Who has broadband?

[Matt Bleck]

Been thinking about gettin broadband, but most seem like a have, ie the low end accounts have slow speed, small caps etc.

ihug look like the go, full speed on all accounts.

Who is your ISP, and would you recommend them?

The only real reason I want broadband is so I can stream the GP, SBK an stuff like that.

Cheers Paul D.

[Badcat]

Been thinking about gettin broadband, but most seem like a have, ie the low end accounts have slow speed, small caps etc.

ihug look like the go, full speed on all accounts.

Who is your ISP, and would you recommend them?


Cheers Paul D.

hey - i have XTRA ADSL (jetstream)
10gb a month - about $60 a month.
my national speed is around 2 megabit/sec
international usually gets around 1 megabit/sec
it's reliable.
i'd recommend them

k

[bobsmith]

I can't give you much of an advice on choosing an ISP since their plans seem to be changing very fast these days and I just can't keep up with the change. It also depends on how much you would be using the internet and what kind of toll calls you'll be making (as most offer discount if you do tolls with them now)

All I can say is I would not go with xtra (telecom) on principal alone no matter how good their deal but that's just me (I have had really bad service experience with them, etc....) I recently recommended orcon to my g/f parents after looking at their need and they were very impressed with their service. (they had to have a line pulled at their home as they have an alarm) Even though I believe it was telecom's people that was sent to their home to install the service, orcon was very helpful in keeping them informed about when the service will be installed, etc and made sure that there was no delays. I myself am with IHUG and I don't mind them too much. I got a plan with them a while ago (2mbps 10G/10G, and even though they don't have the same plan anymore they will let me keep the plan until I want to change to another plan since that's what I signed up for with them. (unlike telecom who changed all their customer's plans when they brought out new plans and their customers didn't have a choice) Since I'm not a speed freak the plan suits me and I like the fact that they respect what you signed up to receive from them before their plans changed (their plans have changed twice since I signed up with them)

If you can wait a few months, my advice would be to wait and see what happens. With the recent announcement of LLU I can guarentee you that there will be better and cheaper plans soon (even before it is actually unbundled)

Just my 2c.

[kiwifruit]

used to be on the "iGRIN" broadband
(would recommend them, fast and friendly)
256/128 uncapped (i was into bittorrent etc)
was the only uncapped one i could find
dunno if they still do it?
be worth a look.

Yeh the iHug plans are looking pretty good,
wouldnt recommend telecom,
just because they are "the man"

*sticks it to the man*

[SN4PD]

I use orcon..... but their tech support is...... well....... nonexistant...... Leave a message and they might call you back next week. (might)

In my experience Ihug at least answer their phones.

[onearmedbandit]

Xtra here, with 10g month plan. Never had any issues with them, reliable connection, answer my emails within 24hrs.

[bladez]

i just got mine from inspire and thats adsl at $55 every 28 days and a 10gig speed is 3548kb or 3.5meg if that helps

[Zed]

When i first discovered the internet I joined up with ihug and stayed with them for 3-4 years, but then they became more *corporate* oriented and so I changed to a cheaper isp or two for a good 4 years, but when I first went on to broadband several years ago I returned once again to ihug (seemed they were further ahead with broadband than other isp's, I purposely avoided xtra cos it's Telecom) and have been with them ever since, their service is good and pricing is reasonable.

[SN4PD]

i just got mine from inspire and thats adsl at $55 every 28 days and a 10gig speed is 3548kb or 3.5meg if that helps

Another sneaky ISP that does the 28 day thing to get an extra billing period in per year, gotta watch that, paradise do the same

[kro]

Xtra 10gb plan
2.0mbps down
256k up (pathetic)

With the whole unbundling thing happening, broadband will be cheap, and fast, but there is no harm signing up now, you can chop and change easy enough when the new faster and cheaper plans come into play.

I have had broadband for about 5 years now, and wouldn't be without it.

[GR81]

I'm with Orcon, but Slingshot seem to have some good plans and also good idea for when you go over you limit.

[Mr. Peanut]

Xtra 10gb plan
2.0mbps down
256k up (pathetic)

With the whole unbundling thing happening, broadband will be cheap, and fast, but there is no harm signing up now, you can chop and change easy enough when the new faster and cheaper plans come into play.

I have had broadband for about 5 years now, and wouldn't be without it.

512 for me?

Anyway get XTRA, because of market conditions they sorta have a monopoly on bandwidth. other providers seem like a better deal but they have nasty ways of slowing down your internet speed to conserve bandwidth. (port shaping or something like that)

Internet becomes an entirely different place, youll notice how most sites are designed for broadband now.

Downloading is fun 200Kb a second =D

IN SHORT GET XTRA - i dont like what they do but they do what they do well if u get what i mean. Oh and slingshot slow down your connection if you use P2P software (music etc) which is *NOT* cool.

[Street Gerbil]

If you can troubleshoot all your connectivity issues yourself. Techsupport is non-existant, on the other hand I pay $60 for 40Gigs of traffic (which I actually cannot use up given the low speed limit).

[SN4PD]

Wouldent touch slingshot, or that psyco lady with a 50 foot barge poll, theres a reason that other ISP's dont have to advertise their services every 30 seconds on telly like slingshot does!

[Smorg]

Im with ihug, $49.95 for 10GB on peak 10GB off peak. Connection has never failed. They even called to let me know serivce was going to be down for an hour. Although the helpdesk they have isnt exactly helpfull so its lucky nothing ever goes wrong