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  Lacerta on 30/07/2009 - 17:17

  +1

  Some fine print worth mentioning:
  * Setup fee $150
  * Credit card processing fee ($1.25 per month) Direct debit is not accepted.
  * Excess usage fees ($6 per gigabyte)
  * Contract termination fee $200

  I don't see the bargain here.

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    cyssero on 30/07/2009 - 17:28

    Setup fee only $75 if you churn
    Contract only 6 months (unlike Telstra/Optus 24-36 month contracts)

    I think the bargain lies with the second "Thriller" plan with the unlimited off-peak being the biggest attraction. However with only 5 hours "unlimited" per day there's only so much you can download and you know the network will be saturated.

    In comparison, Exetel offer 12GB on-peak (12 noon til' 2 am) and 60GB off-peak (2 am til 12 noon) for $50/m with similar setup fees ($80 churn/$150 new) but with cheaper excess fees and option to shape (unsure about aaNet). Also includes free VoIP DID and 100 free calls per month.

    Having not dealt with aaNet in the past, but knowing Exetel are the benchmark for value, the plan compares reasonably but doesn't seem like a significant bargain. It's about the average price from your typical value oriented ISP. I'm sure TPG has similar plans too.

    As said below, good option if you only have ADSL1 at your exchange.

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      foggy10 on 30/07/2009 - 23:04

      Sorry, where does it say you can get 100 free calls per month with Exetel? (I ask because I also want that!)

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        cyssero on 31/07/2009 - 00:00

        Here - http://exetel.com.au/a_plan_pricing_new.php

        • 100 free VOIP calls to national wire line numbers each month with additional calls to national wire line at only 10 cents per call.
        • A DID (Direct Indial Number) so that you can receive incoming standard PSTN and ISDN calls (essentially a second number for free)

        As well as other bonuses -

        • 30 free Australian SMS each month with additional Australian SMS at only 8 cents per SMS (International 18 cents per SMS)
        • 10 free Australian Email2FAX each month with additional Australian Email2FAX at only 10 cents per FAX.
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      affinity on 31/07/2009 - 02:17

      Exetel churn is $30 for ADSL1 and new connections are $130 at this time.

      The 100 calls are available as VoIP calls on most plans; ie don't choose the "no frills" options….. you also get the SMS and other benefits.

      And of course, there are options to get rebates from resellers. As mentioned in another thread here, I offer $35 rebate for ADSL1 connections and more for ADSL2 ones on Exetel. You need to get the process right for the order though or it won't work out for the rebates. Oh and I also offer rebates on HSPA (3G wireless) plans).

      The off peak was midnight to midday, but this has been changed to 2am to midday because too many people hit the downloads too early and off peak stopped being off peak b/w midnight and 2am.

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  M27 on 30/07/2009 - 17:27

  not a bargain.

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    ESEMCE on 30/07/2009 - 17:34

    +3

    These are ADSL1 prices, they're outrageous compared to ADSL2+ prices but if ADSL1 is your only option, this is the price you have to pay… thanks Telstra!!

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  bm on 30/07/2009 - 17:47

  The $49 unlimited connection does seem OK,

  Unlimited off peak from 2am - 7am

  1500/256 connection, assuming we download at 150Kb/second equals the following
  9Mb / Minute
  540Mb / Hour
  2.7Gb / Daily off peak 5 hour window
  81Gb / 30 day month

  My guess is they have a trough in their bandwidth graphs between 2am to 7am and need some bargain basement connections to make some easy money. The business plan seems sound, offer a heavy leeching plan during the hours that their IP supplies are at idle.

  I wonder how they'll treat the connection, whether certain protocols will be throttled or if a policer will be applied to just drop occasional packets.

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    tg on 30/07/2009 - 22:10

    +1

    81Gb / 30 day month —> no way!!
    their Fair use guidelines says

    We may terminate, restrict or suspend an ADSL service without notice if in any one month period:
    the sum of data uploaded and data downloaded exceeds 30 gigabytes;

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      cyssero on 31/07/2009 - 00:01

      Well I'm glad you pointed that out, the so called "unlimited" being 30GB is rather misleading. What's so hard about saying 30GB? Oh, why not call it unlimited*!

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      nulled on 31/07/2009 - 00:09

      I guess you are confusing between 81Gb and 81GB

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  mobius on 30/07/2009 - 18:16

  I'm with AANET they don't throttle any ports.

  This is a great option if you can only get ADSL1 at your exchange.

  Note to all the people that vote neg, why not post a better deal if you can find it!

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  Wilo81 on 30/07/2009 - 18:23

  You wont find cheaper for ADSL 1 Thanks!

