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Higher speeds seem a lot more ubiquitous in the US as opposed to here though. I live in one of the largest cities in the country, and my choices are dial-up, AD

by rmccue 15y ago

Higher speeds seem a lot more ubiquitous in the US as opposed to here though. I live in one of the largest cities in the country, and my choices are dial-up, ADSL (to an exchange 5+km away), or cable from a single provider (who charges relatively highly for their services). From what I can see, the US appears to be much better in this regard. I have family who are on 2GB plans for $50/mo, and they regard that as fairly good. The reason we're rolling out a (government-owned) broadband network is because we need it.

nl 15y ago
I have family who are on 2GB plans for $50/mo, and they regard that as fairly good. That's not good at all. I suspect that's the Telstra BigPond "ignorance tax" package. Almost any provider will give them a better deal. Eg, I get 30Gb/month on Internode for $40. (I live in Australia) I'd recommend looking at iiNet and Internode packages for them.
- alexbowman 15y ago
  >> I have family who are on 2GB plans for $50/mo, and they regard that as fairly good. > Eg, I get 30Gb/month on Internode for $40. (I live in Australia) Is one of you talking about bandwidth (and types 2GB instead of 2Gb) and the other talking about data quota?
  - nl 15y ago
    Sorry, no, that was a mistyping on my part. I meant GB. Here's the Internode plans: http://www.internode.on.net/residential/adsl_broadband/easy_broadband/ http://www.internode.on.net/residential/adsl_broadband/easy_... (I actually don't have one of those plans, but you can see the 30GB for 39.95 unbundled). And I suspect this is the plan the OP was referring to: http://go.bigpond.com/broadband/9-plan/ http://go.bigpond.com/broadband/9-plan/ (Unbundled it's $39.95 for 2GB) Telstra Bigpond used to sell the same plan with no bundling discount. It wouldn't surprise me if some people are still on it. AFAIK no one in Australia caps on speed, except in special circumstances. You get ADSL as fast as it can go up to your data cap, and then it slows.

by rmccue 15y ago

nl 15y ago

I have family who are on 2GB plans for $50/mo, and they regard that as fairly good. That's not good at all. I suspect that's the Telstra BigPond "ignorance tax" package. Almost any provider will give them a better deal. Eg, I get 30Gb/month on Internode for $40. (I live in Australia) I'd recommend looking at iiNet and Internode packages for them.

alexbowman 15y ago
>> I have family who are on 2GB plans for $50/mo, and they regard that as fairly good. > Eg, I get 30Gb/month on Internode for $40. (I live in Australia) Is one of you talking about bandwidth (and types 2GB instead of 2Gb) and the other talking about data quota?
- nl 15y ago
  Sorry, no, that was a mistyping on my part. I meant GB. Here's the Internode plans: http://www.internode.on.net/residential/adsl_broadband/easy_broadband/ http://www.internode.on.net/residential/adsl_broadband/easy_... (I actually don't have one of those plans, but you can see the 30GB for 39.95 unbundled). And I suspect this is the plan the OP was referring to: http://go.bigpond.com/broadband/9-plan/ http://go.bigpond.com/broadband/9-plan/ (Unbundled it's $39.95 for 2GB) Telstra Bigpond used to sell the same plan with no bundling discount. It wouldn't surprise me if some people are still on it. AFAIK no one in Australia caps on speed, except in special circumstances. You get ADSL as fast as it can go up to your data cap, and then it slows.