooooo worth it. |
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| posted on December 17th, 2003 at 10:24 AM |
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| posted on December 17th, 2003 at 10:49 AM |
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Yellow text not real good typ-fre
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| posted on December 17th, 2003 at 11:11 AM |
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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
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| posted on December 17th, 2003 at 12:05 PM |
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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
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