Wireless Internet In Australia.

I have prepaid wireless (the one with a dongle) & that is great & my friend down the road has wireless on a plan...the type of wireless where you have a little box smaller than a mobile phone & you connect via that wirelessly (he has no home phone) & he said it's good...I think he pays about $80 a month & gets about 80gb...both are with optus...I find other than telstra, optus gives better coverage than other companies...my friend over the road has vodafone prepaid & gets crap service.

Can't help you with your question Bill, sorry, but congrats on the move to acreage! You will love the lifestyle and the benefits will outweigh any downfalls. Where have you moved to? I probably know it, being an original Gold Coaster!

I have satellite broadband and I had no idea it was expensive compared to other types...we have no choice where I am. We don't get mobile phone coverage here either even though Telstra insists that we do. I am with Skymesh and I was on one of the cheaper rates with a slow rate and 1000GB peak download and 2000GB off peak - each month I would receive a warning that I had used up my peak allowance and within days I would be slowed down but I didn't notice a huge difference.. I decided to upgrade recently and for $40 I'm getting double the speed with 2000GB peak and 2000 off peak. The thing is, I barely noticed the difference and only in one or two areas and I'm still getting the warning...this last on the 10th of this month. (it renews at the beginning of each month. The reason I upgraded was in an effort to be able to accomplish more and earn some extra money that would more than cover the extra i'm paying but it isn't happening...the joke is on me. Skymesh are based in Brisbane, just check their site to see their plans http://www.skymesh.com.au/plans/?show=satellite. Previously, with dial up I was with Westnet and even though I liked their customer service, I had heaps of problems with my connection, they do satellite broadband as well I think. The link above is not a referral link.

Obviously, in the words of Manuel "I know naaaathing!" but just wanted to wish you & your family well & hope you'll be very happy in your new home.

hmm, not sure about Australia, but I won't ever opt for wireless thing! ADSL is much more reliable!

Sorry Bill, can't help here. I'm in a street full of elderly retired people & the whole area doesn't have internet. I use work's ADSL2 while my wife is using her parents'. We might not even have internet access after I move. Even if we did, my wife believes it is a relationship-killer & won't allow it, claiming also that we can't afford it. Reckon my days are numbered on My Lot. Have you looked into satellite? I hear it works well in regional areas. Hope the move works out well for you.

Hi there I am in the same situation. I had ADSL in Sydney and went bush. I did spend 3 years on dial up with a connection of 30kbps. Because that is all you get if your are more than 15km from the exchange. When I moved in this new place, dial up was the same. Satellite is too expensive and useless if you are a heavy internet user. But since the mobile phone worked in this new location, I decided to try wireless because anything would be better than dial up. I thought, even if I only get 256kbps, it is a lot better than 30kbps. The neighbour 500m away has ADSL. But they won't give it to me because it is an old phone line. And Telstra do not replace old phone lines. Not even in Sydney. So I got wireless with a 3GB plan. It works most of the time, and I don't get less than 512kbps. When too many tourists come into town for the weekend with their mobile phones, the tower cannot cope and I lose the signal. This is the case this weekend. But it does not happen too often. The only thing is, forget about downloading stuff on a 3GB plan. I use 1.5GB just surfing the net without downloading anything. Forget about watching Youtube videos as well. Or your 3GB will last you one week.

I have ADSL where I live but I do use mobile broadband when I am out and about via a prepaid USB stick. I was quite happy with it until I travelled to country Victoria and discovered Vodafone was providing me with neither mobile phone connection nor the Internet! Telstra is the one that you can use virtually anywhere but, alas, they are more expensive! Congratulations on the move, it is exciting to make good changes like that. Once you get your Internet sorted it will be all systems go!

Hi friend.. I have been using post paid airtel gprs net connection from last 4 years but now i have changed it to prepaid... its wireless but slow than broadband. Have a nice day,