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  1. #1
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    Red face Australian Broadband

    http://www.bigpond.com/broadband/pro...l/pricing.asp#



    Those prices are outragous really.....when will Australian broadband be as cheap as in the US - thats if it ever will be

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    Ouch? very expensive, but you pay for quality

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    They charge you by your transfer? man they better not do that here in the ok, I have 3 adsl lines maxed out at 60k/s constant
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    Quality?! hahahhaa... gary, I use this cable... this is not quality. This is the "Cogent" of "Cogent" if you get what I mean..

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    I can't believe with BT in the UKwe are actually better off than somebody else....
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    There are unlimted downloads 256k ADSL plans around for AU$90/month

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    There are unlimted downloads 256k ADSL plans around for AU$90/month.

    Bigpond are slow over priced and customer service is not there.

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    I pay £22 (~=$35) per month for 512k down 256k up
    I have 3 of these lines and they are all unlimited...

    For the first time ever the UK seems ok for somethign related to the web!!!!!!

    Those damn people in the netherlands get the best deal though.. they get 1-2mbps for the same price as we pay.
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    We should all add a note that we dont use these personal connections for our webservers before any newbies get concerned
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    but you pay for quality
    I'm happy to pay for quality, it's just getting quality that's the problem

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    Originally posted by susannad
    I'm happy to pay for quality, it's just getting quality that's the problem
    True

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    please don't get me wrong here, I really have no problem paying for things .. ( well I go without food for a couple of weeks what's more important ? )

    but it's the rotten, bloody rotten monopoly in australia that gets up my nose

    and yes, before everyone jumps in .. I know it's a big big big country and 4/5 of it has no infrastructure for IT outside of the 1/5 and I don't mind paying a bit more as long as my bit more goes towards the other 4/5 somewhere, somehow...

    not in some bloody CEO's already unbelievable huge salary


    sorry </rant>

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    Another happy Telstra Customer..

    NOT!

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    you mean tel$tra


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    There are unlimted downloads 256k ADSL plans around for AU$90/month
    SpiritAu .. where ? I'm on 512K ADSL 3gig Peak and 7Gig off Peak (total 10Gig) for $99 however unlimited would be nice.
    Unlimited 512k would be even nicer, I get a bit tired of staying up until Midnight just so I can start downloading, then I have to get up before 7am to stop the download otherwise it gets charged at peak time.

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    That's ridiculous!!!

    I thought that was the whole point of broadband... no worrying about costs of when your online!!!
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    Originally posted by TheDoctor


    SpiritAu .. where ? I'm on 512K ADSL 3gig Peak and 7Gig off Peak (total 10Gig) for $99 however unlimited would be nice.
    Unlimited 512k would be even nicer, I get a bit tired of staying up until Midnight just so I can start downloading, then I have to get up before 7am to stop the download otherwise it gets charged at peak time.

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    Thanks for that SpiritAu.
    It turned out to be quite a useful link. I particularly like the fact that there plans use a static ip.

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    Originally posted by TheDoctor
    Thanks for that SpiritAu.
    It turned out to be quite a useful link. I particularly like the fact that there plans use a static ip.

    Doc
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    My Goodness looks like I thanked the wrong person ... must be my alltimers acting up.

    Thank you net-trend
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    Hahaha no worries for a moment i thought spiritau posted the link and i didn't notice.
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    Go iiNet http://www.iinet.net.au/

    -or- If you live in WA you could also consider

    WestNet - http://www.wn.com.au/
    Arachnet - http://www.arachnet.net.au

    Only problem we have with iiNet atm is frequest disconnections - but this could be a fault at Telstra... which wouldn't suprise me.
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    I have a couple of clients with http://www.applecomm.net and they have no complaints.. I'm thinking of switching myself, they have an unlimited package as well, just a little slower on the transfer.

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    Thanks warp ..however at the moment apple looks better for my planned application ... if it get off the ground..

    What I really need at the moment is a contact phone number for
    wireless.org.au ... would anybody happen to know it.. can't find it on there site.
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    http://www.tpgi.com.au , they charge $19.99/month plus usage fee
    Pay As You Go 256v (Metro 256/64K ADSL Connection)
    Downloads charged at 15c per MB up to 400MB, thereafter you get 10GB of downloads for FREE, thereafter 5c per MB
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