Plan details:
Seems like a good deal to me, but I don't have experience with Flip so I can't comment on their service.
How this compares with the competition's equivalent plans:
Don't know of anything cheaper. If you want a free modem router, you could instead go with Exetel NBN 12/1 500GB 12 month contract at $49.99/month.
Stay away from Telecube. They just jacked up the price for all of its existing customers.
Not ALL of its existing customers. I think it's only those on the 100/40, and not even sure if it's all of them.
My 50/20 for $60 with Telecube is unchanged. Downvoted for spreading confusion.
Paying $45 for 500gb on 25M
No change here. Very happy
If you did want to go with Telecube, current offer is 12/1 1000GB @ $35/m.
I expect there may be changes amongst all RSP's come October when NBN's Focus On 50 promo is supposed to come to an end.
Wow this is perfect. I don't think we reach anywhere near 500gb of data but always good to be safe and have plenty in case we decide to go haywire.
Now just need a phone plan that can either only receive, national calls or one with international calls
The Telecube plans include a free DID with the VoIP so you could receive calls (I assume they still do but prob need to check that).
If you want to make calls, it's prepaid, so drop a few bucks in the account (you need to have ≥$0 in there or incoming calls are blocked anyway)
Can't offer much apart from the link above, when I signed up the details were mentioned on the Whirlpool offer. Doesn't seem to be any mention of it on their site, but I can't remember if it was there before either. I think from memory it's $2.95/m for a DID if they're not included free any more.
Haven't we learned yet? These cheap and nasty RSP's can't sustain this pricing while providing you a good service.
Fair point. There's no contract or activation fee, so I'll probably just churn away if Flip goes bad.
Please let me know if they use IPoE or PPPoE. Thanks.
I've only just signed up, but I'll find out once it's activated.
I just got connected, and it's PPPoE.
@katrodiyar: Ran at full speed in general, although it dropped to 7Mbps yesterday evening. Has been similar to my previous provider (Exetel) so far. Took 2 business days to churn.
The provider may be VeeTel operating under a different brand name by the looks of things.
See my other comments in this thread for further info.
@Sam401928374019: I am currently with Mungi 50/20 unlimited. Planning to go with Teletube for 12/1 1000gb for $35/month. Do you think will be good move??
@katrodiyar: you might notice the speed difference going from 50 to 12, depending on how you use the internet.
I have no experience with Telecube so I can't comment on them. Maybe you could ask somewhere else or look up reviews?
The price looks decent though.
Flip NBN
What's their catchphrase? Get Flipped ?
Hope this is not another buzztelco.
Ooo the TV package is pretty good compared to what I'm paying now. Thanks
Give them the flip if it doesn't work
Always wondered…. 100mbps and 50mbps plans.
Lets say you got 100mbps but in reality it operates around 50mbps due to line length etc.
Does it mean if you switch to 50mbps plan (with the same company) will it operate proportionally slower? e.g. 25mbps.
That would make for a good case for the ombudsman I would think as that would be artificially limiting your connection below what you paid for.
They might argue that the 100mbps plans have a different cvc from the 50 but it'd be a hard sell.
Don't know about line length etc, but the Flip website says the 50Mbps plan has typical evening speeds of 43.27Mbps, so there shouldn't be any issues on their end at least.
I'm currently paying for a 100/50 link with telecube but only get 43/22. I'm hit by the price increase and will be moving away from them.
I asked them about speed and they said its due to the line even tho im located in a new development area. My parents get better speed than I and their house is 20yrs old with old copper.
If that's your highest sync speed there was no point being on that plan anyway, switch to a 50/20 plan and save some money.
It's not just the age of the copper but the distance to the node, assuming you don't have a lot of phone points/dodgy wiring in the house.
House is only about 3 years old. 2 phone points in the home.
I got their 100/50 plan when they had a promo so its cheaper than their 50/20
No, the limitation (as far as sync speed) is the line condition and distance from the node.
If you sync at 50, then you would get the same on the 50/20 plan.
Some modems will show you the maximum attainable sync speed in the DSL stats, which is handy if you start on a slower plan and want to know if you can get anything faster.
The Optus speed check page was pretty close on all the sites I checked, shame they took it down.
Whilst the service is ok, customer wait times rival Centrelink. Out almost feel like their operations runs out of a basement
Fair enough. I called them a couple of times this evening, and the Customer Service department wait time was just 1 minute, but the technical support was 30 minutes followed by taking my name and number and disconnecting the call.
I am looking at two links from two different comments for Teletube for 12/1 speed 1000gb data one says $35/month and another says $40/month
Why is that???????
https://www.telecube.com.au/internet/nbn/plans/
https://www.telecube.com.au/internet/nbn/plans/special/E4840…
The second link is a special offer, once signed up, continues at that price until they decide to change it like they have for the 100/40 plans.
Do we know who these guys use as backhaul? CGNAT? Anyone currently signed up who can give feedback?
I just got connected with Flip.
Regarding backhaul, I don't know how to determine that. My service operates at full speed (47.17 / 18.21 Mbps), so no congestion at the moment, if that's what you're wondering about.
Regarding CGNAT, my IP address is in the 220.x.x.x range, and my public IP is the same as the IP shown in my modem, so I guess it's not using CGNAT?
Hope that helps
no live chat now…
I just got connected with Flip TV, and here are my findings:
* Took 2 business days to churn from another ISP
* They did not tell me the service was activated or scheduled to be activated. Instead, the modem just disconnected and I had to call them to follow it up
* I entered the NBN username and password when I was signing up, but they weren't included in the signup email I received, so I had to call them to ask for them so I could configure my modem
* They did not email me the modem settings, and I did not find them on the website. I couldn't get a hold of tech support so I figured them out myself. (No VLAN, PPPoE, username, password)
* After configuring the modem, it failed authentication for a while but then unexpectedly connected while I was on hold waiting for tech support
* The customer portal on the website still says the order is "In Progress"
* The wait time for the customer service department was 1 minute
* The wait time for the technical support department was 30 minutes, and then an answering machine took my details and hung up on me
* Service is running at full speed this evening: 47.17 / 18.21 Mbps
* The customer service rep answered the phone under "VeeTel" instead of "Flip TV", and she also emailed me from a "@veetel.com.au" email address, so there appears to be some relationship between Flip TV and VeeTel
So far so good.
sounds like self service…. but it is ok for me
get connected… feel ok for the speed!
I'll give this a shot since MyRepublic have jacked up their prices. If they are no good, there is no contact or signup fee, so I'll go else where.
hi ozbargainers,
any good and reasonable modem I can look at. I currently am with Belong and have their modem. I think this is locked, correct ? So I need to get a new modem. Any suggestions
Good price on the value 12 package.
Don't need super fast speeds just the bare basic.
Anyone know if there is any cheaper for 12/1 NBN.
Even if only say 500gb quota should be fine.