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  • fordxr5turbodotcom
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It all depends on your usage habits... if you need good solid ping times (for fast gaming) then go with Internode, Westnet they aren't the cheapest but their network is always awesome and everyone praises their support.

If you want bulk downloads then all the other ADSL companies will suit fine.

Jump on Whirlpool and specifically have a review of each ISPs forums to see how the users in general are going.

Keep in mind Whirlpool is often referred to as Whingepool so the best bet is to speak to a few mates with Broadband and go from there, particularly if you will need getting connected.

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  • fordxr5turbodotcom
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My proudest moment one month 39 gig down and 12 gig up  :spoton:

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That's good considering your speed....

My upps are generally x3 of my down.

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You must do web hosting on your connection?

My best month was back in the days of unlimited Telstra cable... when telstra announced they were introducing limits (yes the 'unlimited until you reach a download quota' bs) my housemates and I thought it worthy to protest by trying to download the internet... we managed to do 100GB in a month... many beers was drank in celebration... although at the time, many beers were being drank regularly regardless hehe :spoton:

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You must do web hosting on your connection?

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no, just do a bit of internet gardening..

It's amazing how seeds can be of so much good on the net.. you can grow all sorts of stuff. :)

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I use tel pacific. Im on 1.5mb unlimited for $79.95. (when I mean unlimited I mean it no shaped at any point) No dramas here its fast and never had a problem. :laughing:

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Im paying around $55 a month with Optus 512kbps, 12gb Peak, 24gb Off Peak downloads before connection is slowed down to 64kbps. only managed to hit the download limit once, but will keep trying :laughing:

am extremely happy with service, never had a problem. although, after reading what type of internet connections some people have, the world is not enough :blink:

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I'm on iinet ADSL II ( yee haw... ) I get 20/20 ( 40 gig total ) shaped after maxing out.  I have been shaped MOST months.. ( well, dloading @ over 1Mb/sec  will do that.. )

If you get ADSL or ADSLII, get some HDD space.. you'll find it runs out prety quick.

$69.95 month with fone bundle..

One of my proudest moments...

Download Peak: 30563.66Mb  Download Off Peak: 19795.45Mb  Freetime:  37.61  Total: 50396.73Mb

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gees didnt know there was that much porn to download :blink:

crap :blink: jokes aside, I'm with telstra aswell but gees 512k is slow, esp after 5 years on it, get atleast 1500 and if u can get adsl 2 is sooo worth it, sigh tassie finally gets broadband over power lines and for a 40 dollar contract, u can only download 20mb, after that its 15c/mb only if the island state got cable :laughing:

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  • Still have a turbo, it's just on a diesel.
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Internode. good service and good plans. I run the 1.5 mbs with 5G shaped $59 a month dont download that much so suites me, cant wait for adsl2 gets here

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iinet is the best choice for ADSL2 and ADSL2+ if you can get it.

The only problem with ADSL2 is that you must also churn your phone service over to them aswell. That goes for any ISP offering ADSL2 at the moment. However once Telstra offer ADSL2 you might see more ISP's reselling theres, and that's what I'm waiting for. Why? because I don't trust another company other than Telstra to service my phone line.

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TElstra Cable is the way to go.

UNCAPPED downstream, and 128 UPstream, most nights I can download at speeds of up to 3MB/sec, but average about 1.5MB/sec.

BUT, these speed are only acheiveable when everyone else in the street on CABLE are offline, all to do with Bandwith sahring and stuff.

DID you know that a 1 inch thick FIBRE OPTIC CABLE can cope with more information than a BUNDLE OF COPPER cables 12CM in diameter, learnt that at Telstra School when I worked for em.

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You must do web hosting on your connection?

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no, just do a bit of internet gardening..

It's amazing how seeds can be of so much good on the net.. you can grow all sorts of stuff. :)

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yes you must sow what you harvest my friendly internet farmers :spoton:

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