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What cunts
What the shit?
$1200 for 2 years just as a base value, and then for example a 200gb cap would cost you $250 extra a month? [I] And[/I] you have to buy their proprietary modem!?
Am I reading this wrong or is this a sick joke, Aussies get your shit together.
NBN don't provide to my area unless I want to get on their shitty peak/offpeak offnet internet plans and have the possibility of losing my exchange port because of it
[QUOTE=Aman;45225212]What the shit?
$1200 for 2 years just as a base value, and then for example a 200gb cap would cost you $250 extra a month? [I] And[/I] you have to buy their proprietary modem!?
Am I reading this wrong or is this a sick joke, Aussies get your shit together.[/QUOTE]
Sadly this shitty pricing is pretty standard with most if not all ISPs in my country.
[QUOTE=Aman;45225212]What the shit?
$1200 for 2 years just as a base value, and then for example a 200gb cap would cost you $250 extra a month? [I] And[/I] you have to buy their proprietary modem!?
Am I reading this wrong or is this a sick joke, Aussies get your shit together.[/QUOTE]
The monthly fee includes a data allowance (Mine is 400GB, and the fee is for extra data blocks you can purchase, otherwise you just get shaped) Also it's a completely new (Assuming pure fibre) type of connection so their modems are all you can buy, nobody else sells anything (Not like cable or ADSL)
Also, barely any where actually has full NBN rollout.
Also what you can get here with our biggest ISP
55 RON = 18.13 AUD (Monthly payment)
Benefits:
- Download data speed : 1000 Mbps
- Upload data speed: 30 Mbps
- Lower monthly payment if you chose for TV Digital (or Phone) - 45 RON = 14.83 AUD
- UNLIMITED traffic
- Free mobile internet
- Free connecting of your house if needed
- 2 free Wi-Fi accounts
- 2 e-mail accounts @rdslink.ro
- 50 GB free storage on the Digi Storage service
[QUOTE=Aman;45225212]What the shit?
$1200 for 2 years just as a base value, and then for example a 200gb cap would cost you $250 extra a month? [I] And[/I] you have to buy their proprietary modem!?
Am I reading this wrong or is this a sick joke, Aussies get your shit together.[/QUOTE]
Telcos always provide modems but it's up to you if you want it
We never wanted our Telstra modem but we got it anyway and tbh I think the technicolour modems (the one telstra uses) are the best out there because it's simple
[QUOTE=ionuttzu;45225159][video=youtube;ypmWTWhV3t8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypmWTWhV3t8[/video]
What cunts[/QUOTE] why are they cunt's ( not taking sides here I just like to know the jist of thing's. )
[QUOTE=Aman;45225212]What the shit?
$1200 for 2 years just as a base value, and then for example a 200gb cap would cost you $250 extra a month? [I] And[/I] you have to buy their proprietary modem!?
Am I reading this wrong or is this a sick joke, Aussies get your shit together.[/QUOTE]
I had to bargain with Telstra for a 500gb cap and in return they literally add another zero onto calls made with my homephone. Between that and my separate $30 prepaid mobile, I'm paying $143 a month just to communicate with the world. Fuck this place.
[QUOTE=theevilldeadII;45225942]why are they cunt's ( not taking sides here I just like to know the jist of thing's. )[/QUOTE]
There isn't a lot of regulations on Internet pricing in Australia, because Telstra used to be owned by the government up until the early nineties they had built exchanges and hubs all around Australia which is why they say they coverage at least 99.1% of Australia (which is correct).
Because of this other telco's have to rent out these pre-existing exchanges and are subject to Telstra's rules, many have signed agreements with Telstra which allows for customers to easily migrate from Telstra to another provider and vice versa.
In new suburbs and areas where Telstra didn't put exchanges or hubs other telco's have dashed through the door and built their own exchanges, Optus is normally the other company who has a hold on these other exchanges and they are a little bit more laxed than Telstra.
All telco's who service an area which is labelled off-net have to pay rent to Telstra or the other occupier of the exchange to use their equipment, in order to get full speed access the rent increases and that's why speed packs were introduced so customers paid more for faster speed.
On-net is when those telco's have their own equipment in the exchange, doesn't mean it is owned by them but means their rent is lower and they can do anything they please.
You typically see this with iiNet and TPG, they offer you better deals if you happen to live in an area where they were fortunate enough to have their equipment in
But to get on-net you need to live in an area which is pretty populated, for example if you moved to the city you would have the choice of any telco pretty much all on on-net and the fastest speed possible
Move into a suburb that's around 5 minutes/10 minutes away from the city (like me) you're more than likely to have those choices narrowed, most of the time Telstra is your only choice for on-net while others luckily have Optus or iiNet.
Live further from that in the bush or sticks and your stuck with mostly Telstra or satellite internet providers
This explains why cost are up, I'm pretty sure I hit it correctly or I could be horribly wrong but that's what I understand after looking into this issue for around 2 years because I was wondering if it was possible for an option other than Telstra
At least iinet themselves are probably the least cunty ISP in existance. So glad they exist.
[QUOTE=theevilldeadII;45225942]why are they cunt's ( not taking sides here I just like to know the jist of thing's. )[/QUOTE]
Because of this?
