Wireless Broadband in Australia
Posted by The Phone Expert at 4/9/2008 12:35 AM and is filed under uncategorized 
Dear Diary,
Today I wanted to express my view on the state of Wireless Internet in Australia. In the last few years we have come a long way to providing quality wireless broadband services to Australians. It was not long ago that we used to find ADSL broadband Internet very expensive.
We would pay $60 for 10Gb of download for a fixed ADSL connection at 256k speed & this was just 3 years ago. Then came wireless Internet in the form of Unwired & iBurst. Both these Wireless Internet providers took a great leap forward in the area of true wireless broadband connectivity. The only problem with these providers was the proprietary technology they were using.
I used Unwired broadband for quite sometime as I found it really useful to be able to connect in many areas across Sydney. I have even taken my faithful rabbit & plugged it to my laptop & worked in sunny darling harbour. What a feeling that was! When Unwired introduced their wireless laptop modems I jumped on it because no longer did I need to carry the Rabbit (which now started looking big & clumsy to me) everywhere.
But the cost of getting Wireless with Unwired was quite expensive. I remember I used to pay something like $99 per month for about 10Gb download & the speed was not too quick either. I remember most times I did not get speeds much greater than 256 kbps to 512 kbps if I was lucky.
Over the last 1 year the mobile network providers have jumped into the Broadband bandwagon & started introducing fantastic plans with decent speeds. Telstra has its Next G network which most users consider very expensive. But other providers such as Optus, Soul, Vodafone & Three have some fantastic plans.
One of the best plans for Uni students or for general surfing (or anyone on a budget) is the $19.95 for 1GB download plan from Soul, you can check out the plan at www.WirelessInternet.net.au . I think this plan provides fantastic value at a price which beats most ADSL broadband Internet providers and with the many benefits of wireless Internet such as Mobility, No need for a phone line, easy set up & decent broadband speeds of 512 kbps upto 1500 kbps if you are in 3G coverage areas.
Anyway I think a lot of people will make the switch from fixed broadband to wireless broadband, just as a lot of people have stopped installing home phones & just rely on their mobile phones. I personally think this is a great advancement in Internet access for the general Australian public as they can now even get Wireless broadband in areas which are ADSL internet blackspots, i.e. these people in the past have been stuck with dial up internet. Well now your time has come to make the switch to Wireless internet!
Today I wanted to express my view on the state of Wireless Internet in Australia. In the last few years we have come a long way to providing quality wireless broadband services to Australians. It was not long ago that we used to find ADSL broadband Internet very expensive.
We would pay $60 for 10Gb of download for a fixed ADSL connection at 256k speed & this was just 3 years ago. Then came wireless Internet in the form of Unwired & iBurst. Both these Wireless Internet providers took a great leap forward in the area of true wireless broadband connectivity. The only problem with these providers was the proprietary technology they were using.
I used Unwired broadband for quite sometime as I found it really useful to be able to connect in many areas across Sydney. I have even taken my faithful rabbit & plugged it to my laptop & worked in sunny darling harbour. What a feeling that was! When Unwired introduced their wireless laptop modems I jumped on it because no longer did I need to carry the Rabbit (which now started looking big & clumsy to me) everywhere.
But the cost of getting Wireless with Unwired was quite expensive. I remember I used to pay something like $99 per month for about 10Gb download & the speed was not too quick either. I remember most times I did not get speeds much greater than 256 kbps to 512 kbps if I was lucky.
Over the last 1 year the mobile network providers have jumped into the Broadband bandwagon & started introducing fantastic plans with decent speeds. Telstra has its Next G network which most users consider very expensive. But other providers such as Optus, Soul, Vodafone & Three have some fantastic plans.
One of the best plans for Uni students or for general surfing (or anyone on a budget) is the $19.95 for 1GB download plan from Soul, you can check out the plan at www.WirelessInternet.net.au . I think this plan provides fantastic value at a price which beats most ADSL broadband Internet providers and with the many benefits of wireless Internet such as Mobility, No need for a phone line, easy set up & decent broadband speeds of 512 kbps upto 1500 kbps if you are in 3G coverage areas.
Anyway I think a lot of people will make the switch from fixed broadband to wireless broadband, just as a lot of people have stopped installing home phones & just rely on their mobile phones. I personally think this is a great advancement in Internet access for the general Australian public as they can now even get Wireless broadband in areas which are ADSL internet blackspots, i.e. these people in the past have been stuck with dial up internet. Well now your time has come to make the switch to Wireless internet!
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