wireless broadband

Hi Geoffrey E, we have bigpond wireless broadband on Hubbies laptop for when we go away, we get coverage where ever there is phone coverage, we pay $49.95 per month for the service. We find it good to do emails and hubby plays the share market as well so is good to keep tabs on that, and Oh of course to check up on what is going on with EO.

Cheers

D

The monopoly Telco has this one sewn up. Telstra is your only option. You'll get coverage near most towns but not much any further out. Basically the same as mobile phone coverage.

Two ways to go, either a mobile USB card or just use a Next G phone and connect through it.

I use a $30.00 per month plan on my next g mobile that gives me 80 mb of data which is enough for emails as long as your friends don't send you pictures and video files.

With the Blue Modem and a broomstick antennae you can actually get modem coverage where you cant get phone coverage.

Peter

Is it possible to get short term access? E.g. you're about to go away for a few weeks so you just pay up for that period then leave the account on hold til next time it's needed when you pay up again?

I don't want to be paying $X per month for a service that I'm not using when I'm at home.

Jayk At

You can actually access the Bigpond site and everything that hangs off it including any Bigpond email address for free on a Next G phone.(may also be the case on GSM but don't have one)
This includes, news, weather maps, sport, phone books, Trading post, whereis etc etc, just about everything that you really need. I know a phone screen is small but it doesn't cost anything. When you go out onto the net it can get expensive though ;-))

Be very careful as I bought the wrong card and it would have cost heaps. Telstra plans and prices are much dearer than Bigpond.
Why I wouldnt know but they are. I now have a bigpond USB 7.2 mobile card which I bought on Ebay for $149. RRP is $339 Is brand new in a sealed pack and can be connected on a 10hour a month plan for $34. Seems to be much cheaper than mobile phone data packs as a 7.2 is a lot faster than the phone or 3.6 cards.
I researched it pretty thoroughly and originally bought a Telstra card but resold it when I found out the cost of use.

Coverage will be good in parts and bad or none in others just like the phones.
I had a Telstra rep tell me they are the only ones that cover 98% of the population and I said well that maybe so but those people live in about 7% of the land area so what are you doing for the rest. NO answer.!!!!!!