NBN Plans Expensive

[Guest]

http://www.iinet.net.au/nbn/

National Broadband Network (NBN)
The National Broadband Network (NBN) aims to change the way Australia accesses the internet - using lightning-fast fibre optic technology.

You'll need to sign up directly with an RSP to get the ball rolling. The current communities covered in Tasmania are Midway Point, Scottsdale and Smithton.

Check out our plans below, ready when you are to say hello to super-fast fibre:

plans down/up speed peak + offpeak quota cost
NBN 1 25 / 2 Mbps 5GB + 5GB $49.95
NBN 2 25 / 2 Mbps 10GB + 10GB $59.95
NBN 3 25 / 2 Mbps 30GB + 30GB $69.95
NBN 4 50 / 4 Mbps 30GB + 30GB $89.95
NBN 5 50 / 4 Mbps 50GB + 50GB $99.95
NBN 6 100 / 8 Mbps 60GB + 60GB $129.95
NBN 7 100 / 8 Mbps 90GB + 90GB $159.95

sign up now


sign up before 30 september and saveSign up for an iiNet plan before 30 September 2010 and we'll cover your setup costs, which include:

Setup fee (worth $79)
In-home wiring (estimated at $180 - $300)
iiNet BoB™ unit (worth $369)
This offer is only available until the end of September, so make sure you don't miss out.

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And I thought the government promised it wouldn't be expensive

[Guest]

http://www.iinet.net.au/nbn/

National Broadband Network (NBN)
The National Broadband Network (NBN) aims to change the way Australia accesses the internet - using lightning-fast fibre optic technology.

You'll need to sign up directly with an RSP to get the ball rolling. The current communities covered in Tasmania are Midway Point, Scottsdale and Smithton.

Check out our plans below, ready when you are to say hello to super-fast fibre:

plans down/up speed peak + offpeak quota cost
NBN 1 25 / 2 Mbps 5GB + 5GB $49.95
NBN 2 25 / 2 Mbps 10GB + 10GB $59.95
NBN 3 25 / 2 Mbps 30GB + 30GB $69.95
NBN 4 50 / 4 Mbps 30GB + 30GB $89.95
NBN 5 50 / 4 Mbps 50GB + 50GB $99.95
NBN 6 100 / 8 Mbps 60GB + 60GB $129.95
NBN 7 100 / 8 Mbps 90GB + 90GB $159.95

sign up now


sign up before 30 september and saveSign up for an iiNet plan before 30 September 2010 and we'll cover your setup costs, which include:

Setup fee (worth $79)
In-home wiring (estimated at $180 - $300)
iiNet BoB™ unit (worth $369)
This offer is only available until the end of September, so make sure you don't miss out.

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And I thought the government promised it wouldn't be expensive

No probs RSVP as all things with computors time and the free market will fix it.

[supermario]

http://www.iinet.net.au/nbn/

National Broadband Network (NBN)
The National Broadband Network (NBN) aims to change the way Australia accesses the internet - using lightning-fast fibre optic technology.

You'll need to sign up directly with an RSP to get the ball rolling. The current communities covered in Tasmania are Midway Point, Scottsdale and Smithton.

Check out our plans below, ready when you are to say hello to super-fast fibre:

plans down/up speed peak + offpeak quota cost
NBN 1 25 / 2 Mbps 5GB + 5GB $49.95
NBN 2 25 / 2 Mbps 10GB + 10GB $59.95
NBN 3 25 / 2 Mbps 30GB + 30GB $69.95
NBN 4 50 / 4 Mbps 30GB + 30GB $89.95
NBN 5 50 / 4 Mbps 50GB + 50GB $99.95
NBN 6 100 / 8 Mbps 60GB + 60GB $129.95
NBN 7 100 / 8 Mbps 90GB + 90GB $159.95

sign up now


sign up before 30 september and saveSign up for an iiNet plan before 30 September 2010 and we'll cover your setup costs, which include:

Setup fee (worth $79)
In-home wiring (estimated at $180 - $300)
iiNet BoB™ unit (worth $369)
This offer is only available until the end of September, so make sure you don't miss out.

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And I thought the government promised it wouldn't be expensive

Yeah slight problem with you quote there RCPTN..

Current plans (for broadband ADSL2+) are based on maximum speeds up to 24/1 mbps, with the new NBN, you are looking at speeds being 2x and 4x faster.

