[H-GEN] Which ADSL provider ? (was Re: Telstra phone lines and ADSL)

[Jim Clark]

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> Sandra Milne
> Sent: Wednesday, 26 March 2003 21:27
> At 17:24 26/03/2003 +1000, you wrote:
> >I've been considering getting ADSL myself for a while now but just
> >haven't got round to it yet[1].  After looking at
> >http://www.broadbandchoice.com.au a few months ago I thought I'd go
> >with Internode and was wondering if you had considered Internode
> >yourself.  If you had, is there any particular reason for choosing
> >to go with iiNet instead.
>
> Price vs speed & download limit. Plus we have friends on iiNet. A
> colleague at work had internode until he moved recently, and he had
> no problems with them. But last time I checked their website, I
> didn't see a plan that offered as much as iiNet offer for their
> 6gig/6gig plan. And no, their 'unlimited' plan doesn't interest
> me. As far as that's concerned I may as well stay with Optus.

I have been with Internode for a couple of years now (or close to it),
and I can not fault them (Internode) in terms of service and being
linux friendly (the odd occasion I had to call always the result of
Telstra infrastructure probs tho).

The value for money has been getting better too - I now have 2GB/month
downloads, which although not as attractive as some of the cheaper
unlimited services, I do get static IP, a reliable service, and as I
just quite recently discovered:  unmetered downloads from their
mirrors!!!

That had been my only problem - I could not afford to download the
latest linux iso images any time I needed. But with unmetered
downloads from their mirror server, the 2GB/month is plenty (for me).

Worth taking into consideration when choosing your ISP.

Now, I am just waiting for the Mandrake 9.1 iso's to make their way to
the internode mirror servers :)
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Cheers,
Jim.

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