Good ADSL Deals..

[U WERE MINE]

Just looking at hooking me up with some ADSL action at home.. and wondering what different isp's you guys are using and how they fare in pricing and download rates..

im looking at IHUG at the moment.. they got 256k Unlimited DL for 79.95.. and dodo has same for 64.95..

Ive been with IHUG dialup for many years now.. and theyve always had awesome DL and not many line busy.. so im thinking i mgiht stick with em..

[Tosh]

iinet are good

remember to consider reliability rather than just cost as well.. getting something cheap is all good but if it doesn't work you'll just get the shits

you get what u pay for

hope that helps

[R31_Original :-p]

ive been looking into ADSL also.....the best ive come across is www.ozforces.com.au $79 for 256/64......remember to also consider packet shaping if u plan on downloading a lot????

[Tosh]

go for 512k at least as well...

256 isnt that good

[R31_Original :-p]

I agree....just wasnt sure if he needed the extra SPPEeeD!!! ;-)

[U WERE MINE]

packet shaping??

umm most uses will be for a downloading and playing on battlenet..

yeah the reason im thinking ill go with ihug.. is cause they always had good DL rates.. adn have good equipment..

i think they had $99.99 for 512/128 which seems pretty reasonable i thinks.. ive heard a couple ppl say iinet is good.. ill have a look at the website

[R31_Original :-p]

iinet use packet shaping which can restrict ure download speeds

[Duncan]

I went 512 with TPG, they are $90 for 10gb.

service has been reliable, and they allow shared connection (we got a 3 puter network using the 1 adsl link)

[R31_Original :-p]

hey Duncan....wat speeds do u get like from kazaa???? say at 11pm (offpeak)???

[U WERE MINE]

yeah what speeds woudl u guys say u average??....

ive been looking at the iinet website.. and the only downside i see is no static ip... which is a bummer.. but other than that there very cheap..

[Duncan]

isn't kazaa a type of flute?

/end j/k

not sure, it just goes kinda fast whats best way to check?

[Duncan]

hey urine, do you want static ip? I thought that was designed to let hackers have a better chance of getting in :confused:

[R31_Original :-p]

kazaa is a file sharing program dude

[U WERE MINE]

Originally posted by Duncan

hey urine, do you want static ip?  I thought that was designed to let hackers have a better chance of getting in :confused:

hackers can get in regardless..u can find out ppl's ip's everytime they logon if u want to.. do u think a hacker with that kind of knowledge would waste his time on lil ol me ...

Just run a good firewall like i already do and ull be fine..

i just wanna set up a ftp etc.. u could host ure own website.... umm stuff like that i guess

[R31_Original :-p]

wat firewall u running urmine???

[U WERE MINE]

norton on my laptop.. enough for what i need i guess..

[Duncan]

yeah fair nuff, only downside is upload speeds are much slower, I think mine is 512 down 128 up. And its not the hackers with knowledge that worry me, its the kids out ot cause trouble! Yeah, good firewall and keeping up with os patches should be ok though.

[U WERE MINE]

yeah thats the way i see it too duncan.. most ppl only bother wasting ther time with something they can get somethign from.. i have nothign to offer other than porn and mp3's..

though.. one of the guys here just did a exchange course.. the amount of loopholes in ubelievable.. u can send emails from

[email protected] or whatever to anywone.. then in the email redirect them to a website u created which mirrors the westpac site.. then just ask them to login to internet banking.. hahhah and bingo!! u got the details..

alot of ppl wouldnt notice www.anything.com/westpacupdate/ and as long as westpac logo's loaded up.. they do what u said in the emial whcih was to log on and it would automatically update ure software!!!

[R31_Original :-p]

shizer...thats crazyness!!!:-0

[Duncan]

yeah, the fake sites have been a huge problem, i think paypal have been hit a few times too. site only needs to stay up for a day or two to cause havoc.