On top of that, so far it has been released in tasmania.........a pretty small market

and finally on top of THAT...you have only quoted IInet's prices, they are well known with being at the more expensive end of the internet price range.

Considering i can get 120g dowloads with optus for $50, when the big companies put up their prices and the NBN is released nationally, you will see the prices dramatically drop.

[supermario]

Sorry, I will add this article here

NBN Tasmania pricing comparison
iPrimus, iiNet and Internode have all announced pricing for the NBN
Kevin Cheng (Good Gear Guide)10 June, 2010
http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/articl...ng_comparison/

The countdown to the first National Broadband Network (NBN) services is well and truly underway in Tasmania with Internet service providers iPrimus, Internode and iiNet all announcing pricing for their residential fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) services in the state.

Internode is the last of the three retail service providers taking part in the stage one NBN trials in Tasmania to announce broadband pricing. iPrimus and iiNet have already announced prices and begun taking customer orders for NBN services.

Below we have rounded up the plans and pricing for the three ISPs.


Internode

Internode has lowered the bar in terms of pricing, with entry-level FTTH plans in Tasmania costing just $29.95 per month — the ISP says this is $10 cheaper than its ADSL plans.

Internode's plans are offered in three tiers according to speed — 25 megabits per second, 50Mbps and 100Mbps for download speeds, with upload speeds capped at 2Mbps, 4Mbps and 8Mbps respectively. There are 15 plans to choose from; the 25Mbps Entry-Line plans start from $29.95, the 50Mbps Mid-Line plans start from $39.95 and the 100Mbps High-Line plans start from $59.95. Each of these entry-level plans has a monthly data quota of 15GB. The largest Internode plan in terms of data allowance is 200GB per month and this will cost $109.95 on the Entry-Line, $119.95 on the Mid-Line and $139.95 on the High-Line plan. There are no excess data usage charges but the service is shaped to 128 kilobits per second for the rest of the month if customers exceed their quota.

Internode's NBN plans come without long-term contracts and early termination charges. The only commitment is a 'one month rolling contract', which means that customers pay one month's rental in advance for the service. Internode has further sweetened the deal by offering free fibre setup for customers in the northern Tasmanian towns of Smithton and Scottsdale and the Hobart suburb of Midway Point.

Standard landline telephone services are not yet available from Internode on the new network but customers can keep their existing landline services or go naked.

You can find out more info on Internode NBN pricing here.

iPrimus

iPrimus was the first off the blocks to announce its NBN prices. It's offering a 50 per cent discount on bundle plans for the first six months if customers sign up to a 24-month contract before 30 June. This plan includes local, national and mobile calls and broadband access, and also includes line rental, a wireless router (plus $9.95 for delivery) and free setup.

NBN phone and broadband bundles from iPrimus start with the iPrimus Max 89, which has a download speed of 25Mbps. It will cost $44.50 for the first six months (if you sign up before 30 June) and then $89 per month after that. iPrimus has gone with peak and off-peak quotas for its FTTH plans and the iPrimus Max 89 includes 5GB of data at peak times (10am-2am) and 10GB off-peak.

Similar to Internode, iPrimus is offering tiered options of Home (25Mbps), Fast (50Mbps) and Extreme (100Mbps) and each of its 12 plans can be bundled with a telephone service. These plans start at $49.95, $69.95 and $79.95 respectively for the standalone plans and all include a 15GB monthly data quota (5GB peak and 10GB off-peak).

[B]iPrimus' fittingly named Big Kahuna plans include 300GB of data (80GB peak and 220GB off-peak). Peak times change from 12pm to 12am; the Home Big Kahuna will set you back $119.95, Fast Big Kahuna $129.95 and the Extreme Big Kahuna costs $139.95. If iPrimus customers on the bundled plans exceed their monthly data quota, speeds will be shaped to 256Kbps — those on the standalone broadband plans will be shaped to 128Kbps.

You can find out more info on iPrimus NBN prices here.


iiNet

iiNet has also followed the same pattern as iPrimus and Internode by using the 25Mbps/50Mbps/100Mbps model for its FTTH pricing. Both uploads and downloads count towards a customer’s monthly download quota. If customers sign a 24-month contract, the setup fee is reduced from $159 to $79; if you break your contract early, all iiNet does is charge back the value that was waived ($80) so the customer doesn’t have to pay out the remaining months of the contract.

