Jones Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 hey all , was just wondering . Iprimus have just got adsl+2 in my area and i have looked up the exchange its about 2km away. wat i would like to know that i cant find on there site is what speed do u goto once your capped "once u have gone over your download limit". thanks for any help. regards Jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Harris Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 http://bc.whirlpool.net.au/bc/isp-10-4/iprimus-adsl2.htm dial up speed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradHosking Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 It's possible that it's not just iprimus that you can get too. With the dslams (the bit that makes ADSL gogo) that are in the exchange, if they are Telstra owned then any company can come on in and lease it from them for their customers. I would shop around and see if others such as TPG, iinet..etc also have a ADSL2+ available there as well. Sometimes however some companies are putting their own gear in at the exchanges such as OnTheNet on the Gold Coast or Agile which is Internodes off shoot. They own them which means only that company can use them. There is one HUGE advantage to this however as then you normally can get Naked ADS which means no Telstra charges for the phone line as they don't own anything. Then you can have a VOIP service and never have to cough up to Teltra again!! SHOP AROUND and get the best deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice_King Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 Brad I run Engin VOIP through my Bigpond ADSL and save a massive amount, I simply rewrote the INI file for the modem and removed the block form the Engin VOIP UDP port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradHosking Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 The NAKED Adsl is when you don't have a phone line. Yes I have VOIP too and I have a phone line as I don't have the ability to get Naked adsl, and you only need to put the signaling port out which is normally UDP 5060 via virtual server port. With Naked you need a VOIP service as you will not have a normal Telstra Phone line, that's more to the point I was getting at. Anyone on ADSL can use VOIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice_King Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 No Naked here either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jones Posted August 3, 2009 Author Share Posted August 3, 2009 yeah ive been shopping around , we are currently with iprimus and used to be on 256kb then i convinced my mum that for an extra $10 a month we could get 512kb. and all companies were telling me my area "port kennedy" wasnt covered. so about a month ago my friend that works for westnet told me he could get me on adsl+2 so we were waiting till the end of this month for the plan to end and iprimus sent out a letter saying its now avaliable in this area, and with a nice price. $79.95 a month for adsl+2 bundled with homephone and 200gb download limit. i have a network with 3 computers and a laptop atm and my mum will be connecting a blur ray player once i get a switch to plug it into. and 512 just doesnt cut it. it does how ever give u alot of time to think while u wait for pages to load lol. thanks for the info anyway guys. regards Jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice_King Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 $79.95 a month for adsl+2 bundled with homephone and 200gb download limit I find that a bit hard to believe 20 Gb perhaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jones Posted August 3, 2009 Author Share Posted August 3, 2009 nope 21gb for like $50 or so look here http://www.iprimus.com.au/PrimusWeb/HomeSolutions/BroadbandInternet/ regards Jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradHosking Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Use the following website to gain the best cost/deal for your internet. This is Broadband Choice from Australia's Broadband Website - Whirlpool. http://bc.whirlpool.net.au/ I use it every time to gauge the deal that is best for me, as it has all the plans and is generally up to date with the correct plan offers from all the ISP's in AUS. Just so you know too, every time I have see an ISP go to a massive limit on a plan for a cheap $ there is a massive rush from people to get on that plan. It results normally in bad speeds as their network then becomes over subscribed (ISP doesn't care as they are then making $$$) however the end user then pays with very low speeds. Stick to an ISP that has generally good plans (bang for buck!) but I wouldn't subscribe to one that has over inflated plans like that one as they tend to cause problems in the long run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skypilot Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 While TPG suites me down to the ground with my plan which includes voip (I love the VoIP!), they have a plan of 80 (40 + 40) gig for $49.99, I think, but there is a catch - they will be counting the uploads as well as the standard download, on that plan. The plan I have now is 25 + 25 peak/off peak with voip for $49.99 and only the download is counted. Looks like a marketing ploy to me - you get 80 gigs but that may be equivalent to a lesser plan that does not count the uploads? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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