Internet Connections - Part 1

Hi
So i'm looking at changing my internet connection. We have been with Optus for as long as I can remember and OH YAY my life is a joy......... COME ON I MEAN $100 for 30GB. So I want to change provider to TPG. I was going to get the 160GB for $70 plan. AWESOME VALUE:):) 130GB more for $30 less than my current plan. So I said I WAS going to do that. I cant do this anymore because they have changed their plans. Now you probably think I will say now the $70 plan only gives you 100GB or something. NO !! Now the $70 plan gives you 200GB! 40GB extra for nothing. Thats more than my current plan.

So you may be asking " what is the big issue with that. All good:) just change and have 170GB more internet". You see the problem is I am also on Optus for home phone. Because it is ADSL 2+ it runs through a phone line. Its sort of like we have gone backwards to the dialup days.....except 1000 times faster. Now because we are have such a largely spread population, only Optus and Telstra have hard line infrastructure and Optus does not have very much. This means that most companies that provide either telephone service or ADSL internet service use Telstras infrastructure. People that are with Optus for home phone just have to change provider if they want ADSL. No other option.

Next time wil be all those pesky hidden costs of installing ADSL and everything around it.
Till next time
AndrewCow