Looking for a new ISP in Brisbane

nimrod77 · **26th July 2008, 03:36 PM**

Hi all,
I have recently received a nasty-gram from my ISP regarding being tuned into channel BT... if you know what I mean. SO I am considering changing to some one else.
Which ISP does everyone use? Anyone got a recommendation?
Cheers guys

logifuse · **26th July 2008, 03:45 PM**

Which ISP are you with now & how specific was the letter? Just wondering if it was based on your traffic pattern or if they're received specific complaints?

I use Optus cable & TPG ADLS2+ - I probably wouldn't recommend either as Optus is slow uploading & new plans are ridiculously high priced & TPG uses a "transparent" proxy that can cause trouble.

Justin

dgaust · **26th July 2008, 03:46 PM**

I use Comcen at the moment.... 150gb (50gb peak, 100gb off-peak) a month ADSL2+ downloads. You have to sign up for a phone with them, so it's $110 a month. But you do get free line rental depending on the length of time you sign up - 3 months free for a 12 month contract, 6 for a 24 month.

Uploads aren't counted in your quota either (unlike some other large plans), and they don't throttle p2p.... I had a torrent at a sustained speed of > 500kB/sec.

aanda6 · **26th July 2008, 04:38 PM**

Unfortunately , I have just moved house and had to go with Telstra to get ADSL 2+. Otherwise I would go with iinet naked dsl. Great prices and makes phone call really cheap(no landline rental)

nimrod77 · **26th July 2008, 05:05 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by logifuse

Which ISP are you with now & how specific was the letter? Just wondering if it was based on your traffic pattern or if they're received specific complaints?

Here's the text from the e-mail that I recieved....

Quote:

Originally Posted by Exetel E-mail

Dear: MR ****** ********

Exetel have received a Notice of Claimed Infringement relating to the IP address of your Exetel ADSL account. In forwarding you this notice Exetel are not alleging that you are infringing any copyright but are advising you that some other party has alleged that you have and has particularised that allegation within the following notice.

The details of the notice are:

Issued by: Mr Neil Gaine

Director of Operations

Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft

PO Box 515

Mona Vale NSW 1660

Phone: +61 2 9997 8011

Fax: +61 2 9999 2466

Toll Free: 1800 251 996

email: info@afact.com.au

Web: http://www.xpmediacentre.com.au/comm...w.afact.com.au

IP address: ***.***.***.**

Date and Time: 08-07-2008 19:18

File Downloaded: Grey's Anatomy

We are taking this opportunity to remind you that under the terms of the provision of the Exetel ADSL Service you may not use your Exetel ADSL account for any illegal activity. You may choose to deal with this notice in the following ways:

1) Ignore it

2) Respond to the issuer of the notice denying the allegation (you may choose to copy Exetel on this response)

3) Remove the copyright infringing material

If Exetel receive another notice that alleges you are infringing copyright we will ask you to show cause why we should not ask you to move your ADSL service to another ADSL provider.

Regards,

Exetel Support

Put the fear of god up me

.... So not sure where to go from here. The "Alleged" material has been disposed of, so hopefully thats it.
I can't get ADSL 2 where I am going, have to wait for a while on that front...

dgaust · **26th July 2008, 05:08 PM**

See, that's the problem. You downloaded Grey's Anatomy, the good taste police are always on the job

Seriously though, I got one pretty similar to that 5 years ago.

Astrotoy7 · **26th July 2008, 07:07 PM**

lolz... I have to admit being 100% pleased since switching to Netspace from bigpoo. Uploads arent counted in the quota either. (DSL) I got 20/20 for $70. I since downscaled simply because I wasnt using it all

Also, when you ring tech support you dont get put through to calcutta. This makes tech support available only til 8ish or so, but Id prefer that than a useless conversation with Apu at 2am that gets me nowhere. When I last called, "Mick" fixed me up in 5 mins.

Im happy with it, and the price. You can pick a 6 month contract so you have the freedom to bugger them off if you come across something better

astro

Aquaholic · **26th July 2008, 07:15 PM**

I had a simular email a few years ago. Since then I have been with aanet and use ipfilters and peerguardian

nimrod77 · **26th July 2008, 09:32 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by dgaust

I got one pretty similar to that 5 years ago.

Did you hear anymore about it?

And, Who the *?@* are the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft?
Have they got any pull at all?

Back on topic though, does anyone use internode? Are they any good?

dgaust · **26th July 2008, 10:05 PM**

Nah. emailed back and said 'I don't know what you're talking about' and that was it.