Chris I don't know where in the South West you are, but I have a friend in Kendenup near Mt Barker who uses Oceanbroadband by wireless. John
> Hi Reg > > Do you know if Internode also cater for the south west (I have not > heard of them), as I am looking for an alternative to Telstra when we > ever get to move into our new house. > > I had heard that their Next G system is good for internet and mobile > coverage, as where we will be living is not covered by adsl, even > though it does have a land line (cant work that one out!). I would > dearly like not to have a land line but operate only on mobile and > wireless internet. > > kind regards > > chris > > > On 03/05/2009, at 5:46 PM, Reg Whitely wrote: > >> Tom >> >> I'm with Internode and love it, but am not on an ADSL2+ plan, nor >> Naked, here in Geraldton, still with ADSL. >> >> Basically I get 1500/256 with 15GB download and all Internode >> streaming music and ABC iView for ~$50 month. For that price Telstra >> gives around 512 mB speed and less than 1GB download (from memory - >> sorry haven't checked today). If I went to ADSL2+ here it would cost >> me around $80 with Internode - not Naked - but not guaranteed to >> give full speed potential it offers. At this point of time I don't >> need it anyway. >> >> Whirlpool is a great tool for comparison: http://bc.whirlpool.net.au/ >> >> Reg >> >> On 03/05/2009, at 5:19 PM, tom samson wrote: >> >>> I was just looking at the traffic on the change to telstra. We have >>> been on telstra for years without a glitch but we do run over the >>> limit of 12 gig -with teenagers and updates. But we also have the >>> landline, and phone calls to pay for. Has anyone out there actually >>> costed the benefits of changing to iinet or westnet from Telstra. >>> It seems that someone menttioned the benefits of free downloading >>> of ABC and other services. >>> SHOPULD WE CONSIDER MOVING TO EITHER OF THE ABOVE >>> tom samson >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>

