internet USAGE!

[fkford]

TPG is fairly well known.. mm each to there own i guess.

[ucwepn]

lol, geez. Makes me want to put a password on my wireless network.. how do u? i have windows xp

Yer it not too hard u need to get into your router/modem config page and do it from there, it will be accessed through the web browser, different ways to get it to come up depending what brand of router/modem u have. Just google it helped me lol im bad with networks n all that

[STEALTHY™]

id rather go with a proper company like internode and iinet and have the reliability

Do internode have a true unlimited plan?

All the feedback from aapt customers so far seems good, tpg's plan has only been out for about a week, so i doubt any have actually connected yet (but never heard anything bad about their normal connection, just really shit tech support service)

[cdtoaster]

no, but a lot of people on whirlpool complain about low speeds and drop outs especially during peak time due to network congestion with tpg and aapt.
just go through the forum and see what people say about each isp, if you're with a porper isp like internode or iinet you will always have a fast, stable and reliable conenction

[STEALTHY™]

no, but a lot of people on whirlpool complain about low speeds and drop outs especially during peak time due to network congestion with tpg and aapt.
just go through the forum and see what people say about each isp, if you're with a porper isp like internode or iinet you will always have a fast, stable and reliable conenction

Thats funny, i've been monitoring the AAPT feedback very carefully, as thats who i plan to join with. Only one person mentioned dropouts/speed problems, but later showed it was due to his modem, not the companies service.
Havn't paid much attention to TPG, wont join with them because of a bad experience before (just a shitty sales person)

(For the record, i wouldn't call internode or iinet a proper isp......there barely heard of outside of whirlpool)

[cdtoaster]

look at the time and date, the first 3 threads are about slow speeds and there others regarding the same subject and also port blocking.

also iinet is australia 3rd largest tier 3 isp behind optus' and telstra's tier 3 operations

[STEALTHY™]

look at the time and date, the first 3 threads are about slow speeds and there others regarding the same subject and also port blocking.

also iinet is australia 3rd largest tier 3 isp behind optus' and telstra's tier 3 operations

Have a look at the threads in the iinet section, theres basically 3 identical ones lol (slow speeds, have had enough with iinet....)
My comment was, they arent any different to TPG or AAPT in terms of isp. Being 3rd to telstra and optus is nothing i'd be bragging about (the 2 WORST isp's you could choose)

anyway, were way off topic, feel free to PM me if you want to continue this (although theres nothing more to say, considering theres the same types of threads in both ISPs sections)


Edit: i just read a few of those threads. Slow downloads because of lack of seeds can hardly be attributed to the isp......

[maginoodle]

Hi all, i am currently with people telecom for my fone and adsl1.
Adsl 1500/256 costs $50 a month which gives me 10gig peak and 20 gig off peak(midnight till 7am).
I get throttled back to around dial up speeds every couple of months.
I am not having much luck finding a better deal.
I find a lot of adsl2 plans that are better(think exetel had 20gig peak and unlimited offpeak midnight to midday) but i cant get adsl2 with most companys.
I only want to spend around the $50 mark but may spend a bit more depending on house fone price.

Can anyone point me in the right direction for a better plan? I like optus fusion plan but that doesnt have peak/off peak.
I have searched on whirlpool etc but havent had any luck. My fone number is 0268471*** if anyone wants to use a availability checker.

Thanks in advance.
Cheers Shane

[holdensupporter2005]

Hi all, i am currently with people telecom for my fone and adsl1.
Adsl 1500/256 costs $50 a month which gives me 10gig peak and 20 gig off peak(midnight till 7am).
I get throttled back to around dial up speeds every couple of months.
I am not having much luck finding a better deal.
I find a lot of adsl2 plans that are better(think exetel had 20gig peak and unlimited offpeak midnight to midday) but i cant get adsl2 with most companys.
I only want to spend around the $50 mark but may spend a bit more depending on house fone price.

Can anyone point me in the right direction for a better plan? I like optus fusion plan but that doesnt have peak/off peak.
I have searched on whirlpool etc but havent had any luck. My fone number is 0268471*** if anyone wants to use a availability checker.

Thanks in advance.
Cheers Shane

Internode have an easy broadband plan for $49 for 50gb anytime. Internode :: Residential :: Broadband :: ADSL :: Easy Broadband :: Plans

[Rufus®]

Hi all, i am currently with people telecom for my fone and adsl1.
Adsl 1500/256 costs $50 a month which gives me 10gig peak and 20 gig off peak(midnight till 7am).
I get throttled back to around dial up speeds every couple of months.
I am not having much luck finding a better deal.
I find a lot of adsl2 plans that are better(think exetel had 20gig peak and unlimited offpeak midnight to midday) but i cant get adsl2 with most companys.
I only want to spend around the $50 mark but may spend a bit more depending on house fone price.

Can anyone point me in the right direction for a better plan? I like optus fusion plan but that doesnt have peak/off peak.
I have searched on whirlpool etc but havent had any luck. My fone number is 0268471*** if anyone wants to use a availability checker.

Thanks in advance.
Cheers Shane

Have a look at exetels 1500/256 plans. FP-C1 $95.00* /churn 6 Months /contract $50.00 /month 12 GB + $0.50/GB thereafter / 12pm till midnight, No Limit = Unlimited / no charge (with in reason) 12am till midday.

[fkford]

TPG ADSL2+ 27mpbs for 50 a month.. 60 gig off peak and 70 on... havent found much better

[Dirbatua]

hey stealthy, wheres this $75 unlimited TPG plan your on about, i haven't seen it on the site and i check it every week or 2 since they are always changing there plans.

Been with TPG for bout 2 years, started with ADSL since i couldn't get ADSL2+ at my house, then when i moved i got ADSL2+ 120gb (40gb/80gb) for $69.99, then changed the plan to 120gb (60/60gb) for the same price, then changed again to the 150gb (40/110gb) then again to the 150gb (70gb/80gb) then again to the 160gb (80gb/80gb) which was limited to 512/512 once limit was reached.

Just changed it then to the 200gb plan (100gb/100gb) and limited to 2mb/1mb when you reach your limit which doesn't affect me cause I'm on the edge of the exchange so i don't even get 2mb/1mb speeds either way.

But people are right about TPG there customer service and tech support is shithouse but they do answer relatively quickly (max of 20 minutes) compared to other telecoms and TPG actually rings you back about faults, you don't have to chase em constantly, worst thing i had had no decently working internet for 5 weeks (worse then dialup) at one point which turned out to be a mixture of TPG & Telstra ****ups, but other then that its been perfect.

Used to be with AAPT since they had good plans but AAPT's plans is to lure people in with good plans then turn all the plans to shit then back and forward again, they've been doing it for years and there tech support was worse then TPG, took me at least 2-3 hours each time to get each time and every-time they were useless.

[STEALTHY™]

I'm not totally sure, but your last comment is probably what happened, they made the plan, got people to sign up, then removed the plan.

Like i said before, wont even think about going with TPG, so havn't payed much attention to whats going on with them