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50GB NBN + Landline Phone Calls $39.99 Per Month (24 Month Contract) + WiFi Modem ($10 Delivery) @ Westnet (Seniors)

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50GB NBN + Landline Phone Calls $39.99 Per Month (24 Month Contract) + WiFi Modem ($10 Delivery) @ Westnet (Seniors)
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zzymurgy on 15/12/2017 - 16:12 westnet.com.au (622 clicks)
Last edited 15/12/2017 - 17:04 by 3 other users

Westnet is pleased to announce our new, exclusive Seniors Card plan! We’ve bundled NBN™ internet and phone together at an affordable price so you can stay connected without busting your budget. If you have an Australian Seniors Card (or you know someone who does) read on!

With the national rollout of NBN™ changing the way Australians connect to phone and broadband services, our new bundle is designed to give seniors an easy and cost effective way to get online. Once you’re connected, you’ll be able to go about your business in confidence thanks to the peace of mind that comes with Westnet’s reliable services and awarding-winning, 24/7 customer support.

For just $39.99 a month on a 24-month plan, you’ll get:
50GB of NBN™ data each month
An NBN™-ready phone service (you can even keep your existing phone number)
All your local & standard national calls included
An easy-setup WiFi modem
Up to 20 Westnet email addresses with complimentary spam and virus protection

NOTE: Although this is a Westnet promotion, iiNet (being the same company) will match it on request.
NOTE 2: I know 50GB isn't a lot of data, but my mum only uses 15GB, so for most seniors this would be perfect.

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  • Turd on 15/12/2017 - 16:13

    Arent they all owned by TPG?

    This is pretty good though, for my grandma!

    • zzymurgy on 15/12/2017 - 16:15

      iiNet is owned by TPG yeah, but they won't match TPG's prices and plans for some reason.

      This one is cheaper than anything I could find at TPG.

    • jv on 15/12/2017 - 16:16

      for my grandma!

      sure it's for your my grandma…

  • tonyjzx on 15/12/2017 - 16:19

    you're probably better off with a 4g plan and not getting on the nbn train if your usage is that low

    • lostn on 15/12/2017 - 20:58

      50GB 4G is more expensive than this. And no landline calls included.

  • jjcf on 15/12/2017 - 16:23
    +11

    New special Seniors Plan!

    If you wish to call Alan Jones to complain about kids today, hit 1.
    If you wish to call your grandkid to fix your computer because it got cyberhacked by a minions meme on facingsbook, hit 2.
    If you want to call your local MP to complain about the number of tattoos that the local barista has, hit 3.
    If you want to call the local RSL and find out what the 3pm Early Bird Dinner Special is today, hit 4.

  • PVA on 15/12/2017 - 16:25
    +1

    What if they go over 50 gig, say at holiday time when the family visits.

    • zzymurgy on 15/12/2017 - 16:27

      shaped to 256/256kbps

      • lostn on 15/12/2017 - 20:58

        That's a painful speed. They could have at least made it 1Mbps.

        • Thrifty McGifty on 16/12/2017 - 09:05

          The TPG plan I was looking at the other day shapes to 32kbps up and down, so 256 sounds quite reasonable to me.

        • zzymurgy on 18/12/2017 - 12:12

          Back in my day, all we was a 2400 baud modem. You rapscallions don't know how good you've got it. shakes walking stick

  • mathew42 on 15/12/2017 - 16:27

    Westnet offer unlimited plans so they are best avoided because congestion will occur during peak periods.

    • zzymurgy on 15/12/2017 - 16:49
      -5

      They're on the iiNet infrastructure. Being Australia's number 2 ISP, of course it gets congested but they have the biggest capacity. Not that most people on this plan would be concerned about speed anyway.

      • crayner on 15/12/2017 - 17:46
        +2

        I just terminated my contract with Internode for this very reason, they weren’t able to supply a service that was free of peak hour congestion.

        • lostn on 15/12/2017 - 20:59

          Can you name anyone who can?

        • mathew42 on 15/12/2017 - 21:21
          -1

          @lostn: It is almost guaranteed that any RSP offering unlimited at a close to average price will suffer congestion, simply because one news spreads heavy downloaders will join and performance will suffer.

