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Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 10:24 pm
by Blackzxr
I'm with TPG, but I haven't read their emails
Just figured it was worthless promotional crap. Hmmmm i may lose my connection some time soon hey
Let me know how you guys go, as i'm not paying $69 for the same connection, i'm getting for $49.
Farkers, not happy..
Gotta change my email addy again too....
Carnts.
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 10:33 pm
by Barrabob
Yes i also got the dreaded email and might look for a cheap 512 connection for a while, i dont live near the yuppies so adsl 2 could be a long time coming as well.
worry a bit about going to the no name brands i have never heard of they might just go Bump in the night.
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 11:03 pm
by Neka79
u guys whinge a lot..im still on shitty dial up..at 45kpps...was looking forwaqrd to broadband..will get it when i move to civilisation....
oh well..i look forward to hearing wots the go..
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 12:44 am
by 7THSIN
Yeah got my email the other day.
I'm not staying with TPG at those prices..
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 9:20 am
by Stereo
Im paying $55 for 1500 with a 12GB limit.... I shopped around at the time and that was a pretty good price....
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 11:23 am
by Neka79
do these guys have minimum contract periods?? 12 months or??
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 11:32 am
by mike-s
iinet, nope, but if you do buy the modem over 24 months you have to pay out the remainder if you break early.
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 1:48 pm
by mick_dundee
Stereo wrote:Im paying $55 for 1500 with a 12GB limit.... I shopped around at the time and that was a pretty good price....
I pay $5 less for 8Gb more currently but if the email from TPG comes and it seems inevitable then I guess i'm shopping around, can get their current 512k plan for same price but don't want to drop back to a third of current speed for smae money, who you with Stereo?
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 2:07 pm
by aardvark
mick_dundee wrote:don't want to drop back to a third of current speed
Think of it this way....
Maximum theoretical download speed on a 1500 connection is 187.5KBps
Maximum theoretical download speed on a 512 connection is 64KBps
Looks scary like that. Doesn't it?
But then, if you compare a 512 connection to a 56k dialup connection with a maximum theoretical download speed of 7KBps.....
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 3:41 pm
by mick_dundee
aardvark wrote:Think of it this way....
Maximum theoretical download speed on a 1500 connection is 187.5KBps
Maximum theoretical download speed on a 512 connection is 64KBps
Looks scary like that. Doesn't it?
But then, if you compare a 512 connection to a 56k dialup connection with a maximum theoretical download speed of 7KBps.....
Jase, quite happy with 1500, would change to ADSL 2 if it becomes an option, would be reasonably happy with 2400k or more too
Am sure I could live with 512k but would rather have the 1500 still. Dialup is slash wrists type stuff, deal with it at mums because I have too, that's more than enough.
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 4:22 pm
by aardvark
Well, I signed up with Exetel today. Cya TPG.
Now I just have to wait for my exchange to become ADSL2 enabled.
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 10:38 pm
by mick_dundee
Well I still haven't received an email from them, now shaped though until the 21st
20Gb goes quick sometimes.
Jase, give us an update in a month or two when you're churned and on Exetel please and let us know how it is (just in case I have to jump ship myself).
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 9:39 am
by mike-s
im with iinet, and i've alredy chewed up my 5gig/month peak limit, it resets to 0 on the 20th *sigh*. However in the meantim off peak 00:00hrs ->07:00hrs) has another 2-3 gig to go, so hello queueing up downloads before bedtime!
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 9:40 am
by Stereo
IInet have a good games server though.... you should get less than 20 ping to their CZ server...
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 9:46 am
by mike-s
Just a shame i dont really play games on the computer that much.
But yeah ive heard good things about their response times in the past.