Telstra unleashes new broadband prices

 

Discounts for longer contracts and bundling.

Telstra has made good on chief executive David Thodey’s recent promise to revise its fixed-line broadband internet plans, introducing a bevy of options for new and current users to consider.

The telco also rebranded its entry-level product speeds of 1.5 Mbps ADSL1 and 8 Mbps cable as ‘Turbo’ and ADSL2+ and cable plans with speeds between 17 and 30 Mbps as ‘Elite’, according to a tweet by the BigPond team.

The cheapest pricing on the broadband plans appeared dependent on how many services Telstra customers bundled together under a single bill.

Users could save $10 per month by signing on for 24 months instead of 12 months. If they signed for two years and bundled at least one other “eligible Telstra service” in, they could save “up to $20 per month.”

Telstra also said it was introducing new “high usage plans of 100 GB and 200 GB to satisfy the growing demand for movie downloads and more family members connecting at the same time.”

A 12-month, ADSL2+ plan with 100GB would cost $129.95 per month. For 200GB, expect to pay $179.95 per month, Telstra indicated.

The telco said there were no excess usage charges on most plans, with speeds throttled to 64 Kbps if the user reached their quota limit. Only the entry-level 2 GB plan charged for excess usage, at a rate of 15c per MB.

The acting group managing director of Telstra Consumer, Glenice Maclellan, said the plans “catered for the changing way Australians were using broadband for communication and entertainment at home."


Telstra unleashes new broadband prices
""iiNet clearly were after a competitive advantage by not sending out AFACT notice - everybody in the industry (other than iiNet fanboi's) knows just that." Because after all AFACT submitted these ..."
By Mordd
 
 
 
Comments: 21
IrOS
Nov 26, 2009 4:36 PM
Digger? digger? where are you, oh right, it's not iiNet.

"Telstra also said it was introducing new “high usage plans of 100 GB and 200 GB to satisfy the growing demand for movie downloads "
Digger11
Nov 26, 2009 4:38 PM
Isn't that just like third line forcing ????

Buy FOXTEL form Testra and then a mobile and the broadband and we will still give you a far too high price - but at least you will see the word "discount" on the bill.

Seriously, who would pay $130 for 100gb ???? iPrimus sells 101gb for $60 and TPG is as cheap (although pretty crappy quality).
Digger11
Nov 26, 2009 4:49 PM
illegal downloads ??
nate.cochrane
Nov 26, 2009 5:04 PM
It's not third-line forcing because there's no compulsion, unlike with most mobile phone sales and the ACCC has shown it's unwilling to move on that.
What was missing from the detail is whether Telstra will continue to count uploads in the overall metered traffic. If it does then the extra download allowance will be swallowed swiftly.
nate.cochrane
Nov 26, 2009 5:05 PM
It's not third-line forcing because there's no compulsion, unlike with most mobile phone sales and the ACCC has shown it's unwilling to move on that.
What was missing from the detail is whether Telstra will continue to count uploads in the overall metered traffic. If it does then the extra download allowance will be swallowed swiftly.
Digger11
Nov 26, 2009 5:47 PM
Nate But in reality it is economic thrd-line forcing ? As many many poor pensioners, immigrants and unemployed cannot afford to buy any one product on its own as it is too expensive.
Telstra and Optus include uploads in nearly all of their plans - Justin Milne said this was to deter peer-peer file sharing which is usually illegal.
btone
Nov 26, 2009 5:55 PM
TPG is cheap (although pretty crappy quality) eh Dig?

Used it a bit have we? Eh? Hmm? Just a little maybe? Hmm? Or just talking through the usual funnel of thought, eh? Hmm?

(NB: Apology for troll feeding but recycling hater post dross on WP about TPG sometimes needs a response from happy users)

And yes, the new Helstra plans are still ripoffs, why would you retain a 2 gb 'entry' honeypot for the unaware to get smashed with massive excess fees if you were really trying to shed the amigo gouging rep?

Jahm Mitt
Nov 26, 2009 9:52 PM
I don't know if it's because I am so tired but I tried to read the article and kind of read "Telstra" and "Scumbag Plans" and "Rip Off Fees", and kind of found it very difficult to get enthused about Telstra trafficking dog shit in a paper bag or plastic bag.

Kind of like playing with the press button robots of Telstra Customer Service and trying to not fall into a coma.

I still feel like kicking anyone in Telstra, because these people are still scamming people on Broadband plans fom any other company - by the FEES they charge just for line rental on the un-naked plans.


