GoTalk Broadband Australia

With gotalk’s impressive and unbeatable range of super fast broadband plans, there’s no better value for money broadband access in Australia! With plans starting from just $14.95 per month, with extremely low monthly access fees and high download limits. GoTalk has Australia’s best value tailored packages for first time users through to full time experts.

What does GoTalk offer?

Hi Speed Broadband (ADSL2+) is the next generation broadband which delivers download speeds up to 80 times faster than standard 256k broadband. Expect speeds up to 20000 kbps / 800 kbps (depending on your location and hardware, minimum speed over 1500 kbps). Get your downloads faster with ADSL2+!

You can download and access information, movies, songs and more, from the web in a fraction of the time. For example, a 90 minute movie which would take you about 4 hours to download on a standard 256K connection will only take about 20 minutes with an ADSL2+ connection.

Plans available with GoTalk phone plan

Plan speed with ADSL2+ are 20,000 / 800 kbps

Starter - $14.95 for 900MB (300MB peak / 600MB off peak)
Light - $29.95 for 9GB (3GB peak / 6GB off peak)
Optimum - $49.95 for 36GB (12GB / 24 GB off peak)
Expert - $64.95 for 60GB (20GB peak / 40GB off peak)

Peak and Off Peak times with GoTalk


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GoTalk ADSL2+ Service Conditions
ADSL2+ broadband service:
ADSL2+ broadband can offer maximum speeds up to 20000 kbps / 800 kbps. Speeds above 8Mbps require network compatible ADSL2+ modem and filters. The minimum speed of an ADSL2+ broadband service is 1500 kbps. Actual speed will vary and is subject to various constrains including but not limited to distance from local exchange, quality of phone line, the number and type of other services using the line, the capacity of the uplink and customer’s modem/router. gotalk ADSL2+ Broadband services are available in many areas of Australia, excluding NT and TAS. For technical and commercial reasons not all homes can be connected to all gotalk service and technology will depend on customer’s location. gotalk ADSL2+ broadband service is available as a bundled product only and a specific complete home phone is required (line rental, local and long distance calls preselected to gotalk). All products must be connected in the same name and billing address.

Plan details: gotalk starter: monthly access fee $14.95 inclusive of GST, data allowance 300 MB + 600 MB (on and off peak), excess charges apply once download limits are reached, 10c per MB and capped at $20 then shaped; gotalk light5: monthly access fee $29.95 inclusive of GST, data allowance 3 GB + 6 GB (on and off peak), shaping applies; gotalk optimum: monthly access fee $49.95 inclusive of GST, data allowance 12 GB + 24 GB (on and off peak), shaping applies; gotalk expert: monthly access fee $64.95 inclusive of GST, data allowance 20GB + 40GB (on and off peak), shaping applies. All gotalk ADSL2+ plans offer 5 email addresses and 10MB web space. Static IP option is not available.

Download on-peak and off-peak times: Data allowance on gotalk ADSL2+ broadband plans is split for on and off peak. Off-peak time is between 1am and 6am AEST. On-peak time is between 6am and 1am AEST.

Connection shaping: all gotalk ADSL2+ plans, except for the starter plan $14.95, are shaped and no excess charges apply. The connection speed will be shaped to 64 kbps, when either of the download limits will be exceeded during both on-peak or off-peak times. The connection speed will be restored at the beginning of the new invoice run.

Charges: Minimum total cost over 12 months: gotalk ADSL2+ starter: $278.40; gotalk ADSL2+ light: $458.40; gotalk ADSL2+ optimum: $698.40; gotalk ADSL2+ expert: $878.40; including the setup fee of $99. Contract terms: all ADSL2+ plans are available at 12 and 24 month contract term. Setup fee of $99 applies to 12 month contract. Disconnection fee of $200 applies when service cancelled within contract term. Cancelling the specific home phone service will result in a surcharge of $30 applied to the ADSL2+ account. ADSL2+ required home phone service: ADSL2+ broadband must be bundled with go voice ADSL2+ home phone plan. Selecting any other gotalk home phone will result in a surcharge of $30 applied to the ADSL2+ gotalk

Are you within coverage for 3 mobile broadband?

