ISP

[Owen Townend]

2008/10/28 Dave Hall <ubuntu at skwashd.com>
>
> On Tue, 2008-10-28 at 19:50 +1100, david wrote:
> > hello all
> >  I am wondering If anyone has any great reports about great ISP's with
> > great home phone etc packages. I guess I'm being a little optimistic
> > because I've heard complaints about most of them but if any one has some
> > good new sor suggestions I would be happy to hear them.
>
> I would highly recommend internode.  They offer a great mirror,
> streaming radio and _some_ ABC content unmetered.
>
> As for a home phone - Telstra home line budget - $20 per month and
> Internode's VoIP product - nodephone for outbound calls.
>
[snip rant]

I would also recommend iiNet for similar reasons.
They have both the ABC mirror as well as several linux distro repo
mirrors which are in a 'free zone' which doesn't contribute to the
download cap.

I am on a 'Naked' plan which counts uploads as well but is balanced
against included national fixed-line calls (voip) and no line rental.

$30 line rental + $20 telstra budged plan + internet cost vs.
internet, free national calls, decent mobile rates and voip
international rates...
If you're into PVP and don't leech then it would effectively cut your
quota in half, but even then it still seems... reasonable.
If it suits your usage then the naked idea is very appealing...

cheers,
Owen.