[plug] Massively cheaper 512/512 ADSL plans

[Chris Caston]

On Wed, 2004-10-13 at 09:56, Bill Kenworthy wrote:
> check iinet if you are already using them: that is it seems that most
> accounts that are nominally 512/128 (blink512 lite in my case, ~same
> specs as arachnet except for dyn IP) at $59.95) are actually running at
> 512/512.  Its limited to the iinet DSLAMS, not those on telstra.  My
> Nephew pointed it out to me after the vic park exchange was upgraded,
> and sure enough its 512/512 - vey fast!
> 
> BillK
> 

We should be seeing similar on the other DSLAMS after the full sale of
Telstra. Lets just hope that a possible deal with Family First senate
members doesn't kill the ISP industry at the same time.


> On Wed, 2004-10-13 at 09:42, Leon Brooks wrote:
> > ArachNet, since 01 Oct, have a 512/512 ADSL plan for $77 a month including 
> > 12GB (plus, natch, free WAIX). That was not a typoe, 512kb/512kb _not_ 
> > 512kb/128kb. If you're hosting stuff at home, this is difficult to beat.
> > 
> > You also get up to 10 spam-filtered blah at arach.net.au email addresses and 20MB 
> > of web space at http://www.arach.net.au/~blah with a static IP and no port 
> > filtering.
> > 
> >     http://www.arach.net.au/products/broadband/adsl/duo/
> > 
> > If you like this plan and switch to ArachNet, tell them I (account "brooks") 
> > referred you. They'll give me $11 off my bill for that month - which I'll 
> > donate to PLUG.
> > 
> > If you belong to another ISP and don't want to switch, I guess you can try 
> > bugging them about it. I notice that WestNet have dropped their equivalent 
> > plan to $99 since a few months ago, maybe they can be nudged even more? (-:
> > 
> > If you sign up with WestNet, do it through LinuxIT (www.linuxit.com.au/). When 
> > I'm offering customers ADSL choices, I generally offer ArachNet 'coz they're 
> > small enough to care but large enough to survive, give good customer service 
> > and are more flexible than the larger ISPs, then WestNet 'coz for a larger 
> > ISP their customer service is outstanding. Going through LinuxIT gives you a 
> > bonus Scott and Matt in the mix.
> > 
> > For more broadband prices, try: http://bc.whirlpool.net.au/ - which hasn't yet 
> > caught up to ArachNet (note that the price of this plan dropped $44!). In the 
> > sub-$100 512/512 range they list ZCTS (who appear to be in or near Bunbury, 
> > not sure what "preselect" is, maybe it combines with their 'phone plans), 
> > Spin, SwiftDSL, CyberLink and Jazinet. Most of whom I've never heard of.
> > 
> > Cheers; Leon
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