ok Teletec guys, nows your time to shine.

[Veilside R33]

hey guys, ewan ed etc....

im finally getting broadband *hushed awe* im getting optusnet. basically my dad is with optus with everything else so we get free installation.

however he's not forking out the extra $30 per month for unlimited downloads. now im lead to beleive that this will be sh*t because i'll reach my d/l limit in about a day? :spew:

so whats the story, how bad will it be? cause theres pretty much no way he's going to pay for unlimited.

Andrew.

[ed R34]

hahaha

heres a tip... why dont you fork out the extra $30 and PRESTO!!!! unlimited downloads... here we come!

but on a serious note... depends on how much you use the net ... but i would just pay that 30 bucks then you have no worries... wats your limit now??

200mb? if it is then it will go in a day or so... for me anyway.... but if you dont d/l too much you can always check your usage metre... and you should be able to upgrade your plan anytime aswell...

[silver gts-t]

[Amaru]

When you download $300 of excess data im sure your dad will be more than willing to pay the extra $30

[Rekin]

Veilside R33 i am in the exact same problem, 200mb per month is not fun. I could spend the extra $30 for unlimited downloads but i prefer to save up for something better in the future.

Let your dad use the internet during the 28.8kbps cap, tell him about the cheap international calls he could make with VOIP, the webcam convos he could do with friends/family overseas? and the wide range of international web radios he could listen to. All these use up a lot of bandwidth and if you get him hooked on any one of them, say hello to unlimited cable

If he still disagrees get unlimited cable. I have already used up 5mb in 30minutes by talking on MSN and viewing this forum.

A good program to monitor your optus usage is located here: http://optus.larcos.com.au

Try the 200mb limit for one month and if your not happy just upgrade.

- Patrick

[funkymonkey]

i pay $55 a month for 512/128kbps ADSL with unlimited download, no AUP and no rolling download limit thingies. I get throttled to 128kbps download during business hours (8am to 6pm, weekdays) but I'm never at home at that time, so I don't really care, besides, my leeching keeps goin at 128 and come 6 o clock goes back to 512. Its awesome... thru Pacific internet which has had virtually no downtime and the quickest support line of any ISP i've been or worked at

[funkymonkey]

oh and on last count last month i did 38 gigs

[ed R34]

38 gig of porn?

do you need that much?... or is there never enough

[funkymonkey]

4 gig was for Juiced on Xbox, 3.5 gig for spiderman season 1 (original cartoon) andother 3.5gig for season 2. Pron was about 8 gig (2 dvd's) the rest was music, Top gear, Monster Garage, Initial D and other anime and other assorted videos.

[Veilside R33]

i see, so it appears im about to get fisted royally, i do use the net a bit, prolly 3hours a day roughly, and i dont really downlad stuff, its just looking at all the car pics on some of the forums im on.

ok i'll have a word to him.