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First Month NBN Free @ Aussie Broadband

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Hi everyone,

Aussie Broadband have a special offer for our friends at Ozbargain!

Sign up for any new nbn™ service before July 31 2018 to receive your first month free of charge.

Go through our online signup and enter the code “nbnjuly18” at the checkout, or speak with our Australian based team on 1300 880 905 and quote “nbnjuly18” to receive your free month.

This offer expires at midnight on the 31/07/18

To see all of our residential plans visit https://www.aussiebroadband.com.au/residential/residential-i…

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  • +2

    Oh maaan. Just got a letter yest saying est NBN connection date 18 Oct. So keen.

    • still waiting for hfc/fttc ?

      • Well, here goes..

        HFC due for availability Sept 15. Pushed out to Jan 16,then Apr 16, Sept 16, Jun 17, Jan 18. NBN address check now shows due Apr to Jun 19,but get this.. Tech type has been changed tio FTTP. Yeah, righto. I suspect some serious stat-fudging going on at NBNCO regarding the HFC to FTTN/C numbers.

        • +6

          Mine has had the date changed twice and the technology changed from curb to node to satellite.

        • @Scab:

          Oh, ouch.

        • @Scab: they've looked at your browsing/strwaming history and obviously decided you need your own network…..just in case some of your traffic ends up on the screen of nieghbourhood kiddies or the elderly.

        • Current address for me was due quite awhile ago, I think last year. Then was due to be connected about now, had techs out from ‘Visionstream’ couple of months back.

          Pushed to Jan-Mar 2019 with HFC. Don’t have any faith in it at all now.

    • +25

      Hi Andoes, we do accept pre orders upto 3 months in advance - cheers, ABB

      • +2

        lol, who the hell downvoted you?

      • Oh sweet. If I call you guys and book it in, do you have any more solid information about the tech-type of connection (see my above post re fttp)?

        • +3

          Hi Andoes, our team will certainly be able to give you some more information regarding your connection type/timeframe - cheers, ABB

        • +3

          @Aussiebroadband:

          Called and signed up for the top tier plan in my area.
          Gotta say that the CSO (Jessie) was a champ, super friendly and helpful, lived up to all of the rep you guys have about your customer service.

          Thanks heaps!

        • @Aussiebroadband:

          Hi Rep, our address is meant to be RFS, but when I called the other day you advised it wasnt ready for connecting until January 2019. Does that mean I cant order this deal that far away?

      • 4days left of the offer?

      • if you preorder do you get the NZBbroadband DLC and limited edition skins for your modem and ethernet cables

    • Not from Aussie Broadband, but I got one from iiNet yesterday saying est NBN connection date is 27 September for me.

      Bit confused because NBNCo's website says Apr-Jun 2019. I asked an iiNet rep and supposedly there are two data sources for estimated availability?

      Maybe the AussieBroadband rep here can confirm if this is true?

      • I used innet last year to check for avaibiity. 2 different surburbs in Sydney and date and innet was very accurate and NBNco wasn't.

  • +4

    Did this last time it was offered and was about to get a month of 250/100 for free! Stuck with them after that (at 100/40!). Was good to see what the network is capable of!

    • +1

      get a month of 250/100 for free

      wow 250/100

      I got my 100/40 first month free and now with 50/20, very good speed no slow down during peak.

      • Yeah max download speed I saw was about 27meg/s

        • FttP?

        • @Joe888:

          Yep

        • I have 100/40 and the least I get download is about 83, I usually sit at about 94. Strange Spackbace I am not aware of Aussie offering 250 down? who offered you 250/100? I did not know anyone offered 100 upload either.. I must be way out of touch. Did you call Aussie about your speed to see if they could troubleshoot?

        • @Sunshine Moon:

          It's an option for fttp, not fttn

          Why would I need to troubleshoot?

        • @Sunshine Moon: Aussie do. Just click 'Build your own plan' and you should see it.

