Mobile Internet

PeterD · Guru

RE: Mobile Internet

milo · Guru

also if you have a smart phone ie iphone or andriod ie samsung galaxy 3 or what ever
if they allow tethering you can you use your phone as a modem,
not sure how the speed works compared to a stick..

just out of interest, i know we have systems like the vast satelite tv

set ups, ie portable and ones that go on the roof of motor homes,

can any of those be used for the net or is there something like telstra

on satelite dish on the roof of a mobile home if you know what i mean confuse

-- Edited by milo on Saturday 2nd of June 2012 01:08:13 AM

PeterD · Guru

milo wrote:
just out of interest, i know we have systems like the vast satelite tv set ups, ie portable and ones that go on the roof of motor homes, can any of those be used for the net or is there something like telstra on satelite dish on the roof of a mobile home if you know what i mean

You mean like this one - http://www.ausnomadtech.com.au/default.php

Cruising Granny · Guru

Wild1 wrote:
Thank you CG - is that $150 a month or a year?

That's $150 per year for the 10 GB for 12 months.

I currently have a 1 GB per month post paid for $40 per month. Then if I go beyond it slows down but I don't pay any extra.

milo · Guru

thanks PeterD , interesting

Esperian · Senior Member

There are several internet Provider services that use Telstra as their service carrier.

Big Pond is probably the first of them. Right from the beginning it imitates Telstra by logo - and very high prices - as when you run out of data, additional data costs a real fortune.

The newest one is an excellent service: http://boost.com.au/ Best ask for it at any Post Office, and they explain how to get it. At this service, for A$ 40.00/month you get unlimited telephone calls to anywhere in Australia - mobile and home - and 3 Gb of data, plus additional 2 Gb (gigabites) of data each weekend. The additional data must be used over the weekend as it do not get transferred to later. Anyway, this makes it still a very good deal. This is a service that left Optus as Telstra purchased controlling shares in it. It uses Telstra network, but it is separate from it and uses separate links on Internet, although under Telstra name, too... This service provides standard 3 Gigabites over a month for every days uses, plus 2 Gigabites of Internet data, over each weekend - which is 8 Gb over a month. All up this equals to 11 Gb of data per month.

This is usually good enough to download an occasional movie or two, and also be able to go on Facebook- which is very data hungry, or Skype, with equal appetite for data. I use it now a bit more than one year, and I'm a lot happier than when I used a Big Pond. It is a lot cheaper, and provides a lot more data, besides having been just as good as Telstra and Bigpond together as far as coverage and signal strength are concerned.

Optus offers now unlimited calls and 7Gb of data for 50/month. With somewhat more limited coverage than Telstra, but this gets all the time better now.

-- Edited by Esperian on Sunday 1st of May 2016 04:58:04 PM

Esperian · Senior Member

There are several internet Provider services that use Telstra as their service carrier.

Big Pond is probably the first of them. Right from the begenning it imitates Telstra by logo - and very high prices - as when you run out of data, additional data costs a real fortune.

The newest one is an excellent service: http://boost.com.au/ Best ask for it at any Post Office, and they explain how to get it. At this service, for A$ 40.00/month you get unlimited telephone calls to anywhere in Australia - mobile and home - and 3 Gb of data, plus additional 2 Gb (gigabites) of data each weekend. The additional data must be used over the weekend as it do not get transferred to later. Anyway, this makes it still a very good deal. This is a service that left Optus as Telstra purchased controlling shares in it. It uses Telstra network, but it is separate from it and uses separate links on Internet, although under Telstra name, too... This service provides 8 Gigabites of Internet data, over each weekend, plus standard 3 Gigabites for every days use, which equals to 11 Gb of data per month. This is enough to download occasional movie or two, and also be able to go on Facebook- which is very data hungry, or Skype, with equal appetite for data. I use it now a bit more than one year, and I'm a lot happier than when I used Big-Pond. A lot cheper, a lot more data, and just as good as Telstra and bigpond as far as coverage and signal strength are concerned.

Optus offers now unlimited calls and 7Gb of data for 50/month. With somewhat more limited coverage than Telstra, but this gets all the time better now.