Hi there,

If you have read the 'Need Housemates' thread you will know z0r and I are about to relocate. As a result our current cable net plan with Optus will be cancelled and re-established at our new address.

As we are planning on setting up a sharehouse arrangement, we were hoping to upgrade our internet plan. We currently have Optus 20GB on peak and 40GB off peak, at 10mbps - for $72.15 per month. We use all of this every month, and often run the risk of being capped (or get capped :( ). So obviously we will need something more if we are sharing with another one or two people.

Ive been on 'The Broadband Guide' and similar, havent had much luck in finding anything comparable - or anything with as much or more data usage.

If anyone has some recommendations it would be very much appreciated!

Thanks for your help, GP.

tpg 150gb plan?

150gb is 40/110 but the 110 is off-peaked at 3am - 9am which is the time you SLEEP. so rly unless u download s*** between 3am and 9am then its not very useful.

At least Optus have 12-12 back to back peak times. its actually useful then.

whirlpool ?

yeh and optus don't offer that peak/off peak anymore, so don't ever plan to move again

I have IInet ADSL 10/20 gig for 70 a month..including 30 dollar line rental.
I could have got 20/40 for 80 a month? which isn't too bad incl line rental

Just schedule your downloads at offpeak times, easy as.

150gb is 40/110 but the 110 is off-peaked at 3am - 9am which is the time you SLEEP. so rly unless u download s*** between 3am and 9am then its not very useful.

Well, those of us clever enough to use the schedulers in our download clients manage to make use of the time just fine.

I'm with TPG, and I'm happy with every aspect of their service, except for their after-hours customer service. Luckily, I pretty much never have to call them.

150GB for $70 per month is pretty f***ing sweet.

IInet Naked, unless you are dirty torrent pirates.

Naked Home 5   	ADSL2+ speeds   30GB + 60GB  	 $89.95

Naked Home 6 	ADSL2+ speeds 	65GB + 65GB 	$119.95

ya i use my tpg 150gb to its fullest, got capped in the first month
3-9 is fine if you have skillz.exe

Well, those of us clever enough to use the schedulers in our download clients manage to make use of the time just fine.

what if he's like me and doesn't download anything but just uses the internet for games & qgl forums? I usually only use about 70% or less of my big pond 10gig quota each month.

what if he's like me and doesn't download anything but just uses the internet for games & qgl forums? I usually only use about 70% or less of my big pond 10gig quota each month.

Well they're not like you, because it was mentioned that they always have to be careful not to go over their 60GB cap.

and yeah, even the 150gb cap includes more than 10gb of peak - so you'd still be better off

Thinking of swapping to TPG, only thing stopping me is the iinet gaming profile somehow gives me 10-20ping on TF2 servers in melbourne.

Whats TPG like for gaming? I've heard some stories about unstable ping with added choke and loss.

ping my is better than your ping

I sync at 21mbit down, 1.1mbit up and i get great pings to anywhere in .au

Whats TPG like for gaming? I've heard some stories about unstable ping with added choke and loss.

I've never really looked at my ping, because it's never been something I've had to worry about. Make of that what you will.

Im currently with Internode, while I pay a premium for it, I never have outages, I never have to ring support and my net is always fast and never congested.

That said, I almost made the move to iinet for their naked plans, the only thing holding me back is the fact they count uploads :(

speaking of TPG, any TPGers notice its going rediculously slow right now? As well it just dropping out about 10 minutes ago?

no

Im currently with Internode, while I pay a premium for it, I never have outages, I never have to ring support and my net is always fast and never congested.

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Steam mirror doesn't hurt either.

It's a shame they dumped free pipe.. still - it's there if needed

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Steam mirror doesn't hurt either.

x3

The latency and game-server quality is just top notch too. But yes, the main advantage is lack of problems.

Im actually looking at closing one of my telstra accounts for the TPG 150 gig plan, twice the limit at half the price!

be aware that iinet naked counts ALL uploads towards your quota (even uploads within iinet or their so called freezone)

other than that it's sweet as

be aware that iinet naked counts ALL uploads towards your quota (even uploads within iinet or their so called freezone)

i find that hard to believe. do you have a link to where iinet say that?

Insom ain't lyin no

Thanks Mr Harware, looked into TPG, definately going with their 150GB plan.
Its less money for an extra 90GB than we get now!

Thanks for the advice yaaaal.

yeah i think it's time to get off optus, 12gb peak and 24gb off peak has now changed to 15gb flat and it counts uploads

Considering internode are upgrading their usenet to link with giganews (200 days retention!) i'm staying with them for another few years at least...probably forever really.

I can't stand onpeak/offpeak....just let me use all my quota whenever the hell i want!:)

http://bc.whirlpool.net.au/bc-plan.cfm for the OP if he hasn't already been there

Get the unlimited plan through telstra. kicks ass!

im all for peak/offpeak

its an awesome idea

so much easier to just queue up your dls with utorrent

when im using pc during peak hours, no overhead, then when im sleeping, putty is hoovering the internet to my machine for use the next day!

hooray;

im all for peak/offpeak

its an awesome idea

so much easier to just queue up your dls with utorrent

That's the dumbest thing I've heard all week.

How can it be 'easier' to queue something up than to just straight download it right there and right then with no scheduling overhead?

Now on the other hand if having offpeak time means more quota, then that's an entirely different issue. But just saying that it's easier is just silly.

it means i can continue to surf/game with all my bandwidth

this worked particularly well when i had decimate living at my place and he was always gaming

when i dl something, i dont always need it IMMEDIATELY

obviously the extra quota is awesome

when im torrenting, im almost maxing up my uploads, which farx pretty much all internets traffic

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i suggest the internet (c)

i find that hard to believe. do you have a link to where iinet say that?

the site does say uploads count, but i've observed myself that this means all uploads

but i've observed myself that this means all uploads

I think VoIP is not counted, as it's a primary part of one of their bundles.

from my experience, that is true parabol. When im on the phone with no PCs on, nothing registers in the peak/off peak but i churn through about 30 meg an hour on the freezone. Why so much? I love my g.711 a-law 'bandwidth hungry' codecs.