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Posted by DJ Dowlz on Dec-02-2002 14:13:

Thoughts on iinet?

Howde everybody.

Well it's official, I'm moving on up into the world of iinet ADSL Has anybody had any bad experience with them (apart from the plan change). Also, does anybody know if you can use a SpeedStream 3060 PCI Internal ADSL Modem instead of the one they supply? Cause there's no way I'm paying $240 for a modem!

Also, anybody interested in getting $50 off their next bill? If I put your name down you get $50 off.

Posted by ascension on Dec-02-2002 18:52:

our house has been connected with iinet ADSL for about a month now - no bad experiences as yet to report, cept for my brother farkin the modem up somehow, but that was fixed for free so its all good

wouldnt know whether u could use that modem tho... maybe email them and ask?

Posted by [ groovypants ] on Dec-02-2002 23:59:

Go straight to the source!

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-threads.cfm?f=72

As far as I know, its one of the better ISP's around today.
Ozzie broadband still needs some work though

Posted by escee on Dec-03-2002 00:58:

I Use iinet ADSL as well besides the plan change i have no complaints. Took a while to set up with iinet saying no its telstras problem and then telstra saying its iinets for a week or so, but it was all resolved eventually.

Posted by Pointy on Dec-03-2002 04:53:

iiNet plan change?... how new is this?..what's changed?

Posted by escee on Dec-03-2002 05:16:

about 2 months old pointy, they stopped the blinktime when downloads were free.

Posted by Pointy on Dec-03-2002 06:15:

Oh that?...yea i heard about that..blah, its all good...12 gig's a month is still sweet

Posted by Mikrop on Dec-03-2002 09:07:

what about the igreen 'z' plan? no limits... $80/month... anyone know anything else?

Posted by Pointy on Dec-03-2002 09:14:

iGreen?...is that some kinda environmental internet service where they use tin cans and string?

Posted by [ groovypants ] on Dec-03-2002 10:59:

quote:
Originally posted by Mikrop
what about the igreen 'z' plan? no limits... $80/month... anyone know anything else?

Umm... Only avaliable in VIC and NSW as far as I know... Also, you get disconnected for 0.1ms every 24 hours (so i've read), and yeah... Seems to be an "okay" choice if you planing on downloading more than the average bear!

This whole "unlimited" download buzz has just only started, I would like to see what happens to the boardband industry in 6 months time, who knows, Telstra might stop being sooo greedy and drop prices for all resdential, commerical, and wholesale boardband pipes/lines. Or dare i say it, offer an UNLIMITED Download plan...

Posted by webmeister on Dec-03-2002 12:18:

quote:
Originally posted by Mikrop
what about the igreen 'z' plan? no limits... $80/month... anyone know anything else?

Just signed up for this plan about 30 minutes ago

Go to the website Mikrop .. www.i-green.net
The only problem with this plan is that it is a low-end ADSL connection (256k/64k) - but that still downloads way faster than dialup

So yeah, buying my own ADSL modem/router (I have 5 computers and a network switch in my house)

Looking forward to it! I'm sure you'll all hear if I have problems

Posted by escee on Dec-03-2002 13:26:

Webmeister that plan wont last long, abuse it while you can.

Posted by DJ Dowlz on Dec-03-2002 14:14:

quote:
Originally posted by escee
Webmeister that plan wont last long, abuse it while you can.

Totally agreed. Question is though, whether or not you can even abuse it, cause with an unlimited plan come the leechers and most ISPs have at best a 1:4 bandwidth ratio. You do the maths, speeds start dropping, people start complaining, the company changes the plan, just like iinet did. Companies don't make money out of unlimited DSL, it's been proven a hundred times over (well perhaps I can name several - Optus, Telstra, iinet) Hence, don't expect i-green's unlimited plan to last.

To take a more local example, hypermax has offered an unlimited 256k plan in Brisbane and already people are talking about speeds of around 4-6k/sec. Their pipes just aren't big enough and at the price you're paying, they can't afford to buy fatter pipes.