          Aussie Broadband are slightly more expensive, but do deliver on their promises.

        • lostn on 15/12/2017 - 21:54
          -2

          @mathew42: Have you heard how many complaints to the TIO Telstra have gotten for being unable to provide advertised speeds during peak time? It was over 42,000 people. And they have the most capacity of any ISP. They also don't do unlimited.

        • [Deactivated] on 15/12/2017 - 21:59

          @lostn: Aussie broadband. Telecube

        • lostn on 15/12/2017 - 22:03

          @supabrudda: If they had more customers than they do (i.e. they cease to be a small player) would that continue to hold true? Based on their apparently good reputation, if they took on a mass migration of frustrated people from other ISPs, do you think their speed would not go down the gutter?

          Basically it sounds like, pick a new or obscure ISP and keep it and secret, hope that no one else comes with you.

        • mathew42 on 15/12/2017 - 22:13

          @lostn: The complaints against Telstra and Optus had zero to do with peak hour speeds. The ACCC found that 56% on the top 100Mbps was that the FTTN / FTTB speed tier could not reach that speed. This was based purely on sync speed, not the impact of congestion.

          Line speed it simple to measure. If and when the ACCC start measuring peak speeds then discussion is going to become much more interesting because identifying the choke point is not always a simple exercise.

          In terms of complaints It is interesting to note that Telstra only have 8% on 100Mbps plans across all technologies ACCC NBNCo Wholesale Market Indicators Report well below the 14% average. 89% are on 25Mbps or slower well above the industry average.

        • [Deactivated] on 15/12/2017 - 22:14

          @lostn: you'd have to ask them about their corporate plan.

        • mathew42 on 15/12/2017 - 22:26

          @lostn:

          If they took on a mass migration of frustrated people from other ISPs, do you think their speed would not go down the gutter?

          Unlikely because of two reasons:

          1. AussieBroadband have quotas, so once you've used your quota your speed is capped and you can no longer cause congestion.
          2. AussieBroadband will only connect new customers if they have sufficient capacity at the node.
        • crayner on 16/12/2017 - 12:24

          @lostn: I was going to sign up with either Aussie Broadband or Launtel, depending on what Launtel's residential offerings were going to be.

          I chose Launtel because they offer up to gigabit speeds on FTTP NBN, unfortunately they only service Tasmania.

          They've had one outage in the few months that I've been with them, which was earlier this week and they immediately compensated all of their customers once it was resolved. Congestion has never been an issue, even during the free trial stage where everyone was provided with a 250/100mbps connection free for two weeks.

          https://launtel.net.au/

      • JAKEBAB on 16/12/2017 - 06:34
        +1

        Congestion on the NBN usually happens at the POI before it get's handed off to your ISP's network because they haven't bought enough CVC from NBNco.

  • XeKayeM on 15/12/2017 - 16:28
    +11

    You guys are seeing what I'm seeing in that logo right?

    • jjcf on 15/12/2017 - 16:29

      I can't unsee it, now.

      Thanks :/

    • Gravy on 15/12/2017 - 16:47

      It's surprising they never changed it after all these years isn't it. Pretty sure the logo designer was having a laugh because they were asking for too many variations or something.

    • [Deactivated] on 15/12/2017 - 17:27

      A steering wheel skewered through two hamburgers?

      • [Deactivated] on 15/12/2017 - 19:16

        Horizontal spreading of two hamburgers to provide a clear view of the steering wheel.

    • kahn on 15/12/2017 - 18:53

      Goatse?

    • joelmuzz on 15/12/2017 - 22:13

      They still make toplists of awkward logos.
      I remember when they first did it and they kept shutting down any mention of it on Whirlpool lol.

      Nobody has ever explained how an IT company ever selected that logo shortly after Goatse being the big IT industry joke on Slashdot etc.

  • jackwoz on 15/12/2017 - 16:32
    +3

    Thats not going to stream very much 4K porn for grandpa

    • Steptoe on 15/12/2017 - 16:55
      +1

      12/1 isn't going to impress her Webcam Subscribers

      • dcep on 15/12/2017 - 17:06

        GILF ?

