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home broadband/phone plans
Jul 18^th, 2013 at 6:37pm

I have been looking into this again. Any recommendations?

Optus:
https://www.optus.com.au/shop/broadband/phone/plans
$110 300 GB, free calls to mobiles, some calls to landlines
$85 120 GB, free calls to OPTUS mobiles, some calls to landlines
broadband only:
$85 300 GB
$75 120 GB

Telstra:
http://register.bigpond.com/check-availability.do
cable broadband is available, ADSL, NBN and velocity are not available
cable broadband only:
http://www.telstra.com.au/latest-offers/broadband-offer/
$70 80 GB
$90 200 GB
as part of phone plan?
http://www.telstra.com.au/internet/home-broadband/cable/
https://onlineshop.telstra.com.au/bundles/
$115 100 GB plus home phone, includes 11 foxtel channels on TBox
$135 200 GB plus home phone, includes 11 foxtel channels on TBox

http://www.tpg.com.au/
http://www.tpg.com.au/products_services/naked-adsl
$60 200 GB, half of this for off-peak only - 3:30am - 8:30am
$70 unlimited, limited coverage availability
http://www.tpg.com.au/products_services/home-phone-bundle/unlimited-bundle
$80 unlimited with home phone, unlimited landline and mobile calls
$70 for same as above, without mobile calls
$60 500 GB with home phone, half of data is off peak
bundle a mobile for $18

http://broadbandguide.com.au/naked-broadband/plans
$70 200 GB on iinet
$60 100 GB on iinet
$60 for 150 GB on internode

https://connectto.dodo.com/wizard/?product=broadbandunbundled#SQ
$40 3TB or unlimited
$80 unlimited calls and internet
$60 unlimited internet, 25c local calls, 25c/min national, 33c/min to mobiles

http://www.iinet.net.au/internet/broadband/adsl/
$50 200 GB
$30 100 GB

http://www.iprimus.com.au/PrimusWeb/HomeSolutions/BroadbandInternet/
$60 for 300 GB, half is offpeak, $10 off for bundling

http://www.internode.on.net/residential/adsl_broadband/easy_naked/
$80 200 GB

http://comms.iselect.com.au/bundle/broadband-bundles
$50 unlimited

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Re: home broadband/phone plans
Reply #1 - Jul 18^th, 2013 at 7:47pm

I opted for the $85 a month Optus broadband plan - 120gig a month and free home phone.

I use a lot of bandwidth due to video content and I figured I'd save $35 a month on landline rental for the home phone. That's been in place for some time and I've never exceeded my 120gig allowance - the phone costs nothing.

I recently upgraded my mobile from an old Nokia to a pre-paid Alcatel X-Pop (which I'm still learning how to operate*). So I went with Dodo for $19.90 a month @ $350 credit on the mobile.

I got tired of paying $20 a month for a limited mobile I rarely used, a landline is good for my everyday needs and I haven't had to pay a premium for internet.

*My smart 'phone is smarter than I am! How is it that I get an 185 page A4 booklet with a TV and I get an instruction manual as big as a box of matches for a 'phone with a dual-core processor?

I'll just continue to pay the piper - at this stage, I see no necessity to shorten my already limited lifespan by fretting about the details.

Tomorrow, maybe, I'll devote some of my limited time on this Earth to worrying about the cost of communication.

In the interim ............. DILIGAF Cool

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Re: home broadband/phone plans
Reply #2 - Jul 18^th, 2013 at 10:19pm

I'm on a Telstra capped and it's great

$150 per month gets me unlimited ADSL and all calls to mobiles and landlines in Australia. I even gets some international calls (up to $100). Given that I work from home and have o'seas clients it's great for me. I save a fortune.

I did have to argue with them at the time. They wanted to put me on a business plan but I told them it is first and foremost a home, & I want a home plan. They reluctantly agreed. I'm not sure it's available anymore.

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Re: home broadband/phone plans
Reply #3 - Jul 19^th, 2013 at 7:52am

John Smith wrote on Jul 18^th, 2013 at 10:19pm:

I'm on a Telstra capped and it's great

$150 per month gets me unlimited ADSL and all calls to mobiles and landlines in Australia. I even gets some international calls (up to $100). Given that I work from home and have o'seas clients it's great for me. I save a fortune.

