I was thinking of getting cable internet but wasn't sure which type and isp to get. Should i get cable or ADSL? And what isp has the best deals? i will most likely go cable as it is much faster but just wanted your opinions. thanks

i prefer the interweb to most uncommon isps.

http://www.whirlpool.net.au

in what i have experience telstra cable is the Quickest ( just my opinion ) but i think adsl is the way to go prob II Net they have some good plans going around and seem to provide good service

hw much is telstra adsl/cable

Telstra is gay, Optus is the best for Cable, $54.95 for 550mb a month. And Telstra is faster but not as good.

im also interested in this;

any happy customers from some of the other major providers (iinet, ozforces, DODO?)

please post if u can let me know what the other mobs are like;

saw a pretty unhappy thread on the ozforces support board, where every customer was complaining that their adsl was slower than dialup

iinet looks pretty good (512k/128, 80 bux a month for 12 gig)

just my opinion but friends at the momment are going to internode... i would probably suggest the same.

I will also do the same as long as they are happy with the service.

Why? Because it is cheaper then telstra, it has unlim DL and is reasonably fast.... i mean its all round better!

I am still waiting to see what pings they get on servers...

telstra cable 1 gig plan 60 a month 3 gig plan 89 a month

First of all, how much are you likely to download.

Telstra's speed and reliability is all well and good, but what's the point when you can blow your monthly usage in under 2 hours worth of ausgamers downloads.

Cable is dead, forget it. Go for one of the many ADSL plans out there that actually offer value for money.

I vote netspace

like Q mentioned be4.. check out www.whirlpool.net.au also check this one out..

www.broadbandchoice.com.au

cheerio

any happy customers from some of the other major providers (iinet, ozforces, DODO?)

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=78523
It looks like A LOT of people are experiencing problems with the new wave of ADSL Unlim plans - keeping in mind that the majority of whirlpool readers can be quite whiney.

Also, the intelligence level of the whirlpool forum goers is questionable; I posted a reply in the above linked forum regarding ping times, saying that I would steer clear of any ADSL plan that can't sustain ping times below 50ms to Aussie game servers. IMO anything above 50 is unacceptable for online gaming (fps) - this is one of the responses:

Matt..

I am a gamer..

My pings yesterday were 80ms to 180ms and I had no problems playing CS or Warcraft III on USA states servers...

So why would you stay away from it..

Brendan

Mmm.

Telstra's speed and reliability is all well and good, but what's the point when you can blow your monthly usage in under 2 hours worth of ausgamers downloads.

Exactly.

I am a happy coustemer of optus cable. I am on a 3 gig plan for $69 a month and I get average download speeds of around 600kb/s

From what Ive used/gathered/heard/assumed, if your a big d/ler go ADSL, specifically somewhere like iiNet, if your focus is more on gaming etc, and you dont feel the need to download 50 new games and a cinemas worth of movies each month, BPA cable :p

(iinet, ozforces, DODO?)

Dance Tubby, DANCE!#@

I've found that adsl is cheaper than cable, because of the caps you get with adsl.

yer, im thinking of signing up with DODO on the strenth of that ad

Internode or Netspace ADSL.

DONT get telstra adsl ...

dodo.. hehehe

^^ u know u want them ^^

iinet adsl

iinet adsl rocks!!!!!!!

netspace or internode

ihug is pretty good, but they're abit pricey. I regret getting optus cable, i would rather have adsl :(

Watch out for Comindico resellers (Dodo, Ozforces, Aardvark, etc). There have been *many* complaints about speed and latency, so the best advice is to wait a bit till things settle down a bit.

IINet had some issues about a month or so ago, but they've pretty much been resolved, and I highly recommend them (some of the best tech support you will ever get)

My personal experience with the following

Telstra Cable: (1 yr) 3G cap made it worthless

Telstra Adsl: 512/128 (At Work 2 yrs) Hell on Earth, don't get me started.

Netspace: 1500/256 (18Months) 10Ggb Plan Excellent in all respects!

Internode Flatrate: 1500/256 (last 6 months) obstensibly unlimited and I'm delerious with my experience thus far.

Optus cable. Won't get charged for going over 3, however, you'll drop down to 28.8k a sec when you do go over.

Telstra cable, get rammed up the ass once you go over 3, however, due to the very coolness of GA and bigpond files, you can actually rack up a s***load more then 3gig if you want.

As long as the usage meter is funtioning properly at the time. heh, T$ meter acually working, that would be news.

