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I woulda been happy with 50MBIT, was honestly expecting it in my experience testing quite a few fttn connections around perth....but I did see ones like mine regularly where the copper in the street is in good nick. I also saw a few horror stories, relatively close to the node they are connected to but only getting 12mbit!

 

am thinking about downgrading to 50/20 but the cost difference is hardly anything. if I up my data allowance from 500-1000gb it will cost $20/month extra but the difference between 100/40 and 50/20 is only $5.

 

price is alright cause the connection is running full speed all the time so far :) I was not keen on congested networks ....*cough cough* iinet, tpg, optus *cough*

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was only using 150-250 gb on ADSL previously.

 

It's 2 days in and I've already used 50gb now though HAH.

 

aussie broadband is pretty chill, with no contract and they make it easy to change your plan or buy a data block.

 

unlimited 100/40 sounds nice and I could switch to a provider that offers it, but I like to use the internet during peak times and have good speeds after enduring 5 years of congested unlimited adsl2 that synced at 10-15mbit but I only ever got like 2-4mbit.

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The congestion should be the same regardless of your quota - unlimited shouldn't be any more congested than 500gb/month - they all use the same pipes

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25 minutes ago, Rab said:

500gb a month?

How do you guys cope lol ;)

 

That's about what I use on my unlimited plan. I'm 222GB in, on day 15 of 31.

 

Edit: I double checked, it's closer to 400. Also Netflix is unmetered.

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Usage History for the Past 6 Billing Periods

 

Billing Period Ending Downloads (MB) 'yes' Data - Off Peak Used (MB) Uploads (MB)
30 Jun 17 797356 0 26777
31 Jul 17 1311875 0 32963
31 Aug 17 960653 0 29915
30 Sep 17 1555123 0 49647
31 Oct 17 3447276 0 42650
30 Nov 17 1260952 0 31480

 

 

Looks like June was quiet - am tipping I grew calluses on my right hand in October though :P

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13 minutes ago, Rab said:

am tipping I grew calluses on my right hand

 

After that effort I'm thinking that's not the only place that grew calluses :wackit:

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2 hours ago, Rab said:

500gb a month?

How do you guys cope lol ;)

 

The best I ever did was 750GB's worth of James Bond collection DVD's in a month on the old ADSL2+ connection.

 

I remember when iiNet first started 1TB plans and they said at the time, no-one can go over the limit, which I took as a challenge and started downloading everything I could off their FTP Server, deleting it off my drives and trying again, until I realised it's part of their freezone so it wasn't showing on my downloads.  Then I gave up.

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I chucked my newly turned 3yo daughter on the motorbike (2014 cr50f) today. It's got a set of stutterbump training wheels on it.

 

She managed to pick it up quite well and was doing laps by herself with minimal instruction. I mainly had to tell her to watch where she was going cos her butthead brother was distracting her.

 

Just the other day I was thinking that it was a waste of money cos they hardly use it but one of the boys was into it today and the daughter loved it. :3gears:

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