Best Internet Bundles

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #1 13-09-2011, 09:49 PM

My contract with Big Pondscum runs out next month, so I'm looking for a new bundle.
Any suggestions??

GeoffW1 (Geoff) · #2 13-09-2011, 09:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

My contract with Big Pondscum runs out next month, so I'm looking for a new bundle.
Any suggestions??

Hi jjj,

You have most likely had a look at Whirlpool to see what they say? You can enter different user profiles.

http://bc.whirlpool.net.au/bc/?action=search

Cheers

Jen · #3 13-09-2011, 10:29 PM

LOL @ Big Pondscum i hear TPG have great deals check them out JJ

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #4 13-09-2011, 10:36 PM

http://broadbandguide.com.au/queensland
this seems a good place to start too

Barrykgerdes · #5 14-09-2011, 07:16 AM

When looking for alternative ISP's that advertise great deals remember that Telstra supplies all the copper and the exchanges. As such they would normally be expected to be the most reliable. Even if more expensive.

Barry

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #6 14-09-2011, 07:40 AM

They are the lowest of the low. Actually pondscum is too kind a word after the way they treated me, and countless others.
With their "oops, did we clean out your bank account just before xmas? we thought you would like to pay months ahead for services you haven't received yet , don't you like that idea, no? we'll fix you back up after xmas" and their "didn't you read the fine print that you will be charged an exorbitant fee per mb if you go over your allotted amount, " My bad, sure, I should have read the fine print. But keep in mind that the cheaper plans are the ones that most pensioners use, and I know of others who have been burned badly. People like us on very low incomes, have to go without food to pay these scum off because they don't make their terms of service clear.
You could say I have a Hate/Hate relationship with the company.
Rant over.
I think I will be following Jen's suggestion and go with TPG.

tlgerdes (Trevor) · #7 14-09-2011, 07:54 AM

JJJ, have a look at services that also bundle your voice via VoIP. I pay $70 per month for my phoneline, phone service and Internet. All calls to other landline phones across Australia are FREE, calls OS are cheap as chips, 30mins to NZ was like $2.

I use IINet but there are many others that bundle the phone line and VoIP services

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #8 14-09-2011, 08:04 AM

LOL I'll have to read up on that Trevor. VoIP?? what the hell is that?? LOL
I make like 6 phone calls a month on my home phone.

Saturn%5 (Graeme) · #9 14-09-2011, 08:04 AM

HI JJJ
well may i say (glad you got my barlow) i finally read the message after 4 or 5 years

yes i have been inactive, TPG are very good and if you have children who play online games they will be also happy, my son plays World of Moneycraft and is very happy with the latencey he gets under 180 he tells me

we were with slushpond and latencey was 500

but in saying that we have also moved from Queensland to Tasmania maybe that is the difference but TPG seem very good and willing to help if you have any problems not that we have had any.

cheers for now.

Graeme

Liz · #10 14-09-2011, 08:46 AM

I have used westnet for internet and phone for a couple of years, and find them pretty good. Friendly service and talk to a REAL person when you ring up.

jenchris (Jennifer) · #11 14-09-2011, 09:25 AM

I had a major row with Pondlife and told them to vacate the area in short jerky movements. Sadly there is no landline alternative in my area (monopolies commission?)
I went WIFI with 3 which has now expired so I changed over to WIFI with Vodaphone - I'm getting 4Mb/s download so it's quite good and expected to get quicker as the network improves.
39 dollars buys 12gig a month.

I'm contemplating dumping my landline if the prices go up - Skype is now very capable and free.
Pondlife rang me recently and tried to get me to change back - very hard too. I told them that they not only won't get my business ever, but that I will continue to bad mouth them at every opportunity in the foreseeable future.

