wireless broadband
Submitted: Wednesday, Jan 02, 2008 at 19:15
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Lee Brooker
would be interested in anybody's experience with wireless broadband, esp NT and the northwest. Seems to be 3 main providers, Telstra, Optus and 3. Coverage, service level, etc
Reply By: Footloose - Wednesday, Jan 02, 2008 at 19:20
Wednesday, Jan 02, 2008 at 19:20
Finally moved to BB here on the coast some time ago. Got the cheapest download limited Telstra plan I could, and exceeded the monthly download limit in 3 days ! So, now it's unlimited and all our machines at
home are wireless networked. Brilliant so far. Difference between a modern car and horse and cart.
No comments on other providers etc sorry .
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Reply By: ddr - Wednesday, Jan 02, 2008 at 19:54
Wednesday, Jan 02, 2008 at 19:54
A few place ive used Bigpond's
Beachport SA, camping 8ks outside of narrandera, Dubbo, camping outside of Moree,
Mallacoota & more that I cant remember atm.
Check where you want to go & the coverage maps.
The cards I used didnt have an external antenna & worked fine, worst reception I had was in
Beachport of 3 out of 5 bars.
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Reply By: Member - Paul S (VIC) - Wednesday, Jan 02, 2008 at 20:48
Wednesday, Jan 02, 2008 at 20:48
G'day Lee,
As many have already stated, Bigpond's NextG is your best option. Regrettably it is expensive compared to fixed line ADSL, we also found the $50/month 200MB limit was inadequate and quickly shifted to the $80 1 GIG plan.
Whilst NextG wireless is a data card only, VOIP, such as SKYPE will reduce your reliance on mobile phone calling when on the move; we have called several friends in Europe and NZ over recent days, all at $0.027 per minute.
As to coverage in NT I cannot comment, but as suggested earlier you can
check coverage through their website and an antenna does improve it considerably. We spent several months in Far North & Outback Queensland recently and nobody we met got better coverage than ours.
Cheers & happy new year,
Paul
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