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Thoughts on iinet? (pg. 2)
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| DJ Dowlz |
| 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. |
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| 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.... |
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| DJ Dowlz |
| 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 :( |
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| webmeister |
true :)
but your free 155mbit connection at uni is slightly faster than my ADSL :/ |
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| escee |
| 155 mbit connections are so sweet. |
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| Philby |
hah.
trusty old faithful 28.8 dial up ownzorz j00 all |
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| DJ Dowlz |
| 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 $150 a year in computing fees :( And it's not 155mbit, it's only 10mbit :( BOOHOO 1250k/sec is sooooo slow :tongue2
[EDIT]BTW, is 128/64k considered broadband?[/EDIT] |
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| PointyDC |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Dowlz
[EDIT]BTW, is 128/64k considered broadband?[/EDIT] |
Blame it on Telstra's marketing. |
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| Fraggle |
hmm, tried to get iinet here in sydney 'cos we are using waaaaaayy over the 3gb optus limit (like 3g of cable speed, and some 4g of 28.8 :D:D:D)
heheeh, but stupid pgl got installed with a second phone line, so now telstra has f*&%*&d us over and can't get any adsl :(:(:(
grrrrrrrrrr
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| webmeister |
Tel$tra are ed :)
That is all. |
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| Hyperdimension |
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! |
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| DJ Dowlz |
| 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". |
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