Captain Roberto Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Does anyone have any good tips for ISPs over here? We've ended up paying a bit more on rent than I originally planned to. But we also like Netflix and all that stuff. So a unlimited data thing would be good. Anything out there that's good value? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumpingjellybean Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Does anyone have any good tips for ISPs over here? My best tip is do NOT use Telstra Bigpond. We found Telstra to be useless. The internet speed is good, but the long winded hassle of going through Telstra, is not worth a near nervous breakdown. The best ISP is iinet in my opinion: http://www.iinet.net.au/home/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish.01 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Both IINet and Optus do free netflix streaming if that helps... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungbean Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 (edited) I didn't have too much hassle getting set up with Telstra. The cable connection was already in the house, so I went into a Telstra shop, signed up, paid, and a new (faster) cable modem/wifi router was delivered a couple of days later. Activating the account involved a bit of faffing I vaguely recall, especially since their "automated" voice recognition system didn't recognise my accent until I used Aussie pronunciation: "Internit" etc. :-/ But I was up and running within a week of getting the keys to the house. 30Mbps down / 1Mbps up. $73 a month. The download limit *was* 50GB a month, but yesterday they sent me an email saying they are raising it to 100GB a month at no cost. (Which is handy cos I was going over 50GB with iPlayer downloads.) Overall I'm fairly happy with it. Edited August 1, 2015 by mungbean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davlap Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 (edited) We use Belong which is part of telstra. For $80 you get 500GB a month. https://www.belong.com.au/adsl The reason I chose them is that they have a fixed connection fee. We were in a new build and would have paid $299 to get telstra to connect us. But on a deal we got $0 connection , with normal $100 mandatory modem (ripoff) for $1 (offer still going now and you can do 6 months for $70 a month). You also get free local and 1300 phone calls included (but cannot dial national or mobile). Great for those long waits for customer support. Also I have a local skype to go number so can use that to call anywhere (use it for UK calls). We then moved to a newish unit that had no active phone line and again didn't pay for a connection. A telstra guy had to come out to connect the outside box which would have cost $150 or something. There is a referral process (we both get $20). If you are thinking of signing up pm me for a referral code. We might move to an unlimited deal somewhere, but 500GB is probably enough. Edited August 1, 2015 by davlap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Roberto Posted August 25, 2015 Author Share Posted August 25, 2015 We went with an Optus deal at $95 a month for cable (unlimited) with a TV service thing (a bit like sky+), Netflix etc Usually there's a $125 connection fee, but at the moment it's waived. We tried to go without to save money but it wasn't that feasible. Trying to do everything off phone data and using the 'free wifi' in the library wasn't working at all. Everything requires a decent internet connection these days... It's become unavoidable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungbean Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Ahoy Captain I've not been through the full tax cycle yet, but I'm told you can claim serious amounts of tax exemption for anything and everything related to working (or studying) from home. Including heating, eqpt costs, etc. Would be good to get some pointers on this. We went with an Optus deal at $95 a month for cable (unlimited) with a TV service thing (a bit like sky+), Netflix etc Usually there's a $125 connection fee, but at the moment it's waived. We tried to go without to save money but it wasn't that feasible. Trying to do everything off phone data and using the 'free wifi' in the library wasn't working at all. Everything requires a decent internet connection these days... It's become unavoidable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allegroridz Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Any good ISP near Oran PArk area? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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