        • @Spackbace: my lack of understanding led me to think you were not getting the 100 mpbs you 1st opted for so you dropped down to 50.

        • @fattymattyd: Thanks I checked and see it now.

  • +1

    Bummer, I signed up just yesterday with the whistleout code for $10 off for 6 months. I did choose to have the internet connection of 31 July so it's not activated just yet. Is it possible to swap the discount for this one?

    Thanks

    • Hi Brother Ray, unfortunately we cannot swap codes or apply codes retrospectively sorry! Cheers, ABB

      • +3

        Hi Brother Ray,

        He ain't heavy.

    • Same with me. Not connected yet. Only a small loss but still annoying.

  • -6

    Just looking at your pricing. Bit disappointed TBH. Why bother coming off ADSL2+ with 500gb for $60/mo?

    I'm looking at the price range of $55-$65/mo (ie: within $5 of my current plan).

    • +8

      ADSL2+

      We are talking about NBN here.

    • @justtoreply

      What speed are you getting on ADSL2+

      • Keep in mind we're talking about 25Mbit/s at this price. Yeah its faster.. but it's within the realms of adsl2+

        • -7

          Why would you get 25Mbit/s internet in 2018?

          I’m on 100Mbit, and it’s just barely fast enough. I’m thinking of going to 250.

        • +2

          @marlor: This is wrong. 100mbit is fine for 95% of users in Australia.

          25mbits is fine for more than 75% of users.

        • +5

          @marlor:

          Why would you get 25Mbit/s internet in 2018?

          Sometimes it's not by choice.

        • +1

          @justtoreply

          That was why I curious what speed you were getting.

          When I had ADSL2+ I was only getting around 6Mbps download and a miserable 0.5Mbps upload

        • +2

          @marlor:

          25mbs is enough some people need. My friend signed up to 12mbs nbn and very happy with those speeds. All she ever does is light surfing, watching iview and checking her emails, even 12mbs handles that with ease. Why pay hundreds of dollars a year extra for 100mbs if she will never use it. If you have a use for 100mbs+ speeds (I'll be getting 100mbs) doesn't mean others do.

        • +1

          @StoneSin:

          I work from home, uploading/downloading multi-GB files every day. 100/40 is definitely too slow, especially on the upstream side.

        • +1

          @CJ31:
          Personally, I work from home and deal with multi-GB files. Even on a 100Mbit/s connection, the upstream is only 40Mbit/s, which is just too slow (compared to what I was getting in Europe, it's really slow).

        • -7

          @marlor: Yes. I do that too. 100/40 is not too slow. It's weird that you even think it is too slow.

          I've yet to meet someone who classifies a computer's work as their own. If you're having speed issues every day with 100/40 then it's not the speed that is the problem, it's you.

          No one needs 100/40.

        • +1

          @marlor: So go back to Europe?

          I can't name a single job that couldn't be done 5 years ago in IT simply because a computer's internet speed wasn't fast enough.

        • @Scab: By the hair on ur DP head make that most of the time, thats why u gotta go with AussieBB man

        • @marlor:

          I'm a parent with very young kids. I barely use the internet mate.. I download the occasional game on steam or psn or whatever. I don't have or need Netflix (don't have the time to watch it). I don't pirate anything. I don't have time for online gaming. What do I want great internet for?

          I'm questioning whether I can get away with 100gb/month and live with the $55. But I do want to re-download my steam library after a hdd failure (about 4tb). After that, I need very little.

          When the kids are teenagers, absolutely I will be upgrading. For now, it's just a waste of $.

        • +1

          @justtoreply:

          When the kids are teenagers, absolutely I will be upgrading

          What are you upgrading to, adults.

        • @Scab:

          Lol. I'll leave them all home with crappy internet and go live in the Caribbean.

  • +4

    Can previous customers use this (eg: was with Aussie a year ago, then switched providers, but may want to come crawling back)?

    • +1

      Yes

  • -2

    I don't think anything can beat my current speed and price of 12/1 1000gb $35/month with Telecube atm. Will see if I need more speed as I just built my computer and will now try downloading my steam library and stuff.

