Comparison: Australian Broadband pricing

[matt156]

Hmm.. interesting pricing from an Australian ISP. Times by 5 to get to South African Rand.

Residential DSL/ADSLChilli's residential ADSL services are ideal for home users. All plans have a $149.00 activation charge.

Plan Speed Data Included* IP Address Monthly Charge**
256/64k 500MB Dynamic $39.95
256/64k 1GB Dynamic $44.95
256/64k 3GB Dynamic $54.95
256/64k 12GB Dynamic $64.95
512/128k 1GB Dynamic $49.95
512/128k 3GB Dynamic $59.95
512/128k 12GB Dynamic $99.95
1.5Mb/256k 1GB Dynamic $74.95
1.5Mb/256k 3GB Dynamic $85.95
1.5Mb/256k 12GB Dynamic $139.95

* Additional data is charged at 11c/Mb
** All prices are inclusive of GST.

 

[reech]

Those seem quite expensive.
Ihug adsl australia:
http://www.iinet.net.au/broadband/
$99.95 1500/256 20GB cap +20gb off peak
with their phone service bundled:
Dsl: $89.95 phone line: $29.95 up to 12000/1000 40GB + 40GB off peak

and remember that that's UNSHAPED.... and none of this ' line rental+isp cost+++....'

 

[doobiwan]

Australia's Have similar issues with Telstra as we're having with Telkom. Te difference is that .gov.au is about to give Telstra a kick in the teeth.

Interesting here: http://www.ozbroadbandreview.com/premium.html

Is the list of top 5 providers

Also iinet vs Telstra comments here:
http://www.productreview.com.au/showitem.php?item_id=1321