        • Steptoe on 15/12/2017 - 17:08
          +4

          Mind out of the gutter. She teaches knitting Live

        • mccarthyp64 on 15/12/2017 - 22:01

          @Steptoe: people don't tune in for the knitting though

  • dcep on 15/12/2017 - 17:06
    +1

    Better go Exetel $39 @ 100gb

    • alvian on 15/12/2017 - 17:12

      $49.99 per month after you add VoIP telephony, plus $20 delivery.

      • jv on 15/12/2017 - 17:27
        +1

        $49.99 per month after you add VoIP telephony,

        you can get VOIP telephony from other providers much cheaper…

        • Russ on 15/12/2017 - 19:01
          +2

          Indeed you can, Whirlpool lists three or four VOIP providers having plans with zero monthly fee and 5c-10c untimed landline calls Australia-wide. Cheap mobile calls too.

          And don't forget it's better to NOT bundle your internet with your VOIP. That way you can change your internet provider without losing your VOIP number.

        • bamzero on 16/12/2017 - 02:00

          @Russ:

          Any idea if I can port an iiNet bundled VoIP number to one of these zero monthly fee providers?

          Looking at switching from iiNet adsl to Aussie broadband nbn. Don't use the VoIP for calling but would like to keep the number for incoming if it's not going to cost me anything.

          (Actually, just found some posts on whirlpool from iiNet reps saying they will let out VoIP numbers, so long as the other side will accept it)

        • Russ on 16/12/2017 - 09:02

          @bamzero:
          Oops, what I said was a bit misleading. The VOIP plans are free (e.g. MyNetFone's WhirlpoolSaver plan), but extra features like keeping a standard incoming number are not. The VOIP providers have to pay a fee to "lease" the number, so they forward the fee to you. For the WhirlpoolSaver plan it is $5 per year. No VOIP provider that I know of will provide a standard incoming number (known as a DID) for free.

          I believe the charge pays for the govt organization that manages phone numbers, their computer is sort of like the Google of phone numbers, it tells the individual phone companies which provider to direct a particular call to.

          In my post above, I meant that your VOIP number will stay the same. All VOIP plans have a number that can be used to call you, by other users of the same VOIP provider only. It is not the same as a DID, it can't be directly called by users of the standard (non-VOIP) phone system, nor by users of other VOIP providers.

          Almost all of my relatives are on MyNetFone, so keeping the MyNetFone number is important to me.

    • askme69 on 15/12/2017 - 22:48

      Excel banned me along with thousands, never again.

  • jv on 15/12/2017 - 17:28

    which modem do they include?

  • foonman on 15/12/2017 - 20:58
    +1

    Seniors today! with their NBN and their gigabytes of data and wifi! In my day we had to use 28k modems to dial in to our AOL accounts if you wanted to see your grandkids on MySpace…

    • lostn on 15/12/2017 - 21:03

      I was paying Telstra Bigpond $89 a month for 3GB cable. If you go over 3GB, you get charged like 25c per MB, or $250 per GB. You didn't get shaped to protect you. So people racked up bills in the tens of thousands of dollars.

      Couldn't get Optus cable so they were my only option.

    • [Deactivated] on 15/12/2017 - 22:04
      +1

      Actually we used Malcom"s OzEmail with thier 2400baud modem

  • AlienC on 16/12/2017 - 08:43

    This would honestly be almost perfect for me if it international calls a bit more data.

    I only download a lot of content because I can but if need be I'd rather save that money for something else.

    • mathew42 on 16/12/2017 - 11:07
      +1

      I only download a lot of content because I can but if need be I'd rather save that money for something else.

      This statement explains exactly why usage based charging exists for power, gas & water. People are wasteful if they don't pay for it. Read the Tragedy of the Commons.

      Worse, those who might seek to conserve the common resource find they are disadvantaged by the overuse (congestion) and subsidise those who consume more.

      Usage based charges are fair because they fairly apportion costs to those who make more use of the resource.

      • mick1 on 17/12/2017 - 14:43

        So true. You must be an economist ?

  • koplik8 on 10/08/2019 - 15:08

    I clicked the link and this plan is still going

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