What you are forgetting is that Telstra n Optus were once uncapped as well

Do you think that this will make Telstra and Optus go back to the good old days of being uncapped ?

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Nope, and not for some time, which is unfortunate (im still loving netstats)

Optus still kicks arse in terms of raw speeds, and there is hope that they will raise the 3G to 5G permanently after netstats is finished.

If you want downloads, but not really fast speeds, try Internode, I-Green, Netspace, or go to www.whirlpool.net.au (not the washing machine company) and have a look around there

edit Oz-forces looks great, shame about the prices.

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the problem is eventually enough people sign up for the service and your shit out of luck when the most you can download at is 10k.

What I really think of is this eventually those small companies will push the limit for Optus and Telstra to get rid of that ridicolous downloading caps (which is introduced due to poor insfructure they have) If you happy with your 3 or 5 Gig "fast downlads" optus or telstra I'd say stay with them! But if you're someone like me downlading 1.5 Gb every 3 days with 56K dial-up connection at $22 a month that can never satisfy me with their crap reshaped 26K after 3 gig reached....

Maybe some of us know Telstra fucked up with their internet business plans and lost like 3 billion last couple off years because of that. That tells me how stupid and ignorant they are not to recognise capabilities and needs of average Australians.

They have a high-speed Under Ocean data cable lying there 90% idle and they can't find customers to sell/hire it cuz they bloody stupidly insisted on ridicolousyly high prices for bandwidth and traffic while the rest of the western countries population enjoyed faster and cheaper internet....fcuk 'em

I'm getting Telstra 1 gig Cable connection next month, not ADSL . . CABLE. Fuck ADSL!

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Originally posted by Trancey Ash I'm getting Telstra 1 gig Cable connection next month, not ADSL . . CABLE. Fuck ADSL!

Good luck with your lightning speed CAPPED internet. Its like having a rocket car with only 100 metres of runway to drive

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Originally posted by Tranceilvania Good luck with your lightning speed CAPPED internet. Its like having a rocket car with only 100 metres of runway to drive

yo but its better than 56k

But we using telstra cause we have all bills with them we get mohlar discounts etc, so it works out ok.

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I'd rather download at 30k/s for an entire month than at 250k/s for 4 hours and then 2.5k/s for the next 29.5 days

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Originally posted by webmeister I'd rather download at 30k/s for an entire month than at 250k/s for 4 hours and then 2.5k/s for the next 29.5 days

Thats perfectly explains the situation with telstra and optus. Trancey Ash sorry mate but I can beat your download total by 4X maybe even more with that lousy 56K I have heheheh. ....And the Turtle WINSSS

1 gig of downloads per month with telstra? and is your bandwidth still gonna be capped to 128/512 kbit/s ? Die telstra! You could do at least 3 times that amount of data a month on 56k.

One of the upsides of having moved to the states is unlimited cable.. I've done 400 gig since July 2002

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