Sign up to one of aaNet's ADSL2+ plans before the 31st May 2009 and receive 6 months half price ADSL2+ plus free connection on a 24 month contract. You will need to quote promo code BRSB5 when you call or place your order online. Offer only available in Queensland.
Visit the website at www.aanet.com.au/brissy or call 1300 665 076
http://www.aanet.com.au/five_dollar_adsl2.html
For those that can't find the link to the plan you're talking about.
The big thing about any Internet connection, is the download speed you can expect. I have 152 kilobytes per second, which is good. Telstra provide
152 kilobits per second which is really slow, like 29 kilobytes per second.
You should also find out what you can upload or download for your monthly online time in Gigabytes.
Thus for $60 monthly, I get 152 kilobytes a second and 30 Gigabytes of downloads. 15 + 15 = 15 Gigabytes Peak and 15 Gigabytes Off Peak. Off Peak is from 12pm Midnight to 7 am the next morning. Peak is the rest of the time. For an extra $30 each, I can buy any quantity of extra 12 Gigabytes lots, per month. These have to be used up by the end of that billable month.
Another thing to seriously consider, is where your nearest Server is to your PC location, of the company you are considering for your ISP or Internet Service Provider.
The further away from the server, the more computers between you and the server. Each computer, above, takes off a minute amount of your Internet Speed. What bothers me is, that as more computers are included in the ISP plan, so the delivery to your computer gets slower and slower, as these computers come on line between your PC and the ISP.
I do think a Government Enquiry should take place to stop ISP's from overloading networks.
The best way to describe this is if you are watering your garden with an inbuilt reticulation system. The sprinklers nearest to the tap have the strongest flow, whereas the sprinklers at the end of the hose don't get much if any water. If you are one of these people, you are not getting the advantage of the internet at all, nor depending on the price you pay, are you necessarily getting what you paid for. It is worth finding out and then considering your options.
Thus what seems to be a good deal, may in fact be a "dog", if you do not do your research properly.
The best place to do this, is at http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/
Thus, the last thing you might consider is the "package deal price", because no matter how good that might be, if you don't have the download speed and the Gigabytes to download enough monthly, to make it worth while, then really you don't have anything, only an added expense you are locked in to, on top of your other bills, which provides you with very little.
If you want the computer for e.Mails and not much else, then perhaps a Dialup Plan, would be the best option. It has been said to me that the small ISP's have faster download speeds that the big operators.
Mary77777
Quality of the copper phone line in and to your house, distance to the phone exchange and dodgy practices (or not) by your ISP determine maximum speed Mary77777. You have some idea of how it works, but you confuse some aspects a bit.
Wired ISP's are not overloading and cannot overload their networks. The phone line to your house is not shared and therefore cannot be overloaded by other users.
Wireless ISP's (through the mobile phone system) can and do overload their networks. The spectrum that they distribute connections by is shared and therefore can and will be overloaded sometimes without the control of the operator (for example, you can't call someone from a public New Year's Eve party at midnight because the lines are blocked)
The phone line to your house is not shared at any point between the exchange and your house?
Are you on an ISDN connection? 152 is quite slow for DSL.
The more computers connected to an ISP doesn't necessarily mean its going to be slower. ISPs invest in buying more international/domestic bandwidth, bigger and better switches, P2P control to ensure fast connections.
Smaller ISPs and bigger ISPs can be different in both ways with speed. With ADSL2, it comes down to the distance between your house and your local telephone exchange.
Half price sounds good but a 24 month plan is just crazy. 24 months ago I was getting way less download quota then I am now, and there was no ADSL2 in my area. Recommend against long contracts when it comes to improving technology.
Ah, yes, if you are on a wireless 3G/HSPDA connection from Virgin/3, then what you have mentioned is correct at the moment.
ease up Mary, try to stay on topic. your rant mentions nothing about specific experiences you may have had with aanet (or even any ADSL2+ for that matter).
What's more you have copied this from your forum response to a topic titled "Telstra - Just terrible".
I suspect your beef is with Telstra and should not have been posted against this 'bargain'.
Going on a 24 month contract is just stupid.
I disagree completely with that…
A 24 month contract simply means that both you and the provider know and are happy with what you is being provided. For those in a "stable" situation it is a good thing and enables providers to provide cheaper products and hence a better bargain for the purchaser.
Having said that, it's not for everyone, so just be smart about it. But I don't think it's worth a negative since it is stated up front in the description and is still a bargain if you're in the market for a 24 month contract.
Pity they don't do many areas. My phone number only has ADSL1 with them. Other ISPs can do ADSL2+ in my area.
+1, but users might also want to look at their $5/mth plus $1.50/GB usage plan instead - all depends on user's needs.
I'm averaging $10/month, which is a delight after forking out about $40/month or so for the past many years.