Mobile Broadband

Ray , how about doing us all a favour and giving us all a list of these internet cafes and libraries on the Cape and in far nth WA ,

me thinks list could be written on the back of a postage stamp lol

Mainey...

Marg

Not sure what you mean, the current BigPond offerings are on this site, which one do you mean?

PeterD

If you purchase your modem and do not bundle it in with a monthly plan you can sign up with only a 12 month plan.

PeterD

Thanks Peter, but it still leaves me with a $300 or so expense for a modem and a bill for a 12 month contract, when I will use only 4 to 6 months. And next year when I hit the road for 4 to 6 months, I guess I'd have to sign up for 12 months as well.

There are some attractions to this sort of plan, but the extra expense just does not stack up to me.

Telstra casual plan (month by month) gives 200MB for $59, plus $0.25 per 1,000KB excess usage. No plan and it can be done with either a modem or via your phone I believe.
To get 6 months usage, the cost is $354 if I use my phone as a modem, or $653 if I buy a modem for $299.

Bigpond gives 200MB for $54.95, plus $0.30 per MB (1024 KB I assume) for excess. But you need a modem and a 12 month plan.
To get 6 months usage while travelling, the cost is $958.40 ($299 for modem plus 12 times $54.95)

If I am right, for a user like me and hundreds of other regular travellers with cable or ADSL broadband at home, the Telstra casusl plan is much cheaper.

But am I right?