Best Value ISP ??

Gosling1 · Post by **Gosling1** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:45 pm

I am sick to death of being ripped off. So I am putting this question back out here for some advice.

Which ISP has the best value for money out there ??

I am currently paying $29.95 per month for ADSL2 through iiNet (OzeMail), and it gets me a lousy 500meg for 'peak' times (12noon to 2am), and 1gig for 'offpeak' (2am to midday). Once the limit is reached, it is slowing me back to bloody dial-up at 64kbps

its a joke. I have to deal with these slower speeds during peak time for up to 10 days per month.

For $39.95 per month, I can get 2gig peak, and 4gig off-peak. Is this good value ??

The goddamn Internet should be bloody free !!!

RG · Post by RG » Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:49 pm

I'm on Optus (old plan)
$65/mth
12Gb normal (12pm to 12am)
24Gb off peak (12am to 12pm)

Me and my housemate only use about 10Gb a month in total.
Don't really need that much, unless you are like Neka.

Optus do have cheaper plans, quite resonable I think.

red_dave · Post by **red_dave** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:16 pm

I got Optus with 2gb peak and 4gb off-peak @ $39.95/month...

Post by **icebreaker** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:25 pm

exetel are pretty good.

and their plans SHIT on what you have now.

I 'm getting 36gb + 24 or 36gb pm. for $70 or 80.

but if you are happy with 256 or 512 then you'r LAUGHING...

http://www.exetel.com.au

256 kbps Down/64 kbps Up (Available Australia Wide)
S 1U $0.00 $30.00 36 gbytes 4 gbytes 4-10 Days Press to Order
S 2U $0.00 $35.00 36 gbytes 16 gbytes 4-10 Days Press to Order
S 3U $0.00 $40.00 36 gbytes 24 gbytes 4-10 Days Press to Order
512 kbps Down/128 kbps Up (Available Australia Wide)
S 4U $0.00 $40.00 36 gbytes 12 gbytes 4-10 Days Press to Order
S 5U $0.00 $45.00 36 gbytes 24 gbytes 4-10 Days Press to Order
S 6U $0.00 $55.00 36 gbytes 36 gbytes 4-10 Days Press to Order

been with them for just over 12 months now never had an outage that I've noticed.

Felix · Post by **Felix** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:38 pm

I have internode 128/512 8GB/month for $39.95...no fixed term...plus lots of unmetered content, like streaming anything from ABC, JJJ, etc

swabio-ACT · Post by **swabio-ACT** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 11:18 pm

Felix wrote:I have internode 128/512 8GB/month for $39.95...no fixed term...plus lots of unmetered content, like streaming anything from ABC, JJJ, etc

I am with internode... GO the node.....

in the three or is it four years.... that i have been with them, i have had one outage... of about 6 hours....... and that is it! They are not the uber cheapest around but, the quality of service is great.

BTW your hm number is eligible for Node ADSL2+ also.....

HOME-Extreme-Value $59.95 Min: 1500k/256k
Max: 24000k/1000k 20 GB Shaped

But seriously mate, you prob don't need anything quicker than the 512/128......

HOME-512-Starter $39.95 512k / 128k 8 GB Shaped

I was on this plan before, and it was quick enough for everything....

HOME-1500-Power10 $49.95 1500k / 256k 10 GB Shaped

swabio-ACT · Post by **swabio-ACT** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 11:19 pm

aaaah also, for the best Broadband info around in Oz

http://www.whirlpool.net.au

Felix · Post by **Felix** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 11:38 pm

swabio-ACT wrote:
in the three or is it four years.... that i have been with them, i have had one outage... of about 6 hours.......

I have had only two outages...both caused by my own hardware...

Probably the best part about internode is their support - they actually know what they are talking about, and different setups, like my smoothwall firewall with bridged modem, don't faze them...see how far you get with optus support with a setup like that!

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 12:03 am

dude im with an SA based mob..but i get 10GIG adsl2 at super farking porno fast...for $45 a month...

mick_dundee · Post by **mick_dundee** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 4:30 am

http://www.broadbandchoice.com.au let your fingers do the walking Gos. It's all very subjective, I was with TPG for ages and just recently churned to Exetel because they were cheaper with better data limits, that being said, if you want to talk to a human being about a support issue from my understanding that basically doesn't happen, so what you lose in one area you gain in another.

Best to do your own research and that's the place to do it at.

swabio-ACT · Post by **swabio-ACT** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:49 am

mick_dundee wrote:http://www.broadbandchoice.com.au

lol that is run off the whirlpool site i provided earlier

But you are right mick, best place to check Oz broadband out.

Once you have an idea of what provider you like the idea of, it is a good idea to jump into their forums on whirlpool and have a look what people are saying about them..... you'll notice that there are a few, with the majority of posts being complaints or problems, and others where you'll struggle to find a complaint......

R3Dknight · Post by **R3Dknight** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:22 am

I would recomend Internode for their support, value, service and reliability.

Gosling1 · Post by **Gosling1** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 4:46 pm

thanks heaps, that is a lot of good info to check out. I don't know if I need 20gig a month yet

, but #1 daughter is already chewing up peak-time quota with bloody Robbie Williams videos FFS !!

Happy to hear about other ISP's and experiences from other members as well ........

R3Dknight · Post by **R3Dknight** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:41 pm

swabio-ACT wrote:aaaah also, for the best Broadband info around in Oz

http://www.whirlpool.net.au

Yes... But be warned that forum is very addictive

mick_dundee · Post by **mick_dundee** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:44 pm

swabio-ACT wrote:Once you have an idea of what provider you like the idea of, it is a good idea to jump into their forums on whirlpool and have a look what people are saying about them....

And if you do what Swabio says above then bear in mind that ANYONE that wants to bitch about an ISP's performance in Oz basically does it at Whirlpool, so regardless what forum you'll see shitloads of complaints, less complaints "probably" = a better isp which again "probably" = more $.