Can any one recommend an ISP in the Melbourne area.
The girl I am living with is currently on IINet and it is capped to 2gb a month (is this usual for ISP's in Oz? We have no caps in the UK)
This won't allow me to download Lost when it starts at the end of the month and play EQ!!
So what I want, what I really really want is an ISP that doesn't have a cap, or at least not a ridiculously small one, that doesn't tie me in to a 24 month contract or if it is a long contract then I am able to move it to a new house easily. and is less than maybe 80 dollah a month.
Thanks!
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www.whirlpool.net.au
That's the best place to source info about internet here.
Feel free to ask specific questions, and obviously we can give recommendations. There are plenty of plans that give good amounts of limits and decent speed for $80- a month.
That's the best place to source info about internet here.
Feel free to ask specific questions, and obviously we can give recommendations. There are plenty of plans that give good amounts of limits and decent speed for $80- a month.
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You're screwed Yala 
Appearently it's easier to have 21st century infrastructure, if you can't boast farms the size of Texas
In other news, at least 80 pct of Denmark is covered with 3mbit/s no limit wireless internet 100U$/month!
(I plan on getting a 512kb/s connection and a laptop, if I have to start taking a 1½ hour train every morning to work. Even more +1s! At 40U$/month)
It's a brand new world!
Appearently it's easier to have 21st century infrastructure, if you can't boast farms the size of Texas In other news, at least 80 pct of Denmark is covered with 3mbit/s no limit wireless internet
100U$/month! (I plan on getting a 512kb/s connection and a laptop, if I have to start taking a 1½ hour train every morning to work. Even more +1s! At 40U$/month)
It's a brand new world!
USA Land Area
(50 states) 9,158,918 sq km (3,536,278 sq miles)
(48 states) 8,588,712 sq km (3,316,118 sq miles) (-Hawaii and Alaska)
Australia Land Area
7,686,850 sq km
That amounts to 89% the size of continental USA and 83% the size of USA combined.
We have somewhere in the area of 7% the population of the US
(50 states) 9,158,918 sq km (3,536,278 sq miles)
(48 states) 8,588,712 sq km (3,316,118 sq miles) (-Hawaii and Alaska)
Australia Land Area
7,686,850 sq km
That amounts to 89% the size of continental USA and 83% the size of USA combined.
We have somewhere in the area of 7% the population of the US
Just increase the IINET plan. Much easier option without downtime.
You won't find a true unlimited plan in Australia, even if Whirlpool suggests they still exist. Quite often they get changed within a few months of you joining up or they have what is know as an "acceptable use policy" which means your screwed and they will cap you if they think you have downloaded to much.
Myself and Thoraf are both on iinet. I have found their service to be excellent most days with little downtime.
I currently pay 109$ for 80 gig a month(More pron). This also includes VOIP which you will need to get extra bandwidth.
Internode are probably on par if not better than iinet so they might be worth checking out as well.
You won't find a true unlimited plan in Australia, even if Whirlpool suggests they still exist. Quite often they get changed within a few months of you joining up or they have what is know as an "acceptable use policy" which means your screwed and they will cap you if they think you have downloaded to much.
Myself and Thoraf are both on iinet. I have found their service to be excellent most days with little downtime.
I currently pay 109$ for 80 gig a month(More pron). This also includes VOIP which you will need to get extra bandwidth.
Internode are probably on par if not better than iinet so they might be worth checking out as well.
Kysumu
internode now meter uploads in their quota allowances I believe.. so that's somehting to look forward to. Telstra, optus and internode do this now? (I haven't really been keeping up)
You're moving to Prahan so should have most providers available to you.
There is also another thing to consider, most plans have a peak and offpeak allowance.
So you might have a 40gb plan that is 20gb from midday to 2am and 20gb from 2am to midday.. (sample times/allowances) Also worth looking at.
Also make sure the plan you're on cap's your speed instead of charges you for extra volume usage, unless you want to pay more.
As Ky says, I've found IInet to be good. get their router though, not the billion I have for better VOIP support if you go that way. you can also bundle your home phone with them to get extra allowance.
You're moving to Prahan so should have most providers available to you.
There is also another thing to consider, most plans have a peak and offpeak allowance.
So you might have a 40gb plan that is 20gb from midday to 2am and 20gb from 2am to midday.. (sample times/allowances) Also worth looking at.
Also make sure the plan you're on cap's your speed instead of charges you for extra volume usage, unless you want to pay more.
As Ky says, I've found IInet to be good. get their router though, not the billion I have for better VOIP support if you go that way. you can also bundle your home phone with them to get extra allowance.
I am with internode in WA - its not bad. They upped the prices the day after I paid my first 3 month invoice now ther eis this upload talk. I am feeling ripped off.
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They just upgraded their account information section to display the data in upload / download formatJarinu wrote:... now ther eis this upload talk.
(previously it just displayed downloads, and some people that were thinking of Xferring wanted to know how much they uploaded, so it is now displayed!!) ...I doubt they will ever count uploads, since connectivety is always purchased symetrically and upload counts for less then 40% then download (so purchased links aren't even being swamped with uploads!) ..
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