Best broadband deals

[hooked_on_trout]

Currently I am with Optus wireless and I think I get 2 gig for $35 a month.

It's killing me because the limit runs out after 2 weeks and then I pay a lot extra or have to swap the sim and buy a recharge (at present my bill goes way over 4100 a month for landline-never used + exy-excess limit usage rates).

Any good deals around? I mean some of those less mainstream providers.

I am thinking of getting rid of my landline and just using my mobile and the net.

TGP are offering 7 gig + home phone for $40 +$100 setup.

If you have a good deal with your provider can you post what you got and the cost and how happy you are with the setup and service, I am looking for other options.

Or any tech savvy people have any recommendations?

Cheers

[daveylad]

I'm with telstra, Ultimate Bundle. 100gb download no excess but slows speed after 100gig, includes unlimited local and std calls and mobile calls to telstra mobiles, discounted International calls, Tbox HD recorder and THUb telephone $139:00 per month.

[ryanyoung]

I am interested in this too, as I am currently running prepaid wireless, which does the job, as I don't download too much. It would be good to be able to download a bit more though. At the moment I am paying about $30-40 a month.

Cheers,

Ryan.

[ellicat]

http://whirlpool.net.au/

Does a full comparison of all of them. (at least it used to)

[rayke1938]

If you are going to be using wireless in the bush telstra is the only one with the coverage quite a few of the entrants at the wivenhoe convention complaining that their mobiles had no signall on the dam.

Cheers

Ray

[snapsnap]

99 fusion plan from optus, 20 gig superfast, unlimited local calls, unlimited national calls, unlimited calls to gsm mobiles.

guys my wife has family in every state spends hours on the phone. and we have never gotten a bill bigger than 102 instead of 99.

[crazywalrus]

ellicat wrote:

>http://whirlpool.net.au/

Does a full comparison of all of them. (at least it used to)

I agree with Brian.

Any reason why you need to have mobile internet. Wired is far cheaper. There are some pretty good deals around.

Maybe look at a naked DSL plan if you do not want to pay the line rental.

[faulked]

snapsnap wrote:

99 fusion plan from optus, 20 gig superfast, unlimited local calls, unlimited national calls, unlimited calls to gsm mobiles.

guys my wife has family in every state spends hours on the phone. and we have never gotten a bill bigger than 102 instead of 99.

ive had this for 2 or 3 yrs and love it the 20 does look a little small sometimes

jason

[straddiebrad]

we get 50gig for 130 bucks and slows down once it is used but no extra charge ,with free phone calls to mobile,local and interstate.

[tomca]

snapsnap wrote:

99 fusion plan from optus, 20 gig superfast, unlimited local calls, unlimited national calls, unlimited calls to gsm mobiles.

guys my wife has family in every state spends hours on the phone. and we have never gotten a bill bigger than 102 instead of 99.

the $129 fusion plan is the same, but with 50gig and on special for $99/month, free wifi modem, $99 install and $20credit on first bill.

I've just signed up last week to this

[hooked_on_trout]

Im on my own atm, not really interested in Optus rip off unlimited for 140.

Unlimited has been around for years for 70.

Any options other than optus?

cheers

[crazywalrus]

hooked_on_trout wrote:

Im on my own atm, not really interested in Optus rip off unlimited for 140.

Unlimited has been around for years for 70.

Any options other than optus?

cheers

are you talking 3g or adsl or cable?

[werewolf]

Netspace and TPG both have good naked DSL deals. I use Netspace $50 plan, but I think it has been grandfathered and their cheapest is now $60 for 40 or 50 gig. That said TPG offer the same amount of data for $50! The advantage of NDSL is no phone line cost. We use Mynetfone VOIP for calls, which is about $5 a month. So overall our telecoms bills (excluding mobiles) is $55/month

I have never understood how they sell the Telstra/Optus bundles for $100+/month. Seems very over priced to me...

[ellicat]

werewolf wrote:

Netspace and TPG both have good naked DSL deals. I use Netspace $50 plan, but I think it has been grandfathered and their cheapest is now $60 for 40 or 50 gig. That said TPG offer the same amount of data for $50! The advantage of NDSL is no phone line cost. We use Mynetfone VOIP for calls, which is about $5 a month. So overall our telecoms bills (excluding mobiles) is $55/month

I have never understood how they sell the Telstra/Optus bundles for $100+/month. Seems very over priced to me...

It's because not everyone has the time nor inclination to do the on-line degree necessary to understand the ins and outs of comm plans :laugh: ....that and the constant changes - worse than tax legislation :pinch:

[crazywalrus]

have to agree with you Ellicat. It is confusing and the big telcos prey on folks and rely on false and misleading advertising to get people to sign up with them.

H-O-Trout really would have a look at whirlpool.net.au . It is very simple to run a search there. It is the Australian Broadband forum and is a very similar format to AFO. I have been a member for years and is also quite a good forum for IT questions as well. Put your phone number into the search function and it will bring up everything that is available to you. You can also ask the same question there and I am sure you will get some very educated responses.

Cheers Ted

[werewolf]

ellicat wrote:

It's because not everyone has the time nor inclination to do the on-line degree necessary to understand the ins and outs of comm plans :laugh: ....that and the constant changes - worse than tax legislation :pinch:

Fair statement

[hooked_on_trout]

werewolf wrote:

Netspace and TPG both have good naked DSL deals. I use Netspace $50 plan, but I think it has been grandfathered and their cheapest is now $60 for 40 or 50 gig. That said TPG offer the same amount of data for $50! The advantage of NDSL is no phone line cost. We use Mynetfone VOIP for calls, which is about $5 a month. So overall our telecoms bills (excluding mobiles) is $55/month

I have never understood how they sell the Telstra/Optus bundles for $100+/month. Seems very over priced to me...

Yes I have been looking at TGP.

I know how optus and Telstra get away with it, they charge $100.00 dollars a pop for breaking a contract, so after you do the math it actually adds to the expense of changing providers.

Have you heard of Skype?

edit:Just checked out the mynetphone site it looks very good.

Cheers

[hooked_on_trout]

crazywalrus wrote:

hooked_on_trout wrote:

Im on my own atm, not really interested in Optus rip off unlimited for 140.

Unlimited has been around for years for 70.

Any options other than optus?

cheers

are you talking 3g or adsl or cable?

As far as I know cable is more expensive but 3g is basically the same as adsl and adsl 2+

in my understanding of it, except adsl is not wireless.

3g apparently is the old CDMA network (probably upgraded here and there) so it is wireless with better coverage.

Anyone who knows better please post here, I am not 100% by any means, but would like to know.

cheers