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bd84 – also worth considering with ADSL2 is how far away you are from the exchange. My speeds dropped *significantly* after moving house, from the area of 8-9MBps down to about 4Mbps.

I want to upgrade to a naked ADSL2 plan too, but apparently users are experiencing outages of up to 20 days during the transition.

I have never had problems using bigpond asdl as someone said they’re all the same at that level, except being rediculously overpriced. Been looking for adsl2+ because it’s cheaper with every other isp than the slow asdl1 connection i’m running now.. only catch there is you can’t change to another isp’s adsl2+ plan without disconnecting my current connection for a week or so and waiting for the new isp to set up! the government should hurry up and shoot telstra for being anti-competitive.

Well I did have to wait over a year after ordering broadband with Netspace … but that was because Telstra was screwing around and taking their time opening more lines at the exchange.

Sorry, should clarify: I meant *hosting* your own website.

Watch out for iinet’s Naked plans – they count both uploads and downloads in the quota.
That’s only likely to affect you adversely if you are pirating an excessive amount of TV shows and movies, or running your own (moderately popular) website. Otherwise you won’t notice it.

Watch out for iinet’s Naked plans – they count both uploads and downloads in the quota.

For heavens sake…Do not choose Telstra!!! Overpriced & overrated!!! My vague, little outcry will save you heartache in the long run should you heed it.

As said by everyone above. Telstra overcharge for their shitty sub-par service. The only reason they have customers is the fact that people (such as the elderly) think that anything involving a phone line requires some sort of Telstra service to enable it.

Sammy intetesting comment. You do know that with ADSL that in most cases Telstra is still the company that is providing the service? Well from your home through the Telstra network to the ISP.

Only with ADSL2 do the ISP’s install their own equipment in the exchange and you are free from the Telstra broadband network. All you need then is the Telstra copper.

ADSL in Aust is bloody expensive and in most cases it is because of Telstra. I currently live in the UK I pay 5 pounds per month (about $12AUD) for 8mb/s download with no traffic limits.

Sorry – I stuffed up the link.

Try this one instead – IInet naked DSL – News story

The IInet naked dsl looks like a good option.
Just be ready to wait a while… they’ve been in the news lately in regards to long setup waits. See story below.
IInet naked DSL – News story

Dodo internet here, ADSL unshaped connection for $60/m

Thats 24/7 internet with no d/l limits, for those in the know. Unfortunately they dont offer it at the moment, that boat has long since sailed.

People foolishly believe that with Telstra they are getting a technologically superior broadband service, when in reality this is almost completely false.

Go with a company that knows, and focusses on, delivering superior broadband, like Internode.

I am connected to TPG off the Belconnen exchange
$49.95 a month for 18gb peak and 7gb off peak (1am to 7am) @ adsl2+ speeds – I synch at around 8.5mbit down and 1mbit up and real world downloads top out at about 800KB/s.

If I didn’t already have a current phone setup I would sign up for iinet’s naked DSL in a heartbeat – $69.95 a month for 10gb peak + 20gb off peak (2am to 12noon) at adsl2+ speeds with unlimited free local and national calls (not counting 1300 and 13 numbers or mobile) – and no telstra line rental to pay.

I’m with Exetel, on a $85/month plan – which includes line rental (and relatively cheap call costs) 24Gb peak limit, additional 48Gb off-peak limit, and only $3/Gb excess.

I third the comment that Telstra suck balls and should be avoided like the plague.

Internode, iiNet, TPG, Westnet (if in ACT yet) will all most likely offer better deals for ADSL2+

If you don’t need a landline for phone calls I’m not too sure what can be done. But the Whirlpool forum posted above by Spectra will have all the answers and more.

FWIW, I have Internode ADSL2+ at home for $60/month, with 20GB download limits. The service has been very reliable in the 4 years I’ve been with them. We prefer to keep a landline in any case, and that’s with Telstra, for some reason(!).

Naked DSL is iiNet (no $30/month phone rental)

almost anyone and everyone is better value than Telstra

Almost everyone is cheaper/better in some way than Telstra. Check out broadband choice for a relatively comprehensive, searchable database of providers and plans.