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 68AutoBug
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 posted on October 15th, 2011 at 03:58 PM |
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info on ADSL internet service needed- Bigpond?
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
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| posted on October 15th, 2011 at 05:27 PM |
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If that's with bigpond than that's a pretty good deal.
Is that ADSL or ADSL 2?
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| posted on October 15th, 2011 at 05:31 PM |
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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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| posted on October 15th, 2011 at 06:31 PM |
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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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| posted on October 15th, 2011 at 06:46 PM |
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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.
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| posted on October 15th, 2011 at 07:59 PM |
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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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| posted on October 15th, 2011 at 08:35 PM |
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I'm with Internode 50GB and average max dl around 500Kbps
and as mention by vlad i also heard good things about iinet
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68AutoBug
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Gracey
If that's with bigpond than that's a pretty good deal.
Is that ADSL or ADSL 2?
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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
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| posted on October 15th, 2011 at 09:37 PM |
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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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| posted on October 15th, 2011 at 11:55 PM |
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Sounds great Vlad....
and Excellent between 4 people and two houses... lol
Lee
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| posted on October 16th, 2011 at 12:25 AM |
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Hi
I'm with iinet, great people.
Steve
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| posted on October 16th, 2011 at 08:32 AM |
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iinet, best service of all the companies not just Internet and you get to talk to human beings if you have problems.
Ian
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| posted on October 16th, 2011 at 06:48 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by 68AutoBug
Sounds great Vlad....
and Excellent between 4 people and two houses... lol
Lee
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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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| posted on October 26th, 2011 at 06:14 AM |
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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. |
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| posted on October 26th, 2011 at 07:53 AM |
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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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