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From: Swampfox on 9 Feb 2010 01:07 My sister needs wireless net access, she doesn't have a land line. She lives in inner Melbourne, 3 k's or so from the CBD. She doesn't need much bandwidth, a bit of web browsing and email is all, no music or movie downloads, online games or anything else much, 1 Gb per month should be plenty. Can anyone recommend a reliable ISP with good value pre paid access? Thanks.
From: Fred on 9 Feb 2010 05:47 " Dr. Sir John Howard, AC, WSCMoF " <""theretardedfuckwit\"@kangarooistan.com.au is a stupid arselifting troll .."> wrote in message news:0380f318$0$1355$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... > Swampfox wrote: >> My sister needs wireless net access, she doesn't have a land line. >> She lives in inner Melbourne, 3 k's or so from the CBD. >> She doesn't need much bandwidth, a bit of web browsing and email is all, >> no music or movie downloads, online games or anything else much, 1 Gb per >> month should be plenty. >> Can anyone recommend a reliable ISP with good value pre paid access? > > Tell her to try Virgin Wireless. That way she can think of you as she > surfs. > Yes, but compared to resold bundled plans on the Optus network it's not such good value unless you buy a 10Gb 365 day expiry recharge voucher for $149. Thats after forking out $89 for a usb modem with included 2GB data with a 30 day expiry http://www.virginmobile.com.au/broadband/pre-paid-mobile-broadband/
From: idgat on 9 Feb 2010 06:03 On Tue, 9 Feb 2010 17:07:08 +1100, "Swampfox" <noidea(a)whocares.com> wrote: >My sister needs wireless net access, she doesn't have a land line. >She lives in inner Melbourne, 3 k's or so from the CBD. >She doesn't need much bandwidth, a bit of web browsing and email is all, no >music or movie downloads, online games or anything else much, 1 Gb per month >should be plenty. >Can anyone recommend a reliable ISP with good value pre paid access? >Thanks. > All you'd ever want to know ... and more! http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum/92 -- idgat Compuglobalhypermeganet Inc.
From: Swampfox on 9 Feb 2010 06:10 Andy wrote: > Swampfox wrote: > >> My sister needs wireless net access, she doesn't have a land line. >> She lives in inner Melbourne, 3 k's or so from the CBD. >> She doesn't need much bandwidth, a bit of web browsing and email is >> all, no music or movie downloads, online games or anything else >> much, 1 Gb per month should be plenty. > > OK. > >> Can anyone recommend a reliable ISP with good value pre paid access? > > For wireless? No. > > "Reliable" and "good value" don't belong in the same sentence as > "wireless net access" sorry. > > Wired ADSL/ADSL2+ is leaps and bounds ahead on both counts. Thanks Andy, but as I said she doesn't have a landline and the Optus cable isn't in her street and even if it was the cheapest cable plan is way more than she needs so wired access isn't an option. I realise that wireless internet is inferior but she's close to a tower and doesn't need much bandwidth and I thought there may be some people who had tried it out in Melbourne. She's definately going to go with it, I'm just looking for some feedback.
From: Swampfox on 9 Feb 2010 06:11
idgat wrote: > On Tue, 9 Feb 2010 17:07:08 +1100, "Swampfox" <noidea(a)whocares.com> > wrote: > >> My sister needs wireless net access, she doesn't have a land line. >> She lives in inner Melbourne, 3 k's or so from the CBD. >> She doesn't need much bandwidth, a bit of web browsing and email is >> all, no music or movie downloads, online games or anything else >> much, 1 Gb per month should be plenty. >> Can anyone recommend a reliable ISP with good value pre paid access? >> Thanks. >> > > All you'd ever want to know ... and more! > > http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum/92 Thanks, I'll have a look. |