    Just hard to justify so much per month atm but a super cheap 50/20 or 100/40 might be nice but for now as long as the internet lights are on for me that's fine and at $35 per month it is doing fine.

    • +10

      Downloading 1000GB at 12/1 is going to be a very painful experience.

      If you're only considering the GB and not the speed, sure.

      There's a lot of things you can't do at those speeds. If you're the only one using it and not sharing it, and you don't do any 4K streaming I guess it's fine. If you play games, they will take hours to download if they're 50GB+. FFXV which is 170GB will take 37 hours to download. And that's assuming you're not using your bandwidth for other things while you're downloading it. Good luck with that.

      Would have been useable 5 years ago. I don't think 12/1 can be considered broadband in 2018.

      • That's why no one downloads 1000GB.

        I'm on 100/40 maxed, use the internet a bucketload and still rarely go over 400GB a month.

        • They could change the plan to 2TB or 3TB and it will look liek even better value, since no one is going to download even 1TB, much less 2 or 3.

          I pay for unlimited and do less than 200GB a month. Sometimes much less. I just don't find downgrading from unlimited saves me much money, so I may as well just in case one month comes where I need a lot more GB than I normally do.

        • @lostn: Yeah. You only think you need it, then you get people who will use it so they think they're not wasting money.

      • +1

        Don't mind the slow speed for now have been using it for some time.. with the stuff I am doing I just queue things up and read and learn stuff in the meantime or do something else.. it is mainly just to have some sort of online capacity and the 1000gb is so we don't hit speed caps any time soon.. 12/1 is actually a blessing for now until I can budget for some more speed permanently.

        Probably an interim plan for now but it beats what I was paying before almost double for same plan.

    • +2

      Well in terms of speed/$, you could get 4x the speed for 2.25x the cost (Unlim 50/20 for $79/month)

      So actually a lot of deals 'beat' your plan, and the joy of not going through Telecube

      • +1

        You don't like Telecube? IS it because of the price hikes a couple of months ago?

        How fast a reputation can fall in so short a time.. they were the most loved NBN provider here despite not being the cheapest.

        • I think they were second cheapest.

        • For me it was a mixed of shit network and being an (profanity).

          Their last deal was
          "We've upgraded our network, people were upset at our recent our price rise, here are our new plans, we can change our plans again with 14days notification"

          I mean wtf, they flat out said they'll do it again if they feel like it, then they edited to 6months price guarantee for obvious reasons.

          ABB Im confident to commend based on no setup, contract, customisable plans, great network.

        • @Zeral: Wait.. I thought their network was considered good because they didn't do unlimited and kept leechers off?

        • @TarquinOliverNimrod: They were far from that.

          There are plenty of unlimited plans cheaper than what they charged for 500 and 1000GB.

          They were loved because they managed congestion better than unlimited providers.

        • @lostn:
          Generous onpeak and Unlimited off-peak… So if you finish work at midnight or want to do all nighters watching something, sometimes it'll work, sometimes it won't.

          It's really dependant on if customers are fully utilising it at the same time kinda thing.

        • @lostn: I'm on 50/20 1000gb $60. Can't find cheaper

      • May be he only use it for email and a bit of browsing.

        • Pretty much.. it is for browsing emails and YouTube mostly.. steam is now a bonus and won't be downloading every day all my games just a select few.

          It's for 3 people and we only use YouTube or the occasional Xbox one updates and now steam so we should be relatively ok as we use it at different times of the day also etc.

          When the demand comes for more premium stuff like 4K streaming or something I might pony up for a faster plan but as a practitioner of the frugal arts this is honestly plenty for our household.

          Used to live off of ADSL 2+ and fight over that bandwidth with many more other heavy power users so this actually feels free-er and faster bandwidth size.. I think I do the most downloading or same as my Xbox housemate.

          It's all about what you need and can afford.