Be afraid, be very afraid. . . .


:P

I know a few people who got iinet and on the whole I think they were happy with it.

I like our optus cable (other than getting stuffed around on the install this time around and currently being capped to 28.8kbit for going over 3gig this month). Optus never seems to have any outtages, yet in the past on both telstra (cable and dsl) they would have periods of lagginess and/or total loss of connection for extended periods (I've had to endure a 2 day outtage on telstra dsl) with little or no explanation or apology afterwards.

Optus is the best for Cable, $54.95 for 550mb a month.

You're not serious are you? 550 Mb could be blown far too quickly for it to be of any use...

I originally had BPA and I cancelled my contract before it was out, poor D/L speeds and pings and the tech service was a joke.

I've had Optus Cable now for about 2 years and haven't looked back. It only costs me $63.95/m Telstra is now $87/m for same plan.

Telstra has picked up it's game since I left by scraping the speed cap. Optus went backward by imposing the 3gig cap but I don't get anywhere near it to be a worry.

Infact I'm on 840meg for month :/

I'm on the iinet 512/256 plan with a 12 gig cap. And i must say that i would rather pay for that than cable.

wtf .. cable pwns

I got IINet, 12 gig cap, it rocks.

Im a bit sus about all of these unlimited plans.

telstra adsl = slow and crap
telstra cable = fast but $$$

For those who complain of problems with BPA cable, must be area related Id assume, We've had one outage in the last year or more, it lasted a couple of hours, and Telstra gave us a 25% rebate on our bill for our trouble. Their starting to get better with the customer service, though obviously it still has a way to go.

As long as the usage meter is funtioning properly at the time. heh, T$ meter acually working, that would be news.

Works fine for me. Downloaded 6 CDs of Mandrake 9.1 off the Telstra Fileservers. Worked like a charm.

i lubs my optus cable

i am on the 3 gig plan, i haven't gone over 3 gigs in one month.

no problems at all, very fast, av. ping of 30-40 in games, just the other day while downloading from an aussie site i got 1.2meg/s, i don't see that too often, norm. 600-700k/s.

whats this cable is dead crap???

me thinks you can't get cable ;)

cable isn't s***, but having 6 people on one 3 gig net connection is. i'd rather have a adsl!!

How fast do most people get from telstra?

Speedtests usuually gimme about 1.3 megabit with download typically 100-200kB/s (sometimes more)

probalby my neighbourhood is full of ppl with it or something

but yeah, cable = win apart from cap

i have hardly any data :(

fark, i download at like 600+ most of the time.

BPA cable

http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest

What result do you get from there?

I'm behind a router, but I don't think that's the problem since I've tried it straight to the modem with similar results.

My max download speed is about 550kB/s and that is from GA...

DON 'T GET TELSTRA !!!!! one gig cap and a hundred dollers if you go over another gig

1 gig over = $100 Dang Thats anal Rapeage to the extreme!

Jeez dont drop the soap in shower when Ziggy is around :O

i get about 700k/s off GA bout 750 off qgl/ausgamers on BPA the only hard bit is staying under the 3gig limit its hard to tell becaus they dont update the download meter frequently enough

ozforces, atlest I know that the 6 machines in my house will coppe on a unlimted plain than a 3 GB cap.

Don't laugh but ...


cable speed + Telstra access charges + Bad month with kazza or some s*** left on by n00b or lazy kid = Sell home to pay bill

Two best monthly charges I've seen is $12,000 and $16,000 respectively

but can you still get a 10% discount?

ohh gotta love that crappy 10% discount

been on cable for like 4 and a half years.. optus sux0rs these days.. cant hack the 3gig plan! darnit, now i dunno where to go. bugga dammit.

dont f***ing whinge about cable.

if you had to put up with dialup you would see how lucky you are.

im on the unlimited hrs 550mb optus plan (gives good pings for games) and so far this month (since the 9th) i have downloaded 1.2gb... equiv to about $160

Internode ADSL 1500/256 Flat Rate 3

Unlimited Download. Been on this plan for 2 months now loving it :D

heya paragon dude.. thats who im thinkin of goin with eh.. u got msn dude? wanna talk to somone whos got it and see wat its like eh.. anyone else on internode flatrate?

im on the unlimited hrs 550mb optus plan (gives good pings for games) and so far this month (since the 9th) i have downloaded 1.2gb... equiv to about $160

Just out of interest, how long have you been on this plan for?