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by **Last Exile** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 11:59 pm

Miraculously, it is going to happen. The inevitable move into more complex subjects has convinced my mother that the time has come to ove up to broadband.

Now comes the part where White reaches for his Glock - I am having a VERY HARD time convincing my mother that Big Pond isn't the best option. -_- I've gotten hold of the options for Internode and Adam Internet, but so far, I'm not seeing that much difference.

These are the points from the plans she has seen so far that are swaying here towards Big Pond.

1. Installation is $129 (about the same as the rest) but the modem is free (and it ain't in the others).
2. For the 1st year, any plan is half price.

Help...save me from the trap of Big Pond. I've got limited time to convince her otherwise.

So questions I pose to you guys:

1. Do you guys use any of the suppliers I mentioned or know of other other options?

Adam Internet

Internode

Big Pond (Posting that as reference)

2. Any recommendations for a plan? Is 1.5 fast enough or would going for an 8MB plan be worth it? Adam Internet's 8000/384 40GB plan for $90 seemed decent in comparison to similar limits the other 2 offer.

So yeah, please help. White, you can be as vicious as you want. I don't know how the hell she got to thinking Big Pond was a good idea.

by **Madman** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:02 am

im with optus, and i find them excellent. adam internet is also very good, and maybe check out A&R,(they actually use adam as well) they have some good ADSL2 plans.that $90 one sound too expensive.

by **Last Exile** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:08 am

Madman wrote:im with optus, and i find them excellent. adam internet is also very good, and maybe check out A&R,(they actually use adam as well) they have some good ADSL2 plans.that $90 one sound too expensive.

Look, I said Glocks were alright. Don't make White break out the AK-47. You clearly never heard what he said about Optus.

by **Madman** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:17 am

neva had a problem with optus. best in have been with. and you mentioned nothing about avoiding them, so it was an obvious decision to mention them.

by **Last Exile** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:18 am

Fair enough.

Mackellar is currently swaying me to Internode's Home Extreme Value of ADSL 2+ 20GB for $59.95 a month. Now that looks nice. Apparently that's the one he's on.

by **Madman** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:24 am

im pretty certain A&R had 40gig for the same price....

by **Atory** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:48 am

The three I would choose from are:

TPG, Adam and Internode.

I'm currently with TPG on a cheaper plan that doesn't exist anymore but I'm on it until I choose to change :twisted:

by **Ryan White** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 1:42 am

Personally I would hold off until TPG releases it's new plan. 150GB of transfers an month for only $69.99, roughly the same price as an AK-47 a month.
Please don't accuse me of using Glocks, i regard them as cheap pieces of scheiße and would much rather use a Browning Hi-Power, CZ-75 or Desert Eagle .50AE.

by **IceLee** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 8:11 am

Im on bigpond not much choice.....

by **Tommy** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 4:57 pm

+1 for Internode, Never had any problems, and heaps of free files, way more and easier to get than with GA...

I <3 IGN

"Internode's Home Extreme Value of ADSL 2+ 20GB for $59.95"

Is a sweet plan, I wanna upgrade to it, Really cheap for what it is

anythings better than Telstra *shudder*

by **asurin** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 8:12 pm

Make sure that she reads the bit of the contract that says they charge for uploads. Show her how none of the other companies charge for uploads.

Then explain that effectivly halves the amount of data you get.
For an example use IP phones, talk up how it will save her cash when calling STD and overseas friends and relatives. Then point out how bad the telstra deal is compared to even the worst ISPs.

Next make sure to point out that the "free" modem is useless. For example it doesn't work with Vista properly or at all.

by **Last Exile** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 11:48 pm

asurin wrote:Make sure that she reads the bit of the contract that says they charge for uploads. Show her how none of the other companies charge for uploads.

Then explain that effectivly halves the amount of data you get.
For an example use IP phones, talk up how it will save her cash when calling STD and overseas friends and relatives. Then point out how bad the telstra deal is compared to even the worst ISPs.

Next make sure to point out that the "free" modem is useless. For example it doesn't work with Vista properly or at all.

Now that's the kind of talk I wanted to hear.

Onya Brian, cheers mate. Only bit I didn't understand was about the modem. So does that mean a lot of sites won't comply with the modem they supply? I don't know what Vista or stuff like that is.

by **asurin** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 1:15 am

BWAH HA ha ha!!!! Thou knowith nought!

Vista = Windows Vista

Telstra modems are scheiße anyway. Usually they give you a USB modem that has to be plugged into a PC and shared.

Eithernet modems are stand alone, they don't relie on any one pc.
If you get one with wireless built in you can then browse the net from anywhere on you property eg outside. Just make sure to setup security.

