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Originally Posted by that_guy
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we can only get the dodgey and expensive broadband,,, we pay 128 bucks for 10gb.... is that ripped off or what?
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Thats 3G wireless right?
Soon you will be getting an alternative.
There is a company called
Vivid Wireless that has been trialing 4G (WiMAX) over here in Perth since earlier in the year.
If all works ok(it does for me) they will be rolling out in all other major cities(except Darwin) replacing the old 'Unwired' network.
It is very fast and compared to other wireless providers, excellently priced.
Price obviously isn't anything like wired broadband, but compared to Telstra/Optus/Virgin... even Dodo wireless... it is excellent.
I'm paying $50 p/m for 10GB.
Thats cheaper than I was paying for dial-up, which was $29p/m plus the ~$30p/m to Telstra for line rental and call costs.
I can go up to 25GB p/m for $75 or 40GB for $100p/m but so far don't need to, 10GB is plenty enough for what I do.
Another bonus, no contracts(if you pay for hardware)
No extra charges either, If I go over the monthly limit(hasn't happened yet) the speed is throttled back to 64k/s, I'm not charged $per MB unlike some other providers.
Did I mention it is fast?
From Wikipedia's
WiMAX page:
"
A recent city-wide deployment of WiMAX in Perth, Australia, has demonstrated that customers at the cell-edge with an indoor CPE typically obtain speeds of around 1–4 Mbit/s, with users closer to the cell tower obtaining speeds of up to 30 Mbit/s."
I'm some distance from the nearest tower, but get about 8 to 10Mbit/s.
No affiliation with them other than as a happy customer
