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Posted by Gongo on Aug-19-2004 16:11:

Question for people on Melbourne

Hi, I was going to be relocated to Melbourne from the US and was wondering if it was common for people to have fast access internet (DLS/Cable) in their homes/apartments? or do most people go to an internet cafe?

Posted by Renegade on Aug-19-2004 18:42:

Sorry, we're a bit behind down here. What's an internet?

Posted by tachyon on Aug-19-2004 21:46:

it's one of those little things that lets you to wear an eyepatch, a pegleg and a parrot surgically attached to your shoulder in the comfort of your own room ..

Posted by Gongo on Aug-19-2004 22:37:

umm can someone post a serious reply? i am about to buy a new computer, but if fast internet is not that common in one's home, then i'd rather buy a laptop.

Posted by kelsta on Aug-19-2004 22:50:

Of course we have cable/ADSL :P

Posted by Aesthetic on Aug-19-2004 23:06:

we awstralian folks use two tin cans for communications, hiya hiya. our toilets flush backwards down these parts, darn tootin

Posted by Matt Jay on Aug-19-2004 23:12:

Re: Question for people on Melbourne

quote:
Originally posted by Gongo
Hi, I was going to be relocated to Melbourne from the US and was wondering if it was common for people to have fast access internet (DLS/Cable) in their homes/apartments? or do most people go to an internet cafe?

Hey Gongo, have a look here -

www.whirlpool.net.au

It's all about Australian broadband with forums etc.

Just stay away from Telstra bigpond for dsl

Posted by 00soups00 on Aug-19-2004 23:40:

yeh we do gongo

its just a bit more expensive then you guys pay for it in the US

Posted by Hybrid Junkie on Aug-20-2004 02:42:

Gongo I'm on 512 unlimited (no bandwidth caps, time caps, speed limiting etc) for around $80 AUD a month. Not too shabby.

There's a few good isps offering cable/adsl.

Take a look at TPG & IINET. Just google for australian sites.

Posted by lethal on Aug-20-2004 02:44:

They have the internet on computers now?!?!

Posted by sezzy on Aug-20-2004 03:07:

u guys are so mean

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Posted by Nic on Aug-20-2004 06:41:

quote:
Originally posted by Hybrid Junkie
Gongo I'm on 512 unlimited (no bandwidth caps, time caps, speed limiting etc) for around $80 AUD a month. Not too shabby.

There's a few good isps offering cable/adsl.

Take a look at TPG & IINET. Just google for australian sites.

eeek, 512 and $80 per month!!!!! much PLUR to my optus cable

*nic hugs his cable modem*

Posted by wick on Aug-20-2004 08:22:

yeah it is common to have adsl/cable in aus now.. altho it wasnt like that till sort of recently..

you can get optus/telstra cable here for around 70 bucks a month.
with optus for that price you get 12gig a month and its around the same for telstra as well.. if you're willing to pay extra then theres some other plans of course..

im not too sure about adsl prices though so ill leave that for someone else

Posted by batemanscott on Aug-20-2004 10:05:

I hate you so much Iprimus, you told me that $95 was good value for 3 gig a month!

Posted by basix21 on Aug-20-2004 10:55:

yeah im on netspace 512 ADSL 16 gb peak/16 gb off peak for $70/month

Posted by Gongo on Aug-20-2004 16:14:

thanks.. i wasnt trying to be an ass.. it's just that i've been all over europe and most places there dont have cable/dsl in their homes. the same with most parts of asia that i've been too. even in Taiwan most people go to internet cafes because the infrastructure doenst support broadband that easily. I was not implying that australia was backwater or anything.

wow all i have to say is that most plans have max data transfer caps? wow that must suck

Posted by matt.h on Aug-20-2004 19:31:

quote:
Originally posted by Gongo
even in Taiwan most people go to internet cafes because the infrastructure doenst support broadband that easily.

when were you last in taiwan?

adsl and some cable services are everywhere in taipei! cheap & fast (in comparison to australia).