Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
With the Demise of the I-Burst Network, I now have to look for an
alternative.
The 3G options seem to be
Telstra (the broadband "expert" had heard of Linux - but did not seem to
know it was an OS!")
Various Plans (capped/shaped plan $80/month)
+299 Modem/router or USB modem ($?)
Virgin
Various Plants (capped/shaped plan $40/month - incudes USB modem and
$60 capped/shaped plan with (non roaming) homephone/modem/router
IPRIMUS (capped/shaped plan $40/month)
+ (?) USB Modem ($?)
Vodafone & Optus do not seem to have a capped/shaped plan.
I have Telstra/Bigpond after having tried Virgin and Soul (Optus
rebadged). Originally it worked under Linux fine but the modem got
flaky and needs replacement, now it requires a fair bit of jiggling to
get working. The replacement center is in Prestons and I haven't made
it out there to get a replacement (they did send me a prepaid post
baggie to use but I'd rather take it in myself).
It's expensive but gives me the best coverage. My coverage requirements
are more than most, I need it to work out on the harbour as well as up
at the Hawkesbury and at least a reasonable distance off shore. Neither
Virgin nor Optus made it out that far. The coverage is rock solid and
the speed is good but you have to pay for it. I have the 10GB
non-capped plan, I didn't realise they did a capped/shaped plan.
I have a friend who uses Virgin and says the coverage is good and it is
cheap but unreliable and their service desk is appalling, and wouldn't
recommend it to anyone. It took them 9 months to do a landline number port.
I wouldn't rate the service desk at bigpond either.
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