Problem for Aussie gamers accessing ENworld
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Olaf the Stout
Hero
hong said:
Because we have our home phone and my mobile phone with Optus it works out cheaper for us to go with Optus broadband. I wouldn't be downloading a whole heap of music or video files so I don't need to be able to download x Gig of data a month. The only reason that we would be getting broadband is because of the extra speed and the fact that once you factor in call costs for dial-up, there isn't a huge difference in price between dial-up and broadband.
Olaf the Stout
kasin
Explorer
Olaf the Stout said:
The bundled Optus price is generally the same as the 'node price, but with a smaller cap.
eg: 512 k is the same price between Optus (when bundled) and Internode (when unbundled), but Optus give a 2+4 GB* cap whereas Internode give an 8 GB cap**. 2 GB is tiny.
* 2 GB during the day, 4 GB at night.
** All hours.
Olaf the Stout
Hero
kasin said:
You're correct, except that we'll only be getting the 300 Mb plan, not the 2 Gb plan. Like I said, we don't download a lot of music or video so 300 Mb/month + another 600 Mb at night is more than enough for the 2 of us. If we used more than this much then Internode would be a better deal for us. However, at the moment we don't.
I'm not knocking Internode, I'm just saying what is best for us. For most people I can see that a couple of Gb could be used up very quickly. However, the only thing that I download fom the internet that is of any decent size is RPG PDF's and Windows updates. The Windows updates I can schedule for after midnight when we get the bonus data so that won't eat into our normal download Mb.
Olaf the Stout
humble minion
Legend
aaaaand it's working for me again. Damned if I know what's going on. Looks like I'll just have to put up with 'intermittent' for the immediate future...