Posted by webmeister on Dec-04-2002 09:53:

Yeah Dowlz that's true, but the i-green representative who posts in the Whirlpool forums reckons their bandwidth usage is about 15-20% of capacity, and that they will be doubling their pipe in the next few weeks....

Posted by DJ Dowlz on Dec-04-2002 11:13:

quote:
Originally posted by webmeister
Yeah Dowlz that's true, but the i-green representative who posts in the Whirlpool forums reckons their bandwidth usage is about 15-20% of capacity, and that they will be doubling their pipe in the next few weeks....

Really I'm just jealous cause you can't get i-green in Brissie

Posted by webmeister on Dec-04-2002 11:25:

true

but your free 155mbit connection at uni is slightly faster than my ADSL :/

Posted by escee on Dec-04-2002 12:39:

155 mbit connections are so sweet.

Posted by Philby on Dec-04-2002 13:42:

hah.
trusty old faithful 28.8 dial up ownzorz j00 all

Posted by DJ Dowlz on Dec-05-2002 01:03:

quote:
Originally posted by webmeister
true

but your free 155mbit connection at uni is slightly faster than my ADSL :/

Not true! We have to pay $150 a year in computing fees And it's not 155mbit, it's only 10mbit BOOHOO 1250k/sec is sooooo slow

[EDIT]BTW, is 128/64k considered broadband?[/EDIT]

Posted by Pointy on Dec-05-2002 09:16:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ Dowlz

[EDIT]BTW, is 128/64k considered broadband?[/EDIT]

Blame it on Telstra's marketing.

Posted by Fraggle on Dec-06-2002 08:52:

hmm, tried to get iinet here in sydney 'cos we are using waaaaaayy over the 3gb optus limit (like 3g of cable speed, and some 4g of 28.8 )

heheeh, but stupid pgl got installed with a second phone line, so now telstra has f*&%*&d us over and can't get any adsl

grrrrrrrrrr

Posted by webmeister on Dec-07-2002 01:03:

Tel$tra are fucked

That is all.

Posted by Hyperdimension on Dec-07-2002 11:26:

I was on the iiNet "256 plus" plan and downgraded to the 128 plan.
I can now download whenever I want, no need to worry about peak and off-peak times.

The stuff comes in slower but I can download much more at $50 ($20 less) per month.

Since 30 days ago I've downloaded 16146.54GB.

The most I've ever downloaded in one 24h day was 918.49MB, that was on 5 December 2002.

I had to get a new 80GB hard disk drive a bit over a week ago, got a Seagate 80GB for $210.

The problem I've been having is that I hardly have enough spare time to listen to the music and watch the movies I've been downloading. I'll have to work it out.

DJ Dowlz, have you signed up yet? My username is mindwarp, mention me if you are going to sign up!

Posted by DJ Dowlz on Dec-07-2002 12:23:

quote:
Originally posted by Hyperdimension DJ Dowlz, have you signed up yet? My username is mindwarp, mention me if you are going to sign up!

I will be signing up shortly (initially onto the 512 plan and then onto the 128 plan when I'm not here) but the person I'm buying my modem off on e-bay will give me $25 off the modem if I put his username down. Unless of course you don't mind direct debiting $25 into my bank account, then I can put your username down if you'd like. Doesn't make any difference to me and I would prefer to give the saving to somebody I "know".

Posted by Hyperdimension on Dec-07-2002 12:51:

How much are you paying for the modem and what brand & model?
Just get the Billion modem, it's $190 or so, a great bargain and reports are that it works great.

Here's the whirlpool news article:
http://whirlpool.net.au/article.cfm/1006

Also do a search for it in the forums. I think almost all users are happy with it.

I was disappointed to buy the D-Link DSL500 for $390, I could have saved a couple of hundred if I had known of the Billion.

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