"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> barrettsontour@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
>
>> TPG is ruled out then as if I can't get ADSL2 their ADSL
>> offering is at the same price but with less speed and a
>> smaller download limit (1.5mbps and 8G.
>
> OK, they're significantly worse on support anyway.
>
>> I checked out Westnet and they do not appear to offer VOIP
>
> You dont have to get it from your broadband ISP, many use a different one.
>
>> and the plan and pricing is not as good as IINET.
>
> Are you actually going to use the higher off peak download tho ?
>
> If not its academic.
>
>> Westnet: $39.95 2GB peak (their peak period is 2hrs longer
>> than IINETs), 2GB offpeak, dynamic IP ($5 for static)
>
> You dont need a static IP.
>
>> So it is looking like IINET has the best deal currently.
>
> I find them fine, adsl is now so reliable that the quirks with
> their support arent really more than a minor nuisance in practice.
> I just tell them lies about what I have actually tried when I know
> that the problem must be outside my system since other iinet
> customers are getting the same lack of service at the same time.
>

Whatever you do....do not go with TPG.
Their service sucks and no 24hr support.