I did have to argue with them at the time. They wanted to put me on a business plan but I told them it is first and foremost a home, & I want a home plan. They reluctantly agreed. I'm not sure it's available anymore.

Yeah telstra likes to try to put you on a business plan.

That looks like a good deal john. I am with iinet and have the voip service. Its pretty good but not as good as your deal. I can call uk or america or netherlands for about 3c a minute but calls to mobiles are about 80c a min.

I just changed my mobile plan this morning from vodaphone to iinet because its exactly the same plan for $5 less per month and 8c per min less.

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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 40769 Gender:	Re: home broadband/phone plans Reply #4 - Jul 19^th, 2013 at 8:17am Complex ain't it. I have telstra broadband, 70$ a month, 70G or so . Use mynetphone as my voip phone, $200 per year. pay a little extra for international calls etc.
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Reply #6 - Jul 19^th, 2013 at 9:18am

freediver wrote on Jul 19^th, 2013 at 8:58am:

One thing I just learned - you cannot get ADSL without a landline. That is why they are always bundled. You need an active landline to support the ADSL.

I think 'naked' broadband refers to broadband without the landline.

Nope. Naked DSL is broadband without the phone. You still have the line but no phone - have to use voip with naked DSL hence no phone connection fees every month.

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Re: home broadband/phone plans
Reply #9 - Aug 13^th, 2013 at 4:54pm

I'm with a mob called Eftel.
ADSL2+ Unlimited for $74.99 per month and $32.95 for the home phone.

Speed is over 1.5mbs
All up, about $108.00 per month (plus calls, not that I make many).

Can't get Optus or iinet where I am, and don't like Telstra. I've had problems with them in the past (even though I worked for a Telstra Partner as a phone billing consultant)

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Reply #10 - Aug 13^th, 2013 at 6:04pm

gizmo_2655 wrote on Aug 13^th, 2013 at 4:54pm:

I'm with a mob called Eftel.
ADSL2+ Unlimited for $74.99 per month and $32.95 for the home phone.

Speed is over 1.5mbs
All up, about $108.00 per month (plus calls, not that I make many).

Can't get Optus or iinet where I am, and don't like Telstra. I've had problems with them in the past (even though I worked for a Telstra Partner as a phone billing consultant)

mb/s, for the lulz!!

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Re: home broadband/phone plans
Reply #11 - Aug 13^th, 2013 at 6:27pm

freediver wrote on Jul 19^th, 2013 at 8:58am:

One thing I just learned - you cannot get ADSL without a landline. That is why they are always bundled. You need an active landline to support the ADSL.

I think 'naked' broadband refers to broadband without the landline.

Cable is the same cable used for pay tv eg foxtel, if you have access to cable TV then use that cable for internet connection which would have to be more modern than a phone line.
A friend has cable internet connection through pay tv cable,a bit faster than my ADSL 2 and no need for a landline.

I like to have a landline with answering machine.

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Reply #12 - Aug 13^th, 2013 at 6:32pm

Just remember that when using Skype with your naked DSL, everything you say is recorded and stored in PRISM databases.

Also note that you will be paying arbitrarily high rates for any service because there is no competition in Australia. Democratic Capitalism in Australia is a 'front' to the rest of the world so that our financial elites can legally conspire with international elites.

In truth almost every major industry in Australia is a monopoly, with prices artificially set to maximise profits.

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Reply #13 - Aug 15^th, 2013 at 4:51pm

Winston Smith wrote on Aug 13^th, 2013 at 6:32pm:

Just remember that when using Skype with your naked DSL, everything you say is recorded and stored in PRISM databases.

Also note that you will be paying arbitrarily high rates for any service because there is no competition in Australia. Democratic Capitalism in Australia is a 'front' to the rest of the world so that our financial elites can legally conspire with international elites.

In truth almost every major industry in Australia is a monopoly, with prices artificially set to maximise profits.

Australia is quite corrupt, although many woodland creatures would dispute this on legal definition of course!

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