Your ISP of choice?

[mazzatelli1000]

Hi all,
I was just curious about what ISP's people were using for trading purposes as I am considering flicking my current provider.

Are there any really good ones anyone would like to share [I have ruled out Telstra and Optus - atrocious]?
Furthermore should there be any consideration for business grade net [seems a bit dear though]

 

[Bill M]

Re: ISP of choice

Hello mazzatelli1000, I have been with iinet for the past 6 years and have nothing but praise for them. They fought the big telcos in the beginning and they are still fighting them now by providing better services and cheaper costs. I currently pay $59.95 p/m for a naked DSL product. For that I get 8 gig peak and 8 gig off peak data limits and I get unlimited local and national fixed line calls for free, nothing I know of beats that. During trading times I can not remember ever having a downtime, works a treat and I run a 4 port wireless router with my connection which means I just hook in with my laptop as well at no extra charge, cheers.

 

[Boggo]

Re: ISP of choice

I use Internode, $69.95 p/m for 25 gig naked extreme adsl2+ and that includes Nodephone VOIP with $10 of free calls per month and 5 seperate email addresses.

Scroll down the page here http://www.internode.on.net/residential/internet/home_adsl/nakedextreme/pricing/

 

[beerwm]

Re: ISP of choice

From my search i found/

TPG best value. ($/data)

Internode would be the most reliable. (still cheap though)

I choose TPG

 

[Soft Dough]

Re: ISP of choice

I use Internode, $69.95 p/m for 25 gig naked extreme adsl2+ and that includes Nodephone VOIP with $10 of free calls per month and 5 seperate email addresses.

Scroll down the page here http://www.internode.on.net/residential/internet/home_adsl/nakedextreme/pricing/

best is internode

second best is iinet/westnet

stick with either and you should be trouble free

 

[ck13488]

exetel hands down...at least for non-sydney residents

Plan::TL-BA
Monthly Access Charge:$50.00
Peak Download Limit: 12gb
Off-Peak Limit: 60gb
Peak Period Option:midday-midnight
Line Speed: 1500/256

initial contract period 6 months, no connection fee if changing from an isp other than tel$tra

if there is any maintainence 2 weeks notice is usually given and it occurs between 3-6 am usually. never had any problems whatsoever.

i have been told that tech support over the phone is limited to business hours.

 

[wabbit]

Whirlpool did a survey of ISPs about a year ago... the results can be found from reading their wiki

http://whirlpool.net.au/wiki/?tag=Choosing a Broadband Provider FAQ


Hope this helps.

wabbit

 

[Timmy]

I've used iinet and TPG, both good.

I've used Lizzy for really cheap dial-up as a back-up, also good.

 

[Mad Mel]

Re: ISP of choice

From my search i found/

TPG best value. ($/data)

Internode would be the most reliable. (still cheap though)

I choose TPG

Same here. No issues with TPG at all over the last 6 months, since I left Telstra after having nothing but problems with service and billing.

I can't say anything about their customer support... since I've never had to call them. IMO, that's the best compliment you can give an ISP.

 

[gav]

Re: ISP of choice

Same here. No issues with TPG at all over the last 6 months, since I left Telstra after having nothing but problems with service and billing.

I can't say anything about their customer support... since I've never had to call them. IMO, that's the best compliment you can give an ISP.

Same here. I also left Telstra Bigpond after too many issues with service and billing.

I'm now with TPG. Naked DSL2 for $59.95 per month, 50GB. (25GB peak, 25GB off peak). I haven't been with them long, but haven't had any troubles so far.

Exetel looks OK, but I want more than 12GB peak time and want faster speeds than 1.5MB. I'm about 1KM from my exchange and get speeds of 11MB-16MB

 

[dalek]

Been using Optus for some time now.
As much as I try to dislike them (everyone hates Telco's and banks don't they ?)the service is pretty good and the package well priced for my purposes.
$99 p/m 20gb download including land line rental and most calls.
Cable speed also pretty good and the included virus software also OK
Rarely a need to call the help line.
I think if you need lots of tech support your ISP probably needs review or you need to stop tinkering.

 

[peterh]

I'm happy with Internode.

 

[Prospector]

TPG/Chariot are very reliable, for $69 month and 25gb download and shaped after that. I would never use Bigpond. Adam (maybe SA based?) lots of issues! Internode were much more expensive.

 

[gav]

One other thing I forgot to mention. Just to make sure you are getting what you getting the service you are paying for, you can test your current internet speeds here:
http://www.speedtest.net/

Bare in mind you probably won't get the maximum speed your service enables. Things such as distance to from the exchange, quality of phone line, etc. will effect speeds. Here's an example of mine, which I did a couple of minutes ago.

 

[Prospector]

Hmm, thats pretty poor!

 

[Boggo]

This is mine 2.5km from Blackwood exchange with WebIress and Bloomberg TV running during the test.

 

[cutz]

Hi all,
I was just curious about what ISP's people were using for trading purposes as I am considering flicking my current provider.

Hi Mazza,

Currently i'm using bigpond cable and a three 3G card plugged into a router for backup.

I haven't really been happy with bigpond over the last few months but the technician i had over last week due to ongoing issues assured me that they're doing upgrades to the cable system.

Hopefully things improve as i still want to stick with telstra but my patience is starting to thin out.

 

[gav]

Hmm, thats pretty poor!

That is very poor Prospector! Did you have a heap of internet windows open/loading during the test, or downloading anything at the time of the test? Is there anything else connected to the phone line? Do you have any other phone line points in the house you can test from?

If you cant get it much faster yourself, I'd be ringing up your ISP to find out why its so slow. They'll be able to run you through a list of things that should find the problem, and hopefully fix it.

 

[jono1887]

the optus yes fusion isnt too bad... esp with the unlimited calls to home phones and any mobile in australia. its 30gb for $130 though i think

 

[Prospector]

That is very poor Prospector! Did you have a heap of internet windows open/loading during the test, or downloading anything at the time of the test? .

I have a teenager! Enuff said! : Ah, he has just gone out, will test again!