I can help you with that if you get the wireless option. Useless if you don't have a notebook in the house.

by **(mad)** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 12:45 pm

i'm with ADAM and it's pretty good
if you can, get an ADSL2+ plan as they're cheaper than ADSL because telstra is a hure.
$45 a month for 10GB down, 10GB up, 10GB peering. you also get a 10% discount for being with CPS credit union
anyway, good modems are reasonably cheap nowadays
for the price comparison thing, you should probably point out the cost over the 2 year contract for bigpond and compare it to 2 years on whoever you want to switch to. aslo point out that changing parts of your contract can cost alot and if you're on a short-term contract, you don't have that issue

by **Last Exile** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 12:56 pm

Oooh, I am with CPS and so is she. Hmmm.

by **(mad)** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 1:08 pm

if you succeed in ending up with adam we can officially claim that you've been saved by jesus, thus bringing up save/ruin ratio

by **IceLee** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 1:10 pm

-_- derailed! even jesus will not save thread from derailing!

by **(mad)** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 1:25 pm

IceLee wrote:-_- derailed! even jesus will not save thread from derailing!

the question is: would jesus want to? most people should know that the answer is almost always yes

by **IceLee** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 1:27 pm

arrrrrgh! @ white writing *dies*

by **(mad)** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 1:34 pm

IceLee wrote:arrrrrgh! @ white writing *dies*

actually, i was planning on it fading into the background, like it does on some of the other forums i use. i didn't realise that the background wasn't white, so it wouldn't work
BTW: you could highlight it and therefore have no trouble reading it (as was my intention)

by **IceLee** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 1:37 pm

I can read it fine... just the brightness... the brightness.... at least its not yellow or ill have to strangle you XD ( joking on strangling but not joking on the brightness)

by **(mad)** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 1:39 pm

IceLee wrote:I can read it fine... just the brightness... the brightness.... at least its not yellow or ill have to strangle you XD ( joking on strangling but not joking on the brightness)

but what if i enjoy being strangled?

by **IceLee** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 1:40 pm

Is that TMI strangling or just strangling?

by **(mad)** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 1:43 pm

IceLee wrote:Is that TMI strangling or just strangling?

i'm sorry, i don't know the difference. maybe i need to be "educated"...

by **IceLee** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:13 pm

Im not going to answer that, no I'm not.

by **Last Exile** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:39 pm

Get a room, you two. -_-

by **IceLee** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:42 pm

see, derailment.

by **(mad)** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:43 pm

Last Exile wrote:Get a room, you two. -_-

i'd have thought that you'd like to watch...

by **Last Exile** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:47 pm

(mad) wrote:
Last Exile wrote:Get a room, you two. -_-

i'd have thought that you'd like to watch...

NO. -_-

by **IceLee** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:55 pm

ahem, I do have a boyfriend thank you very much. Exile knows that fact very well...

by **(mad)** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:58 pm

IceLee wrote:ahem, I do have a boyfriend thank you very much. Exile knows that fact very well...

do you honestly think that means anything while on the internet?

by **IceLee** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 3:01 pm

see the new member registered, edible hat?

yep, thats my boyfriend's screen name ^_^

by **(mad)** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 3:10 pm

IceLee wrote:see the new member registered, edible hat? yep, thats my boyfriend's screen name ^_^

i was actually referring to the fact that most of the people wouldn't care whether you have a boyfriend or not, even if they're being filthy (most of the won't even care about your gender)

by **Atory** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 3:11 pm

There's no girls on the Internet.

by **(mad)** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 3:15 pm

Atory wrote:There's no girls on the Internet.

correction: there are no REAL girls on the internet

by **IceLee** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 3:34 pm

-_-

by **Last Exile** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 3:41 pm

I know you have one, I didn't know which user name he was.

by **IceLee** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 3:47 pm

yeah, youve saw him at unisaga... he was the one who went with me early. So you now do know his username ^_^

by **Mappy** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 6:13 pm

(mad) wrote:
IceLee wrote:Is that TMI strangling or just strangling?

i'm sorry, i don't know the difference. maybe i need to be "educated"...

There is no education on the internet.

by **IceLee** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 6:19 pm

Haha good one, Mappy!

by **Last Exile** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 1:18 am

I hear there are rumours on the Internets.

by **Mappy** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 2:50 am

Some disturbing news, lately....

by **edible_hat** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 8:19 am

Back to the original topic: I recommend Internode ADSL2+

by **asurin** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 10:08 am

More dirt

BigPond blocking VoIP on new modem

http://www.apcmag.com/6544/bigpond_blocking_voip_on_new_modem

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