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/iAurLnV.png[/IMG]
[QUOTE=fruxodaily;45226351]There isn't a lot of regulations on Internet pricing in Australia, because Telstra used to be owned by the government up until the early nineties they had built exchanges and hubs all around Australia which is why they say they coverage at least 99.1% of Australia (which is correct).
Because of this other telco's have to rent out these pre-existing exchanges and are subject to Telstra's rules, many have signed agreements with Telstra which allows for customers to easily migrate from Telstra to another provider and vice versa.
In new suburbs and areas where Telstra didn't put exchanges or hubs other telco's have dashed through the door and built their own exchanges, Optus is normally the other company who has a hold on these other exchanges and they are a little bit more laxed than Telstra.
All telco's who service an area which is labelled off-net have to pay rent to Telstra or the other occupier of the exchange to use their equipment, in order to get full speed access the rent increases and that's why speed packs were introduced so customers paid more for faster speed.
On-net is when those telco's have their own equipment in the exchange, doesn't mean it is owned by them but means their rent is lower and they can do anything they please.
You typically see this with iiNet and TPG, they offer you better deals if you happen to live in an area where they were fortunate enough to have their equipment in
But to get on-net you need to live in an area which is pretty populated, for example if you moved to the city you would have the choice of any telco pretty much all on on-net and the fastest speed possible
Move into a suburb that's around 5 minutes/10 minutes away from the city (like me) you're more than likely to have those choices narrowed, most of the time Telstra is your only choice for on-net while others luckily have Optus or iiNet.
Live further from that in the bush or sticks and your stuck with mostly Telstra or satellite internet providers
This explains why cost are up, I'm pretty sure I hit it correctly or I could be horribly wrong but that's what I understand after looking into this issue for around 2 years because I was wondering if it was possible for an option other than Telstra[/QUOTE] so in other word's live in a city in Aus or you're fucked.
I'm on 70/month for ADLS2+ and a 200gb cap
pretty bs considering the rest of the world doesn't even know what a cap is
[QUOTE=Matoking;45226364]Because of this?
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JESUS HOLY LIVING OF FUCK ! $100 a month
On/Off peak should not even be allowed. It's outright robbing you of your internet speed cause who the hell is going to stay up until 2-5AM to use their 250GB off peak usage?
I had this issue with Optus and I had no choice but to go to Telstra cause their plans didn't have any on/off peak plans (at least in my area), and I kept using my usage quota with optus (30GB peak, 60GB off). Now Optus as of recent have removed the On/Off peak crap and they even advertise it like it's a big achievement for them.
[QUOTE=Matoking;45226364]Because of this?
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/iAurLnV.png[/IMG][/QUOTE]
I'm with a telstra internet and phone bundle and its about $100 a month too, its not even high speed, I get like 600KB/s downloads on steam
Too bad there's no damn fibre cables on my street
[QUOTE=Matoking;45226364]Because of this?
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That's $10 more per month than what I'm paying for 4Mbps ADSL with a 400GB quota, doesn't seem that bad.
You want affordable NBN and fibre optic plans?
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I thought caps were like standard in the internet business. Then I got the internet and found out Australia, holy shit, we're so far behind.
Man.. I feel bad for you people who still have to deal with caps. That shit has been scrapped here since 2000. You get unlimited internet for about 40 euro's a month.
[QUOTE=Matoking;45226364]Because of this?
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that looks pretty good other than the cap though. for my 100/10 connection we pay $120 every month.
[QUOTE=Scientist2;45227159]Man.. I feel bad for you people who still have to deal with caps. That shit has been scrapped here since 2000. You get unlimited internet for about 40 euro's a month.[/QUOTE]
We did away with over-usage fees ages ago, now we just get the speed shaped. Even then speeds are bad enough that you don't ever really come close to going over the quota (I've only done it a few times)
[QUOTE=TheDecryptor;45227201]Even then speeds are bad enough that you don't ever really come close to going over the quota (I've only done it a few times)[/QUOTE]
Are you implying that you can actually use the Internet when being shaped?
I'm shaped to 256k/256k when I go over it, so yeah.
YouTube is right out, but normal sites will still load.
Meanwhile I have unlimited ADSL2+ in Australia for $60 a month (TPG). Although NBN would be nice.
[QUOTE=TheDecryptor;45227201]We did away with over-usage fees ages ago, now we just get the speed shaped. Even then speeds are bad enough that you don't ever really come close to going over the quota (I've only done it a few times)[/QUOTE]
I used to go over quota all the time, even then I would actually have to manually check the website because I couldn't tell between my normal and shaped speeds :v:
[QUOTE=PredGD;45227171]that looks pretty good other than the cap though. for my 100/10 connection we pay $120 every month.[/QUOTE]
that's pretty expensive compared to where i live and a lot of other countries
[editline]27th June 2014[/editline]
also what kind of connection is 100/10. that makes no sense
We really need to get with the times. It's ridiculous here.
It's so bad over here in my country as well. Costs 40$ a month for 80 gb data cap and 500 kbps. Once i run out of data cap which takes a week usually i get around 50 kbps. It's painful.
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