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Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
> Max <max@val.morgan> wrote
>> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
>>> Max <max@val.morgan> wrote
>>>> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
>>>>> Max <max@val.morgan> wrote

>>>>>> I am looking for a cheap mobile broadband plan.

>>>>> But don't say how you plan to use it.

>>>> I want to use it instead of an ADSL plan.

>>> Sure, but how do you use broadband ?  Just for browsing,
>>> lots of live movies, lots of torrenting, what do you do with it ?
>>> How much does it vary month by month etc.

>>> That stuff determines whether the slut's plan or amaysim is better for 
>>> your type of use.

>> I don't do much torrenting anymore now that they are cracking down on 
>> movie downloads, but I intend to browse, some youtube, and catch-up TV.

> 12GB a month is quite a bit unless you watch a lot of catch up TV and 
> youtube.

>> I don't need a landline so an ADSL bundle is an overkill for a temporary 
>> one person apartment.

> Doesn't cost a lot more than that mobile plan, $60/month instead of $40
> but you would normally need a mobile service of some kind as well.

But you don't get a mobile service in that $40.
So you would only be paying $20 more for adsl.

> The slut's plan may be better value than amaysim if you use your mobile
> much, but amaysim may be better value of you would only spend say $5
> a month on calls and texts and have $100 10GB data packs as required.

Depending on what mobile plan you are already on, amaysim may
be better value with say their $40/month mobile plan with $100 10GB
data packs as required. You're paying $480 a year with the slut so if
you don't use more than say 40GB a year, 3.5GB a month, amaysim
would be cheaper.

>> For ADSL the only ones that would make sense would be one of the cheapies 
>> like SpinTel, but then I don't want the problems that come with a cheapie 
>> ISP such as slow speeds and bad support.

> You don't normally see any speed difference with the cheaper ADSL
> services, and I hardly ever use support myself. I care more about the
> cheapest ISPs going broke and being without a service for a while.

>> So mobile broadband seems like the best option.

> Yeah, it can be if you use the mobile phone much
> because it's the only phone service you have.

> Couple of my mates have gone that route and it works well for them.
 

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