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    cyssero on 31/07/2009 - 00:02

    Exetel offer better value. 12GB + 60GB compared to 20GB + 30GB you can only use 5 hrs in the day.

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  samfisher5986 on 30/07/2009 - 18:58

  +1

  I was going to vote this down… but it really is very cheap ADSL.

  Just have a look at other ISP's, very cheap if you can only get ADSL.

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  Maxx Power on 30/07/2009 - 20:07

  +1

  aaNet have always had very competitive prices. They have even had these type of 'intro' plans before with higher signup fees than normal. The only concern is that they can change the plan at any time with only 30 days notice (it is in the small print), which has been done before.

  There is also no guarantee that this offer is ongoing after the first 6 months.

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  McMerc on 30/07/2009 - 21:10

  -1

  No bargain

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  tg on 30/07/2009 - 22:09

  +1

  unlimited offpeak download with the following Fair use guidelines

  We may terminate, restrict or suspend an ADSL service without notice if in any one month period:
  the sum of data uploaded and data downloaded exceeds 30 gigabytes;
  and/or the amount of data uploaded is more than the amount of data downloaded

  the sum of data uploaded and data downloaded exceeds 30 gigabytes —> much worse than Exetel's 60GB offpeak (download ONLY)
  assuming your P2P upload:download ratio is 1:1 during offpeak, you can only "safely" download 15GB

  the amount of data uploaded is more than the amount of data downloaded —> it is quite possible if you do P2P

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    Maxx Power on 30/07/2009 - 23:07

    If you check Exetels fine print you will see that they work on a 40% usage/profit formulae. That is if you actually use your allocated usage then you are considered non-profitable and they will send you a letter as soon as your contract is up saying you are no longer welcome. So just because you CAN download 60Gb doesn't mean it is in your best interest.:)

    You can also become non-profitable and asked to leave if you ever call support as that is also costing them money.

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      cyssero on 31/07/2009 - 00:06

      I have been with Exetel 2.5 years on ADSL2 and have used a considerable amount of my generous allowances and have never been asked to move to another ISP or anything like that.

      On Whirlpool there are idiots who ask why they get booted then slowly reveal they abused the hell out of the shaping system (thus the 2GB shaping limit) and made frivolous complaints to the TIO costing Exetel a significant amount. That is a non profitable customer, not someone who uses their quota honestly.

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        tg on 31/07/2009 - 00:34

        It seems that you are an Exetel advocate :)

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  superkieu on 31/07/2009 - 00:29

  -1

  ISPs pay a fix line rental fee and can use it as much as they can. They don't pay for line usage.

  the concept of upload and download quota, peak and off-peak times, shaped or excess charge are all artificially created by the ISP. If there are cost to the ISP, these costs are "on paper" only.

  to be fair to the ISPs, they must use these so-called "tools" to help them manage and run the system.
  They can also avoid some disputes here and there, while gaining some small profits along the way.

  it's all good to the ISPs

  ;p

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    affinity on 31/07/2009 - 02:25

    By "lines", you really mean "speed" or size of pipe. Traditionally, ISPs have had plenty of un-used data during off peak periods, ie the pipes are flowing with low data transfer. The trick is to get the best size pipe for peak demand and give some incentive to push some peak downloads into the off peak period to balance things out. Give too much away off peak and you often get too much abuse; hence the reason why 12 hours of off peak is becoming 10 hours now at Exetel. Don't be greedy and download heaps just because you can… use it wisely and there will always be plenty to go around as the pipe stays at a reasonable "fill" level most of the time.

    Edit: with download managers running as much as they can during "off peak" hours, there will be less and less "real" off peak and perhaps there will be no such thing as off peak at all!

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    bm on 01/08/2009 - 11:09

    Equine manure!

    Water company buys water from the reseviour. They buy a pipe of a certain size and they can use all the water the pipe can deliver.
    The houses all have taps. All houses use a certain amount of water. The water company ensures supply approximately equals demand and by giving each house a water quota every month, this ensures the houses will average out the water usage. Some will use a little more, some will use a little less.

    If one greedy house decides to leave the tap running all the time, that house is costing the water company significantly more because more pipes need to be purchased from the reseviour companies.

    The water company has more taps than the pipe can feed. If all taps are completely open all the time, very little water will trickle out of each one.

    After 2am, most people are sleeping so very few are using water. The water company is still paying for the pipe but nobody is using the water so the water company offers an attractive incentive for people to use water in the low use periods.

    Now replace 'water company' with ISP and 'reseviour' with 'IP wholesalers'
    If you are downloading 100% of the time, you are using more than your fair share of allocated bandwidth.

    edit: My reply is directed to superkieu - Looks like someone beat me :)

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  AcoustiK on 31/07/2009 - 10:33

  A deal is not necessarily a bargain.