[H-GEN] ISP recommendations

[Geoff Shang]

Hi everyone,

I'm having to move house for the first time in 4 years.  Back when I got 
broadband, a month after moving, there weren't many choices and I went 
with, and stuck with, bigpond cable.  I stuck with it because, well lets 
just say that a blind person doesn't need pictures and the Foxtel analogue 
signal is still available for those who want it.

anyway, I have it on good authority that cable is not available in my new 
home.  I will check of course, but I got the impression that the previous 
tenant had done their homework.

So I'm looking for ADSL recommendations.  I like the look of Internode. 
They've got the whole ADSL2+ thing going on, they are happy to support 
Linux, and a few people I know give (or did) give them a good rap.  I also 
like the idea of not being held ransom to a particular telephone company in 
order to get better prices, and I also like the look of their SOHO plans.

But I'm open to suggestions.  Internode doesn't seem to have any kind of 
deal for getting their hardware, so if I went with them, I'd either have to 
buy some from them or somewhere else.  And I really could do with not 
spending a lot of money.  But I will if it's the way to get best service.

I currently have AAPT as our telephone provider, but their ADSL plans don't 
allow for use of servers so I'm avoiding them.

I'd be interested in any thoughts people have about specific ISPs, and also 
about ADSL in general since I've never used it.  Do I have to have a voice 
line at all, for example?  Since I'm not with Telstra, can my current telco 
organise a connection or do I have to deal with Telstra first then switch?

Any advice of any sort would be helpful.

Geoff.


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