Exfso (Peter) · #12 14-09-2011, 10:05 AM

Hmm yes Bigpong..I think they have big problems, I have had issues with download speed since I connected to them had all the excuses under the sun, mainly from the call centre people based in the Phillipines, they are worse than uselesss. A couple of them have said I am stuck with the speed I have sometimes as low as 120KBps when I was getting over 750KBps with my previous subscriber out of the same exchange. One clown told me I was not getting ADSL2+ speeds and he would re connect me to plain ADSL, not damn likely! I have had 2 modems supplied by bigpong, both Thompson and they are useless. Bought myself a Billion 7300RA and my speed jumped immediately up to over 700KBps. To put it bluntly, their off shore call centre people are nothing short of cretins.

andrew2008 · #13 15-09-2011, 04:49 PM

Have had Optus cable and home phone bundle for the last 2 months and it hasn't let me down once. 120GB downoad split into 50/70 on/off peak and line rental + $10 calls for $65 a month.

Getting 20MB/s on smart phones, laptop and desktop all connected over WIFI.

asimov (John) · #14 15-09-2011, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Exfso

Hmm yes Bigpong..I think they have big problems, I have had issues with download speed since I connected to them had all the excuses under the sun, mainly from the call centre people based in the Phillipines, they are worse than uselesss. A couple of them have said I am stuck with the speed I have sometimes as low as 120KBps when I was getting over 750KBps with my previous subscriber out of the same exchange. One clown told me I was not getting ADSL2+ speeds and he would re connect me to plain ADSL, not damn likely! I have had 2 modems supplied by bigpong, both Thompson and they are useless. Bought myself a Billion 7300RA and my speed jumped immediately up to over 700KBps. To put it bluntly, their off shore call centre people are nothing short of cretins.

Well that's interesting Pete, VERY interesting! As you know, I'm having ID trouble to you, with basically the same excuses supplied by them. They will only guarantee 112 Kbps. Just before I go for the throat though, did your old provider own some of its own lines, as most of the lines throughout AU are owned by Telstra. However a small amount of lineage is owned by other ISP's. If lucky enough to be with one of these providers they can usually offer way better speeds than the congested Telstra lines.

We also have been running the standard Bogpond Thompson modems (TG782T)..

Exfso (Peter) · #15 15-09-2011, 06:25 PM

John, the lines were/are only telstra. Get rid of the bog Thompson modem, it is absolute rubbish. I just did another test in supposedly peak time and getting 830KB/s, one helluva improvement just by changing modems I reckon. If you want to really test the speed and it does not affect your quota go to bigpond.com then click on help then at the bottom of the page under big pond online storage, there is a download highlighted in blue print. This is a 13 meg file and this gives a genuine download speed consistently. This just showed the 830KB/s shown above, it ripped through the 13meg file.

Davros (Lauren) · #16 15-09-2011, 06:50 PM

Another vote for TPG, it how i get my Doctor Who a week before usual release :p

asimov (John) · #17 15-09-2011, 06:58 PM

Thanks for that Pete. I've noted they no longer supply the Thompsons, & I can't right now find the current crop they are supplying, but do you think I should hit them up for one of these newer ones (for free)?

Then again...What the hell am I saying! I trust those bunch of wackers as far as I can spit! Ignore that question! I'll buy my own..

asimov (John) · #18 15-09-2011, 07:05 PM

Found the 'Premium' one they are offering for what its worth: http://www.technicolor.com/en/hi/dig...olor-tg587n-v3

Nortilus (Josh) · #19 15-09-2011, 08:09 PM

i've got internode naked 150gig a month adsl2 for $59.95 a month...no contract...works great...

tlgerdes (Trevor) · #20 16-09-2011, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by jjjnettie

LOL I'll have to read up on that Trevor. VoIP?? what the hell is that?? LOL
I make like 6 phone calls a month on my home phone.

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Originally Posted by Liz

I have used westnet for internet and phone for a couple of years, and find them pretty good. Friendly service and talk to a REAL person when you ring up.

Westnet = IINet, yes I find there service excellent, when you ring up 1) you get a real person 2) if you have to wait they tell you how long you will be waiting 3) when you do wait, they give you the option for them to ring you back.

VoIP= Voice over Internet, all my calls go out as digital bits to my ISP who converts them back to voice. No diff in quality, just different on my wallet.

Well when you look at the total costs

They give you a black box to plug your old phone into.

$70 pm == average cost
- $30 p/m == approx phone Line rental
- $30 p/m == Average phone calls we make = 150 @20c each
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== $10 per month for 75G+75G