Broadband UK vs Australia
Guess which country – UK or Australia? Oh, ok stupid question. :What’s the max download speed in Australia? Max monthly usage without shaping, for home use (ie not paying corporate rates)?Does anyone in Australia offer free broadband? Around $38 per month – broadband, international calls, line rental. That doesn’t sound too bad to me. Where…
Guess which country – UK or Australia? Oh, ok stupid question. :What’s the max download speed in Australia? Max monthly usage without shaping, for home use (ie not paying corporate rates)?
Does anyone in Australia offer free broadband? Around $38 per month – broadband, international calls, line rental. That doesn’t sound too bad to me. Where do I sign up?
Oh wait… TalkTalk from Carphone Warehouse is only in the U.K.
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Closest you get in Australia is VirginMobile, current offer $60 a month, includes free call to landlines and Virgin mobiles in Australia, 4Gb capped broadband, max speed 1.8Mps (actually around 500kps).
No line rental because there is none, it is all done over their (Optus) mobile network. So you could move you phone and broadband around, subject to power, though it is against the terms of the contract.
Communications is all about money here in .au… I’ve ranted on this before, but yeah the cost and quality of broadband here sucks.
Here’s a Broadband Video that will show you how to check availability by postcode, how perform a broadband speed test and where to find broadband forums to answer your questions. There are also offers for Virgin Broadband.
Here is a broadband beginners guide and below are common broad band questions;
What is Broadband?
Types of Connections?
Connection speeds and download limits
How to compare ISP’s