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2009-05-04 Thread John Daniels
Chris I don't know where in the South West you are, but I have a friend in Kendenup near Mt Barker who uses Oceanbroadband by wireless. John > Hi Reg > > Do you know if Internode also cater for the south west (I have not > heard of them), as I am looking for an alternative to Telstra when we > ev

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2009-05-04 Thread Susan Hastings
We also retained the old phone no. when we went naked. On 04/05/2009, at 12:07 PM, Robert Howells wrote: On 04/05/2009, at 11:26 AM, Eugene wrote: I've gone naked and won't return to the evil empire.. $50 per month flat. (We rarely exceed the 2 + 2 Gb cap and if we do we are shaped dow

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2009-05-03 Thread Eugene
Hi Bob, I was able to retain my old landline phone number. The phone service behaves in the same way as the old one however you get these free services (and other paid for optional services): Calling line id blocking Call Forwarding Always Call Forwarding Busy Call Forwarding No

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2009-05-03 Thread Robert Howells
On 04/05/2009, at 11:26 AM, Eugene wrote: I've gone naked and won't return to the evil empire.. $50 per month flat. (We rarely exceed the 2 + 2 Gb cap and if we do we are shaped down to a lower but acceptable speed. You can have 8 + 8 Gb for $60 or 15 + 20 Gb for $70) ADSL 2+ No $30 l

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2009-05-03 Thread Adam Hewitt
iiNet have a trained, dedicated, Mac department. Im not sure how good they are, but I would at least say that iiNet are 100% Mac friendly otherwise they wouldn't have wasted time and resources on making said team. On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Eugene wrote: > I've gone naked and won't return t

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2009-05-03 Thread Eugene
I've gone naked and won't return to the evil empire.. $50 per month flat. (We rarely exceed the 2 + 2 Gb cap and if we do we are shaped down to a lower but acceptable speed. You can have 8 + 8 Gb for $60 or 15 + 20 Gb for $70) ADSL 2+ No $30 line rental Free calls Australia wide & cheap

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2009-05-03 Thread David Wood
Hi Chris, I also live just outside Dunsborough. My wife was "seduced" by a telesales company working on behalf of Telstra last year and signed up, having spent the previous 2 years very happy with Westnet. Within a week we regretted the decision and then had a real fight on our hands to

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2009-05-03 Thread Chris Burton
Hi Bob We are building about 20km south of Busselton and presently do have ocean broadband in Busselton. They are ok but I have had real dramas over the last 2 years with their speed and reliability. I think the closest exchange is Dunsborough. I will have a look on the Whirlpool site and

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2009-05-03 Thread Hugh Griffiths
...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Reg Whitely Sent: Sunday, 3 May 2009 8:06 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Telstra Or Hi Chris They are based in South Oz and are very highly regarded. Have a look at https://secure.internode.on.net/webtools/internode-dsl-finder to see if they can provide

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2009-05-03 Thread Reg Whitely
Hi Chris They are based in South Oz and are very highly regarded. Have a look at https://secure.internode.on.net/webtools/internode-dsl-finder to see if they can provide access, then perhaps http://www.internode.on.net/products/broadband/ Let me know if you need more info. Reg On 03/05/20

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2009-05-03 Thread Adrian Skehan
Well, I have come to the conclusion that its all done with smoke and mirrors. I was with Westnet for years when I found was continually being paired well before the month was up so I switched to their ADSL/Phone plan with a 1GB download and minimal charge for over-run. I thought this was

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2009-05-03 Thread Robert Howells
On 03/05/2009, at 6:36 PM, Chris Burton wrote: Hi Reg Do you know if Internode also cater for the south west (I have not heard of them), as I am looking for an alternative to Telstra when we ever get to move into our new house. I had heard that their Next G system is good for internet an

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2009-05-03 Thread Chris Burton
Hi Reg Do you know if Internode also cater for the south west (I have not heard of them), as I am looking for an alternative to Telstra when we ever get to move into our new house. I had heard that their Next G system is good for internet and mobile coverage, as where we will be living is

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2009-05-03 Thread Reg Whitely
Tom I'm with Internode and love it, but am not on an ADSL2+ plan, nor Naked, here in Geraldton, still with ADSL. Basically I get 1500/256 with 15GB download and all Internode streaming music and ABC iView for ~$50 month. For that price Telstra gives around 512 mB speed and less than 1GB

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2009-05-03 Thread Robert Howells
On 03/05/2009, at 5:26 PM, Dark1 wrote: I've been trying to convince my friend to switch from telstra cause their fee's are very high. I did a comparison of the services i get from iinet with telstra. For the same speed and less available download per month telstra charge twice as much m

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2009-05-03 Thread Dark1
I've been trying to convince my friend to switch from telstra cause their fee's are very high. I did a comparison of the services i get from iinet with telstra. For the same speed and less available download per month telstra charge twice as much money as what I'm paying to iinet. You s

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2009-05-03 Thread tom samson
I was just looking at the traffic on the change to telstra. We have been on telstra for years without a glitch but we do run over the limit of 12 gig -with teenagers and updates. But we also have the landline, and phone calls to pay for. Has anyone out there actually costed the benefits of