Duncan, funnily this is the second metered internet conversation I participate in this week. And it proves that the US majority of the web 2.0 community simply fails to realize that broadband can (or should) be anything but unlimited. But here in Russia the situation is even worse - only last year some ISPs started to offer unlimited internet to home users - until then everyone had to pay per Mb and it was actually supposed to be normal here. If I used 30 Gb per month, I would have ended up paying something close to $1K at the time :) Fortunately now the times are changing and we seem to actually have the unlimited plans now - though I still can not sympathize with the US guys complaining about limited internet being something ridiculous.
Dennis Bjørn Petersen
· 1 year ago
How the h*** can you put a quota on broadband? It's OK if the user only uses the internet to check emails and a few other things, but the standard product should/must be unlimited.
I'm surprised that Australia is so far behind. Is it lack of competition?
Glenn Slaven
· 1 year ago
That's exactly what it is Dennis. Telstra *is* the network here. All other telcos are just pretty much renting their lines
Dennis Bjørn Petersen
· 1 year ago
In Denmark we have one company that basically owns all the lines too, but their monopoly is long gone. They are forced to rent the cable and not over-charge.
Aaron Heath
· 1 year ago
WTF $89.95.....move to adelaide. We here at Adam Internet have 40 gig for $69.95. ;)
scotty
· 1 year ago
I thought Time Warner has also started trialling metred downloads earlier this month so our US brethens will soon understand what we are talking about :)
I'll say feed your requirement through http://bc.whirlpool.net.au and you'll find quite a few cheaper alternatives.
Mike
· 1 year ago
That is really crazy. You should move to China! I negotiated the internet into my rent. If I paid myself it would have cost about $15 a month. Speed is not bad and still better than Telstra. My rent on a fairly nice 1 bedroom place in Beijing is only $500 a month.
jtyost2
· 1 year ago
The US had better never move to a quota for internet usage.
Shane
· 1 year ago
Can you get Internode ADSL2 on your exchange? I know its download quotas aren't as high as whoever you are with but you do have the option of buying more quota in bitesize chunks instead of having to upgrade your plan. Also, while NodePhone VOIP service does use up your quota, the VOIP is never shaped even if the rest of your downloads are.
Customer service is second to none in my experience as well.
I'm not in anyway associated with Internode in any capacity beyond being a very happy customer.
Duncan Riley
· 1 year ago
yes. I'm holding out for Annex M on the naked ADSL, otherwise I would have switched already. I also didn't know about the ability to buy extra chunks, I might have to take another look.
I didn't realise you wanted naked ADSL though. I'm not sure if Internode is as competitive when it comes to naked pricing. I stand by its customer service though.
Virgin Media has introduced speed capping for heavy up/downloaders - it's very unpopular. BT still seems to honour "unlimited" on its top plan - at least, I've not hit a problem as yet.
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I'm surprised that Australia is so far behind. Is it lack of competition?
I'll say feed your requirement through http://bc.whirlpool.net.au and you'll find quite a few cheaper alternatives.
Customer service is second to none in my experience as well.
I'm not in anyway associated with Internode in any capacity beyond being a very happy customer.
I didn't realise you wanted naked ADSL though. I'm not sure if Internode is as competitive when it comes to naked pricing. I stand by its customer service though.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080625-j...
http://www.getitinaflash.com/
Get your big files there and save your quota for when you need it :)