The Fibre 1 plan (25Mbps) is the cheapest of iiNet’s seven NBN plans and costs $49.95 per month and includes 10GB of data (5GB peak and 5GB off-peak). The Fibre 4 plan (50Mbps) costs $89.95 per month and includes 60GB of data (30GB peak and 30GB off-peak). Peak times for these plans are 8am-2am.

iiNet’s 100Mbps plans start at $129.95 per month, which includes 120GB of data (60GB peak and 60GB off-peak). The largest data plan that iiNet is offering is Fibre 7, which includes 180GB of data for $159.95 per month. Peak times for these two plans are 9am-1am.

Customers can add a VoIP telephone service that works over FTTH called iiTalkpack. It costs an extra $9.95 per month, which includes all local and national calls.

Download speeds are shaped to 64Kbps if customers exceed their monthly download quota.

Internode is providing deals that are comparable to current ADSL prices at all levels and download limits, but providing the high speed of the NBN, plus it is a hell of alot cheaper that IInet, who you "chose" to use as an example.

Check out Internode's prices here

in the end, it is new, it is faster and better than what we have now, over time, prices will drop, once takeup, avaliability and pricing competition increases.

[Guest]

OMG their is someone stupider than Abott in regards to technology.
RCPTN go and stop the boats or something

[stephenj]

its much too early to speculate about prices at this stage, as the availability to utilise high speeds increase so too will the providers keenness to sign us all up on much better deals do so too!

[Guest]

The issue isn't so much cost, but the download quotas. Whats the point of having 100mbps internet if you can only download 200gb?

I have an unlimited plan with TPG now for far cheaper. I'll take more quota over more speed any day.

[Guest]

Wireless will be as fast as the NBN in 2 years so why spend 43 Bill + when we don't need too?

Text SizeWiMAX 2 planned to top 100Mbps in real world by 2012
updated 07:40 am EDT, Mon August 16, 2010WiMAX 2 finalizing soon with 100Mbps speeds
Intel's upcoming WiMAX 2 standard should be much faster than the existing standard in practice, the WiMAX Forum's marketing lead Declan Byrne said this weekend. Existing WiMAX often tops at just 3-6Mbps according to estimates from Clear and Sprint, but the new 802.16m version should provide average speeds over 100Mbps, Byrne told Computerworld. Range would be the same as it would use the same frequencies, such as the 2.5GHz band in the US.

The standard should be ratified in November and could be in commercial use as soon as 2012. Clear and Sprint are the most likely to use it as they share one of the largest WiMAX networks on the planet.

An upgrade of the sort could have a significant impact on Internet use, as 100Mbps would outpace most current landline access and would permit streaming 1080p video or other very high-bandwidth apps. WiMAX is also much lower latency than 3G and is already more practical for time-sensitive functions such as video chat.

The speed ramp may be crucial to halting the advance of LTE, which should reach the US starting with Verizon in the fall and should have significant coverage on all major cellphone networks but Sprint's by the 2012 launch of WiMAX 2. The competing 4G standard has lower latency and improved speeds as well, but in its current form peaks at about 12Mbps in actual conditions. Clear is nonetheless due to test an LTE network as a hedge against its WiMAX bet.


Read more: http://www.electronista.com/articles...#ixzz0x0OJaEau

[Kingbilly]

I'd rather have better hopsitals and roads etc than a fibre optic boradband system.

ADSL 2+ is good enough for a while and really for the general public and small business, its good enough. There are far more important things to deal with

[Guest]

Abott should be able to generate some fine signal with his ear span.

[Guest]

The problem with wireless is spectrum capacity. The speeds being talked about for the average household is available right now to businesses that wish to pay for it. Why do you need 100mbps? Even 1gbps? What the hell would you do with it?

[Kingbilly]

. Why do you need 100mbps? Even 1gbps? What the hell would you do with it?

Boast about it, its a penis substitute

[supermario]

What the hell would you do with it?

Exactly what we all do now.....Download PORN.............BUT FASTER !!!!

[stephenj]

yoiu can watch online movies in real time, makes porn much better?is smellavision coming to cable too?

[stephenj]

i dont think tony abbot likes porn, maybe he should try it?