Comments on: Cheap Net Access in Australia http://etbe.coker.com.au/2010/01/15/cheap-net-access-australia/ Linux, politics, and other interesting things Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:09:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: etbe http://etbe.coker.com.au/2010/01/15/cheap-net-access-australia/comment-page-1/#comment-22806 etbe Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:45:00 +0000 http://etbe.coker.com.au/?p=1543#comment-22806 David: That's interesting, but it's something that should have happened a long time ago. There is no technical reason for charging such insane prices for roaming. For mobile phone roaming the Telco oligopoly leaves us little option other than to pay roaming fees - at least until Google voice and VOIP mobile phones take off. For data roaming we can just sign up for a pre-paid deal in another country, so the fact that you pay twice for net access in another country is still excessive. Dmitrijs: Good point, I think I will get it done. http://etbe.coker.com.au/2010/01/18/why-internet-access-in-australia-sucks/ sin: Your comment inspired the above blog post. Also another factor that needs to be considered in regard to mobile net access is the cost of cell towers. Australia occupies a large area of land and has a small population (think of the population of the Netherlands spread over the area of the entire EU). While we have some city areas with a great population density the majority of cell phone towers have fewer users than is common in Europe - that means each user has to pay more to cover the cost of the cell towers. This is particularly bad with Telstra which is by far the most expensive mobile phone company but also has significantly better coverage of country areas than the other telcos. Those mostly unused cell towers in country areas cost a lot of money! David: That’s interesting, but it’s something that should have happened a long time ago. There is no technical reason for charging such insane prices for roaming. For mobile phone roaming the Telco oligopoly leaves us little option other than to pay roaming fees – at least until Google voice and VOIP mobile phones take off. For data roaming we can just sign up for a pre-paid deal in another country, so the fact that you pay twice for net access in another country is still excessive.

Dmitrijs: Good point, I think I will get it done.

http://etbe.coker.com.au/2010/01/18/why-internet-access-in-australia-sucks/

sin: Your comment inspired the above blog post. Also another factor that needs to be considered in regard to mobile net access is the cost of cell towers. Australia occupies a large area of land and has a small population (think of the population of the Netherlands spread over the area of the entire EU). While we have some city areas with a great population density the majority of cell phone towers have fewer users than is common in Europe – that means each user has to pay more to cover the cost of the cell towers. This is particularly bad with Telstra which is by far the most expensive mobile phone company but also has significantly better coverage of country areas than the other telcos. Those mostly unused cell towers in country areas cost a lot of money!

]]> By: sin http://etbe.coker.com.au/2010/01/15/cheap-net-access-australia/comment-page-1/#comment-22798 sin Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:49:22 +0000 http://etbe.coker.com.au/?p=1543#comment-22798 Somebody needs to whack the aussie ISP in the head with a cluebat. The prices that you pay are insane. Here, in Eastern Europe we pay 15EUR for 8GB/month and after that the speed is just decreased, you don't pay extra. https://www.vodafone.ro/personal/internet-si-date/internet-pe-pc/abonamente-internet-nelimitat/index.htm Somebody needs to whack the aussie ISP in the head with a cluebat. The prices that you pay are insane.

Here, in Eastern Europe we pay 15EUR for 8GB/month and after that the speed is just decreased, you don’t pay extra.

https://www.vodafone.ro/personal/internet-si-date/internet-pe-pc/abonamente-internet-nelimitat/index.htm

]]> By: Dmitrijs Ledkovs http://etbe.coker.com.au/2010/01/15/cheap-net-access-australia/comment-page-1/#comment-22787 Dmitrijs Ledkovs Sat, 16 Jan 2010 02:10:50 +0000 http://etbe.coker.com.au/?p=1543#comment-22787 Unlocking phone is very simple procedure. You send them that magic phone ID to them, they verify it and send you the magic long unclock code which you simply enter into it. That was my experience on Nokia phones though Unlocking phone is very simple procedure. You send them that magic phone ID to them, they verify it and send you the magic long unclock code which you simply enter into it. That was my experience on Nokia phones though

]]> By: David T. http://etbe.coker.com.au/2010/01/15/cheap-net-access-australia/comment-page-1/#comment-22781 David T. Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:59:17 +0000 http://etbe.coker.com.au/?p=1543#comment-22781 Funny, for 30 AUD you could get a mobile data flatrate in Austria from Three, with free roaming in Australia. Funny, for 30 AUD you could get a mobile data flatrate in Austria from Three, with free roaming in Australia.

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