3 mobile Coverage checking tool

3 mobile broadband is great because you can just walk around and be connected to the net whereever you want. The most important part of this is to determine you are in coverage for the service. You need to be in a Broadband Zone and not just a talk and messaging zone for their mobile phones.

3 mobile covers mainly metro areas including:

• Sydney
• Melbourne / Geelong
  
• Adelaide
• Canberra
• Brisbane / Gold Coast
• Perth
  

Checkout their coverage zones on their website.

Take the Internet with you. Whether you use the internet at home, work or play, we've got some great news! with 3 Mobile Broadband, you can have the freedom of broadband internet in 3's Broadband Zone on our 3G network, without all those messy cables or fixed phone lines So now you can surf at your leisure on the coach, while watching TV, at the kitchen table, in the park, or in the coffee shop at a breakfast meeting - it's up to you! What's more, it's simple to use, it's very affordable and with blistering broadband speeds, it's fast! Just the way mobile broadband should be. For full coverage information on where 3 Mobile Broadband is available, check out our "Coverage on 3" brochure or visit 3business.com.au Things to know: The theoretical max download speed in 3's Broadband Zone is 3.6 Mbps with typical download speeds ranging from 600kbps to 1.5 Mbps & uplink speed of up to 384 kbps. The actual speed achieved will vary depending on a number of factors such as customer's location & equipment & network usage at the time.

APC has dogged Dodo's wireless internet access offer! With Dodo Internet's big news yesterday and its tv's offering "FREE Internet"!

Wait! Before you diss it, here is my review of this offer.

What do you need to get the free internet access?

1. Transfer your home phone line rental to Dodo. This will cost you $32.90 per month. Now Telstra offers a couple of packages for home phone. The Homeline Budget plan for $19.95 per month seems quite good, although you wouldn't want to be making too many phone calls on it. If you went the package above HomeLine Complete plan which would set you back $26.95 per month, where you could definately make some more phone calls. Although you would need to make about 100 local calls on the Budget Plan before you should be upgrading to the $26.95 per month. I use my mobile instead of my home phone and only use the home phone for internet access or calling FREECall numbers.

So just $32.90??

Where are the catches?

1. Bandwidth - You only get 150mb's and you can only use 75mb's between 9am and 1pm and the other 75mb's between 1pm and 9am. So you are going to need to manage your usage hardcore!
   
   
2. Excess Bandwidth costs - After the 150mb's you are charged 18c per mb. Although there is a cap on this at $29.99. Thats pretty good. So you are going to pay a total of $62.89 per month ($32.90 + $29.99). I assure you now you are going to go over the 150mb's because thats 50seconds of usage on ADSL 2.
3. Throttling of speed (Slower speed after the first 300mb's) - Your going to be getting 64kps speeds after the first 300mb's. Thats going to drive you crazy. Its only 8kps faster that a dialup modem!
4. Dodo has a history of bad customer service - There are A LOT of posts on Whirlpool forum about some seriously bad experiences by customers. Customers who couldnt stop their credit card getting billed. Here are some stats from a recent Whirpool survey, 53% of customers waited more than 20 minutes on their customer support line. Optus and Telstra only had about 14% of customers waiting over 20 minutes on the line. I have never been with Dodo but I do have Telstra Adsl 2.0 and it rocks! I havent struggled with it at all and my customer support has been really good.
   

Any Dodo customers out there want to share their experience?

Here are some more details on the actual offer:

References
1. APC magazine, "Beware of Dodo's 'free' broadband"

Welcome to the first post on the new Wireless Internet Access Review blog. We are looking for wireless internet access packages to review so if you have any suggestions or ideas send them accross to review@wirelessinternetaccess.com.au.

Looking forward to some exciting new developments in this field especially with all the new carriers getting on board.