-carty nutter Member 1,966 Member For: 21y 1m 10d Location: Wagga Wagga Posted 23/08/04 12:44 PM Share Posted 23/08/04 12:44 PM Ive been considering the move to Broadband for a long time, but never had the funding...and with the looming of getting my tax back, im thinking I might take the opportunity in getting adsl while I have the money there...I know that WhirlPool.net.au is the best place for checking out prices, but was wondering what the prices are some of the guys here are paying and what speeds they get on downloading large files (movie files etc).really wanting to know some of the above about people who are using the 512k/128k adsl lines...also what could be the best modem to get, would be great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flukey Seriously Flukey Member Donating Members 4,354 Member For: 20y 10m 25d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 23/08/04 12:53 PM Share Posted 23/08/04 12:53 PM Well Carty, I am a recent convert to Cable broadband. Awesome in comparison to dial-up and better again than ADSL. $60/month for 10Gb from Telstra. Its fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-carty nutter Member 1,966 Member For: 21y 1m 10d Location: Wagga Wagga Posted 23/08/04 12:55 PM Author Share Posted 23/08/04 12:55 PM (edited) that's in urban area though right?im regional 2 so can get only limited places where I can be running throughso far this http://w3.eftel.com/broadband-adsl/freedom.asp is the best ive found for myself (under conditions)anyone getting better or similar?discuss Edited 23/08/04 01:02 PM by -carty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlr8ed Phantom lives Member 1,417 Member For: 20y 9m 25d Gender: Male Location: who knows Posted 23/08/04 01:01 PM Share Posted 23/08/04 01:01 PM $89/month for adsl wireless linked connection for 2 pc's unlimited hours and download @ 512k..good deal I think..jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlr8ed Phantom lives Member 1,417 Member For: 20y 9m 25d Gender: Male Location: who knows Posted 23/08/04 01:03 PM Share Posted 23/08/04 01:03 PM Its $119 for 1500k speed/month also..jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cro Flower Power Lifetime Members 6,114 Member For: 22y 4m 5d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 23/08/04 01:12 PM Share Posted 23/08/04 01:12 PM I got 1500/256, 60gb limit and a Static IP.Bloody slow, can only download at 160kb/s, miss my old cable connection.$200 each month, but I'm not paying for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAP No boost, no bottle, just my foot on the throttle! Lifetime Members 7,935 Member For: 21y 1d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 23/08/04 01:50 PM Share Posted 23/08/04 01:50 PM There are 2 things that you need to look at:Contention ratio's and included data.Contention ratios are the user to bandwidth rate and the cheaper the service the worse the CR. Places like Bigswamp are 400:1 down to the real crap like Dodo at nearly 1000:1. Business grade broadband is better, they run CR's like 10:1 ->50:1 and the throughput is much better, but you will pay more.Depending on what you want to use it for will depend on the best service. The old saying that you pay for what you get is very true with broadband. Optus Cable is the best, then Optus xDSL (optus exchanges only), then business xDSL provided by Powertel and then you get into your resold Tel$tra services that are usually cheap and nasty.Do not go the $29.95 special as it will hurt you when you get the bill at the end of the month as you will be paying 10c-15c per meg for excess data. On broadband you can also download 200mb in 20mins, so a plan that gives unlimited data (but cap the speed) when you go over your allowance is the best thing for a broadband newbie.Expect to pay $60-90 per month, but you may get hit by a $20 regional surcharge..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAP No boost, no bottle, just my foot on the throttle! Lifetime Members 7,935 Member For: 21y 1d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 23/08/04 01:53 PM Share Posted 23/08/04 01:53 PM I got 1500/256, 60gb limit and a Static IP.Bloody slow, can only download at 160kb/s, miss my old cable connection.$200 each month, but I'm not paying for it Cro,You must have a good connection to get that throughput, the max the line can support is 187k/bS. I would be happy, but I love optus cable 500k/bS and 10Gb for $70 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-carty nutter Member 1,966 Member For: 21y 1m 10d Location: Wagga Wagga Posted 23/08/04 02:28 PM Author Share Posted 23/08/04 02:28 PM thx zapim on 56k at the moment, and the most ive downloaded in a month is like 6gb, so im wanting somthing with lots of downloading allowence...because I know with a higher net speed, im gonna download alot more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcos Member 289 Member For: 21y 3m 5d Location: Central Coast NSW Posted 23/08/04 03:20 PM Share Posted 23/08/04 03:20 PM 512/512 unlimited download.......internode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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