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28th February 2006, 10:06 PM
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G'day,
So who do you use for your broadband connection? How much does it cost? How many Mb can you download? Is the connection then speed-limited or do you pay extra? Are you using them for your home phone as well (for financial reasons or other?). Are you happy with them? As some may know I'm not happy with Optusnet not allowing me to change my existing plan without losing the 50% discount they offered me for 2 years. So I started looking around at what else is out there, though drew a bit of a blank really other than Bigpond and Dodo (both more expensive/less downloads than Optus). So who do you use...? Cheers Travis PS For the record, Qld Fair Trading said legally Optus is entitled to do what they're doing, but suggested I still pursue the matter with them, and then the TIO if not happy. |
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28th February 2006, 10:18 PM
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Hi,
I have been happy with optus, I have other optus products & have unlimited downloads (12G) peak, & I receive 4 months free plus discounted rate per month. cheers, cheryl |
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28th February 2006, 10:21 PM
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28th February 2006, 10:24 PM
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28th February 2006, 10:30 PM
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Im just moving from Bigpuddle Cable to Node ADSL Home-Extreme-Pro 40GB 1500/256, soon to be ADSL2+ once my exchange is finished being upgraded
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28th February 2006, 10:36 PM
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28th February 2006, 10:41 PM
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Kern internet, they treat me well, as i pay cash instead of bloody credit cards :P
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28th February 2006, 10:44 PM
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TPG, I'm on the old $49 p/ month 1500/256 12GB plan. Good speed, bad pings if you're into gaming. I get about 2 days a month where my net will drop off for an hour on average at about 4 in the morning.... most people wouldn't care, but I normally use the net then, so its an annoyance to me.
I'm tempted by that iiNet (or was it aaNet? can't recall) 12MBps $49 plan
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28th February 2006, 10:48 PM
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My broadband is the best........FREEEEEEEEEE
 Freee 1.5Mbps 20GB Plan!!!! HAHAH HAAHAH (stops laughing and keeps working seriously) Benefits of using People Telecom and promoting them. Besides that they are awesome, no problems and have heaps of customers using them as well. Try them! Here |
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28th February 2006, 10:50 PM
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I have just recently connected to Optus and it is my first broadband connection. After looking around and spending quite a bit of time at bc.whirlpool.net.au I decided that there doesn't seem to be a better option than Optus.
I am on the DSL Advantage plan (1500kbps, 21 gig download) for $49.95 per month and I can't complain about anything. You may be annoyed with their lack of flexibilty in not letting you change plans without losing the discount, but if u move to another provider you will probably be worse of again.
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28th February 2006, 10:51 PM
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Optus Cable Broadband. Never had a dropout, and I won't be changing ISP's any time soon. Its been a great 5 years.
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28th February 2006, 10:57 PM
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I'm with aanet. When I joined it was just about the cheapest adsl going, and was very reliable. lately though others are starting to match on price, and even worse, what was once a flawless connection has recently been experiencing drop outs on a far too frequent basis. That and the fiasco with raising the prices a bit last year means I wouldn't recommend it.
My old man hooked up with aapt before Christmas. Got a basic modem free, and 12 gb at 512k for $40/month. Best of all, no contract. If I was looking at my first adsl, I would pick them. of course, you should always explore your options at whirlpool.net.au
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28th February 2006, 10:59 PM
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28th February 2006, 11:00 PM
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I should add, don't go to TPG now. They did a shifty and upped their prices to the customers that were using more bandwidth (at least that was how the speculation went). Half of their customers had to pay $20 more a month or cancel their contract.... I assume they were running without profit for a long time....
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28th February 2006, 11:00 PM
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I have had Optus for 4 years moved 4 times and never missed a beat. Optus have been fantastic with their technical service as well.
I don't care how cheap or good the others are it is Optus all the way....no i don't work for them. B) |
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28th February 2006, 11:00 PM
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I'm with Instant Communicaations (www.in.com.au)
$60/month and I can do whatever the hell I like... Last month I did 68GB at full speed
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28th February 2006, 11:05 PM
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Im with Internode mainly from good things i've heard. Had a few small problems but they seem to get ontop of them quicker and treat youl like a real person in the process. Cant complain
 Matt.
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28th February 2006, 11:05 PM
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ive been very happy with optus for the last 5 or so years, 10mbps is great
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28th February 2006, 11:08 PM
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512/128 40GB $49
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