Who's your ISP and what plan are you on?

[weatherbill]

I was wondering what internet service is everyone using for live market feeds.

Ide like to find the best service, but not too expensive or limited to small GB usage

 

[GumbyLearner]

Re: What's everyone using for Internet live market feed?

I was wondering what internet service is everyone using for live market feeds.

Ide like to find the best service, but not too expensive or limited to small GB usage

I use the normal feed. How about you? What do you use? A delayed feed??

 

[Timmy]

Re: What's everyone using for Internet live market feed?

DTN IQ

http://www.dtniq.com/

 

[weatherbill]

Re: What's everyone using for Internet live market feed?

No, I was referring to basic high speed internet service.

Who is your provider and what plan are you on???

 

[nulla nulla]

Big Pond ADSL 2/2+ (25gig $49.95pm). 7500 download speed and 865 upload speed. Too far from the exchange (2.2 klms) to get the possible 20,000+ download speed of ADSL 2+.

 

[newbie trader]

Optus 7gb on peak 7gb off peak 46kbps...

 

[Timmy]

Sorry WBill, I misunderstood. I can recommend TPG or iPrimus. TPG offer some very good plans, great value. iPrimus not quite so good, but still OK. Tech support from TPG is OK, from iPrimus its great.

I have been on different plans with both providers, ADSL and ADSL2/+ .... depending on service availability etc., all good.

 

[RazzaDazzla]

AS an IT boffin, I can not strongly enough recommend making use of Naked DSL.

Effectively, you give Telstra/Optus the heave ho for line rental and you pay ~$50/month for very generous data allowances.
As you don't have a standard telephone line you don't pay line rental.

So you have a physical copper line coming into your property, but there is no PSTN telephone (dialtone) signal on the line, just an ADSL signal.

You then get an all in one modem/router/VoIP ATA for ~$200.
Phone line plugs into this device, then your PCs connect to this device either via network cable or wirelessly.

A standard telephone, or cordless phone then plugs in to this device too. This device then allows you to make VoIP calls using your standard every day phone. You can even 'port' your existing telephone number to your new VoIP provider.

VoIP calls to any landline in Australia (excluding 13, 1300, 1800 etc) is generally $0.05 untimed! Calls to mobiles are about $0.20/minute.

Benefits, cheap, cheap cheap cheap!

negatives, power failure and you have no telephone access as the router/ata won't be powered on to convert VoIP to PSTN and vice versa. You also need a little bit of technical understanding to comprehend how this all works and to rectify any issues.

I have set my parents up with a similar service, albeit there not naked yet. So any calls that they receive come via the PSTN line. When they dial out, the ATA device is programmed to send out bound calls via VoIP to save them $. If for some reason the VoIP fails or power failure, then all calls will default to using the PSTN.

For any technical queries and in particular an ISP comparison there is nothing better out there than Whirlpool!(http://whirlpool.net.au/)

If anyone has any questions, fire them my way!

Raz

 

[boofhead]

I use Internode's 100 GB Fast plan.

Have you looked at Whirpool's Broadband Choice plan search tool?

 

[$20shoes]

If you can get yourself onto an Internode Agile DSLAM port that's probably as good as it gets.

That is, unless we all want to move Smithton in Nor-West Tasmania - Internode are offering dirt cheap fibre-to-the-home there...so envious (NB - they are not the only providor offering this - it is part of a trial for the National Broadband Network)

 

[Boggo]

If you can get yourself onto an Internode Agile DSLAM port that's probably as good as it gets.

I agree, my results on Internode Agile below.
I also have VOIP phone hooked up to the modem, 18c interstate calls etc, excellent.

On the 30 gig plan for $49.95 p/m.

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[Kryzz]

+ 1 for Internode also, currently with the SOHO connection, unlimited downloads too, rarely drops out, when it does though can be down for a while.

 

[ers_6]

I agree, my results on Internode Agile below.
I also have VOIP phone hooked up to the modem, 18c interstate calls etc, excellent.

On the 30 gig plan for $49.95 p/m.

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Boggo, seems to be pretty good!
Im moving to adelaide in a week and looking at ISP options, this seems to be something worth exploring.
Any drawbacks?
How is it for an IT idiot like me to setup?

 

[Boggo]

Boggo, seems to be pretty good!
Im moving to adelaide in a week and looking at ISP options, this seems to be something worth exploring.
Any drawbacks?
How is it for an IT idiot like me to setup?

Shouldn't be any issues, I bought the Billion modem from Internode, they set it up with VOIP and a number that you can select from a list, then you just plug it in and go.

After your initial setup my understanding is that you will be the Telstra hardware at the exchange until they switch you over to their Agile hardware/software, usually in less than a week, that's when the speed kicks in.

Their site is very helpful...
http://www.internode.on.net/residential/broadband/adsl/easy_broadband/features/

 

[RazzaDazzla]

Naked DSL with Exetel, no complaints.

 

[Bill M]

AS an IT boffin, I can not strongly enough recommend making use of Naked DSL.

Effectively, you give Telstra/Optus the heave ho for line rental and you pay ~$50/month for very generous data allowances.

I agree with Razza here. When I was in Sydney I used naked DSL with iinet, got more than enough gigs for $49.90 p/m. Did not need the landline and used VOIP with my connection and was clear as a bell.

Now I moved up to the Central Coast, no ADSL ports available to me here so I had to go on the Telstra Next G wireless network. 3 gigs for $49.90, not bad for me as I don't download music or movies. Rarely goes down and is good value.

I also use the Vodaphone high speed wireless network on my laptop. I buy pre paid for that and pay $150 for 12 gigs and you got 12 Months to use it, very handy when you are travelling or moving about a lot, also a good service.

 

[nulla nulla]

I suspect your speed results can be influenced by the server you are connected, trying to download from as well as upload to.

 

[gav]

TPG Naked ADSL 2, 130GB per month for $60.

 

[pixel]

I agree with Razza here. When I was in Sydney I used naked DSL with iinet, got more than enough gigs for $49.90 p/m. Did not need the landline and used VOIP with my connection and was clear as a bell.

Now I moved up to the Central Coast, no ADSL ports available to me here so I had to go on the Telstra Next G wireless network. 3 gigs for $49.90, not bad for me as I don't download music or movies. Rarely goes down and is good value.

I also use the Vodaphone high speed wireless network on my laptop. I buy pre paid for that and pay $150 for 12 gigs and you got 12 Months to use it, very handy when you are travelling or moving about a lot, also a good service.

I can get ADSL2+, although the distance from my exchange makes it "borderline". After the big storm in March, our landline was RS for 10 days (cable tunnel got flooded.) That's when I "discovered" the Vodafone wireless BB - also prepaid, $19/Gig.
The landline setup with AAPT LiveNet 40 - Unlimited still meets my needs ($50 for 40GB a month), and since Telstra replaced the flooded cable by fibre, I get speeds well above 2Mbps.
I only experience the occasional drop of QoS at some late hours; during the day, it's usually around 40-50%, but late at night it may drop below 10%, coinciding with really low speeds as well. Possibly some neighbours watching blue movies, now that SBS has replaced theirs by FIFA Cup broadcasts?

 

[JimmyJimbo]

Razza + those with VOIP,

How is the quality? ie: does it sound exactly like a "normal" telephone?

When I think of VOIP, I think of the sound of the Indian Telemarketers, or when you call some of the Share Registries in OZ, and when no one is speaking it "cuts out" until some starts talking again.