        • @AlienC: Well I hope u two are ponying up more for it then

        • @sn809: what we are fine with this and what we have. Nbn prices are still expensive atm.

      • It's mainly just to have internet at home for now. Once things pick it up or I see better deals then I would switch over but for now I have the time but not the money.

    • Jesus thats like adsl 1 speed.. netflix would look horribly compressed and downloading games or movies would be nightmare. Im on the 50/20 plan with 500 gig and thats just enough for me for the month, gaming, playing 4k netfli and dowloading (legal movies) hehe

      • We're on 12/1. Netflix looks beautiful on our 55" tv. If compression is producing artifacts they're not the least bit obvious.

        • Netflix HD only requires 5mbps, which obviously isn't even half of your available 12 (even if you only get 10 of your 12mbps, still plenty of headroom)
          Netflix 4k requires 25mbps, but a lot, even dare say most (unless it's netflix content) isn't available in 4k.

    • you can't switch back if left… i think TC don't offer $35p/m anymore ?

      • Nope, promotion expired start of the month (July 2018).

        There was a special link to the page on one of the Telecube deals.

        But I think it is lifetime for me now so it is my current best bargain for internet prices until I find some unlimited plans for 50/20 or 100/40 for sub $55/month permanently.

        • +1

          I wouldn't say anything is "lifetime" with TC after what has happened.

          That being said I am currently a happy TC customer whose plan hasn't been changed yet. I didn't pay any set up fee so if my plan does change then I'll be shopping around.

        • It would stay with tc if it is lifetime pricing and still acceptable speed

    • Connection aside, any reason why you're not porting Steam files over from your previous PC?

      • +1

        Previous pc is technically dead atm and was a 2014/15 low end laptop with I think only cod and dota, actually should try refurbish it and either give it away or sell it, it had the ugly 1366 * 768 resolution but was 15.6" and very sleek but storage and ram was pitiful, an Asus.

        Basically only had a few games and super outdated now.

        Been on a tablet ever since.

        So basically starting from scratch.

        Also my library has expanded quite a bit since I last loaded up steam on a pc thanks to highly focused deal hunting and bundles, Isthereanydeal, steam sales and key sites.

        It is a new day for me now and just fine tuning my setup and relearning the pc specifically Windows and Linux atm in 2018.

        Just did the whole ninite install last night gonna let it rest for a few days then see what next to tackle now.

        Still deciding what game to christen my new pc with.. should I go old school or RTS or blizzard or maybe a random steam game.

  • I'm more interested in Upload limits than downloads as I host media for a large amount of family members to access (Currently 100/40 FTTP).

    Does ABB have any plans to implements unmetered uploads at any point in the future on plans that arent the top-end 'Unlimited' ?

    • +2

      Hi Ameno, you can apply a "bolt-on" to your service that gives you unlimited uploads, which costs an extra $10 a month - cheers, ABB

      • You have upload limit?

        • It would only be limited to whatever your technology can deliver.

        • @noz:

          You mean I can pay $10 a month to get 50/50 or 100/100?

        • @superforever:
          I thought you were asking about the $10 unlimited upload - ie if there was a limit on the upload speed on that deal.

        • @noz:

          you were asking about the $10 unlimited upload

          Yes I am asking about that.

          So pay $10 more on my existing plan so that I can get 50/50 instead of 50/20 now?

        • +1

          @superforever: No, you're not talking about that.

          50/50 is a speed, 50/20 is a speed. Unlimited is bandwidth. You don't need speed for a media server accessed by family members, you need uptime and bandwidth.

          If you are referring instead to 500GB/200GB, then write the GB amounts.

          They offer unlimitedGB uploading for +$10 per month. i.e. 500/###

        • @StoneSin:

          Unlimited is bandwidth

          Sorry I am still confused. So you are not talking about data limit and also not the speed, what is limited?

        • @superforever: We're talking about data limit, not data speed limit.

          so that I can get 50/50 instead of 50/20 now?

          What is 50/50 and 50/20 standing for?

