ISP

[Owen Townend]

2008/10/30 Dave Hall <dave.hall at skwashd.com>:
> On Thu, 2008-10-30 at 14:10 +1100, Owen Townend wrote:
[snip]
>> 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...
>
>
> Internode don't charge for uploads on any of thier plans.
>
> I don't know where you pulled the extra $30 for line rental from.
> Telstra HomeLine Budget line rental is $20 per month.
>

Good to know, last time I was shopping around the cheapest line rental
I could find was $27 and I dodn't think that included any calls.. just
the line.

On Naked: If Internode can do the same as iiNet without counting
uploads... then perhaps its time to churn.... though looking at their
plans page even if you cut the caps in half iiNet is ahead... just.

For larger caps it's cheaper to pay the line rental plus an adsl2+ plan.
Does anyone know why that combination would be cheaper than naked to
supply or is it simply a marketing/business choice?

Thanks again,
Cheers,
Owen.