        • +2

          @superforever: Stone's post confused me even..

          No, it just means your uploads won't count to your Data Quota, no speed increase.

        • @StoneSin:

          I am referring to the original question

          (Currently 100/40 FTTP). Does ABB have any plans to implements unmetered uploads at any point in the future on plans that arent the top-end 'Unlimited'

          100/40 plan already unlimited download/upload and no data limit.

          What is 50/50 and 50/20 standing for?

          Speed, I don't think there is any 50/50 plan just being confused.

          No, it just means your uploads won't count to your Data Quota, no speed increase.

          But the original question said he is on 100/40 already unlimited.


          This is "Bolt-ons" optional features from the web site, isn't 100/40 plan already unlimited?

          Plus we offer bolt-ons so you can tailor your internet plan even more
          Bolt-ons are optional features which will enhance your internet connection. These can be added at any time through your MyAussie account after you’ve signed up.

          Our current bolt-ons include:

          Static IP (Business Range) – $10 per month: Get a static IP with ability to update reverse DNS in our business subnets.
          Unmetered Uploads – $10 per month: Only downloads are metered, uploads don’t count towards your data allowance.
          Night Owl – $10 per month: Data doesn’t get metered between 1am and 7am.

        • @superforever: He said he was on 100/40. There is more than one plan for 100/40. Unlimited, 500GB, 200GB, etc.

          He never said he was on the unlimited version, just that he's in the 100/40 tier….

          not sure why you're talking about 50/50 or 50/20 then if they're speeds, speed is irrelevant when talking about data caps.

        • -2

          @StoneSin:

          Because I ask this:

          You have upload limit?

          and @noz replied me this and confused me that I can get faster upload speed with $10 more.

          It would only be limited to whatever your technology can deliver.

          If he is on 100/40 500GB plan $85 plus $10 "Blot-Ons" why not just go to 100/40 unlimited plan?

          May be he is on $75 100/40 100GB plan and he never use it for browsing only for hosting.

        • -2

          @superforever: No one is talking about speed except you, for what (profanity) reason I don't know… and yet you still continue to?

          100/40 $85 is the unlimited plan… He doesn't have to be on 500GB, he could be on 200GB or 100GB?

          Unlimited is coming up for $99 (not sure that's accurate), but still.

          no one is debating the cost of the plugin, but if you need a focus on upload they have it. :|

        • -2

          @StoneSin:

          Because I ask this:

          You have upload limit? (I asked that about data limit)

          and @noz replied me this and confused me that I can get faster upload speed with $10 more.

          It would only be limited to whatever your technology can deliver.

          So this is not enough to make me think he is talking about speed?

        • @superforever: No one's (profanity) talking about upload speed. $10 more is the upload cap -> unlimited whilst still remaining a download cap.

          :|

          Hi Ameno, you can apply a "bolt-on" to your service that gives you unlimited uploads, which costs an extra $10 a month - cheers, ABB

          Re-read it.

          You asked if an unlimited upload limit was an upload limit, he replied, yes, it's a limit of how fast you can upload files.

          I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.

        • -2

          @StoneSin:

          Re-read it.

          I asked about upload data limit and @noz answer me with speed, that is the reason why I am confused.

          Still not enough to explain to you why I am confused?

          BTW why I have to explain to you why I am confused? Originally I am not even reply to you.

        • @superforever: No one answered with speed. He simply stated that unlimited is unlimited unless you can't upload due to a bad connection.

          Jesus. I'm done in this conversation, how are you this thick?

        • -1

          @StoneSin:

          It would only be limited to whatever your technology can deliver.

          This is completely difference from your understanding, His answer is 100% about speed and not answering what I asked, THAT IS WHY I GOT CONFUSED.

          He simply stated that unlimited is unlimited unless you can't upload due to a bad connection.

        • +3

          @superforever: Sorry, but you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about, even after all this explanation. Please stop replying to me.

        • -1

          @StoneSin:

          Why I got confused so important to you?

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