Anyway - Telstra has been so bad for so long and the announcement of marginal improvements to their piss-poor piece meal plans for highway robbery for almost nothing, is never going to provide any incentive to me to ever EMPLOY them ever again for any service.
scan06disk
Nov 26, 2009 11:10 PM
TPG is rubbish, bought it 6 months then canceled !, paid $350 !, now I am with Internode, better speeds and great uptime !
Mitch
Nov 27, 2009 8:01 AM
Sorry Bigpond not even close of making me come back...
And Digger11 you are a fool.
JimboJones
Nov 27, 2009 9:21 AM
@Nate, yes they still incudle uploads, or as Telstra put it, 'internet traffic'

@digger, not all high downloads are due to illigal downloads, with more and more digital media being avial, high bandwith plans are becomming essential.. Eg, I downloaded a LEGAL game via steam and it was 12gb.. Do a couple of them and bingo.. Let's not forget anyone who has a teenager in the house and their constant need for more... Damn YouTube..
Bob
Nov 27, 2009 9:31 AM
If you have a quality service you can charge more for it. If you need a quality service you will pay for it. If you have a crap service then you have to offer it cheap. That's commercial reality.

If you were lying in an ambulance and they were sending your vitals to a hospital, which network would you want them on? Buy cheap, buy twice.(;-)
funkyg
Nov 27, 2009 9:53 AM
The interesting thing is that the 'movie download' plans, probably relate to the expected use of the Foxtel download service....so how does that work then? They rip you off on Foxtel for movie downloads, then just in case they haven't made enough money, they rip you off again for bandwidth! Well done Telstra for creative thinking, but hope nobody falls for it!

As for the $10 saving a month for a 24 month contract. To say prices will fall and overtake any saving you make is probably the understatement of the century!
nate.cochrane
Nov 27, 2009 9:56 AM
I can't imagine a reason why I would ever use Telstra if I lived in a capital. I have my own problems with another ISP, so I'm just waiting until the new year before I get another, probably Internode. It's call centre staff were very helpful when I spoke to them.
But I would never consider Telstra as a provider.
Rhino
Nov 27, 2009 10:28 AM
Cmon Digger11, where's your intense dislike because according to you ISP's only up their quota to promote illegal downloads. Isn't this exactly what your other posts regarding iiNet are all about. Ohhh that's right it's not iiNet, so that's ok. You sir/madam are a hypocrite!!
Digger11
Nov 27, 2009 1:18 PM
@Rhino, I only dislike iiNet because they act like they are the holy godesses of the world on the surface, but when you get inside the company they are just like the rest.
iiNet clearly were after a competitive advantage by not sending out AFACT notice - everybody in the industry (other than iiNet fanboi's) knows just that.
If they lose this case - and it is looking likely that they will - then I smell a class action by their competitiors in the air.

Giving large download quota's alone is not criminal - but not even bothering to enforce the distribution of AFACT notices is.

@btone Are you are really claiming that Teoh and TPG run a good reliable, contention free, fast Aussie based call centre, reliable ISP business ???

Or maybe, just maybe, it is the exact opposite.
btone
Nov 27, 2009 3:08 PM
I'm claiming nothing of the sort Dig, and that bears no resemblance to your comment.

quote: cheap (although pretty crappy quality)

Simply wondering if you have any personal experience of the TPG to back up this statement.

Rhino
Nov 27, 2009 3:19 PM
You know Digger I've been reading all your posts regarding this, and it has dawned on me this is personal to you. I reckon you're a disgruntled employee who believes that they have been hard done by, hence the personal references such as I will never talking to Dalby or Malone again, and now "when you get inside the company they are just like the rest".

Personal quotes like that have no basis in a logical debate. Try and keeping your personal feelings out of you posts and maybe, just maybe you might post something that is logical and not filled with disgust.
cjc1959au
Dec 1, 2009 4:45 PM
@Digger11 "but not even bothering to enforce the distribution of AFACT notices is"

It is not. The AFACT notices carry NO WEIGHT in the eys of the law.

Until such time as AFACT does the right thing and goes to court to get a third party certified notice, the AFACT notices are nothing more than SPAM, and should be treated as such.

Also it was interesting to listen to the latest Telstra ad this afternoon. "Get one of our new 100GB plans and download the latest Star Trek movie while your children download the latest games".

If that's not promoting piracy and theft, then I don't know what is.
anonymous
Dec 1, 2009 7:20 PM
Diggerrrr??

Here, troll, troll, troll.
Mordd
Dec 1, 2009 7:52 PM
"iiNet clearly were after a competitive advantage by not sending out AFACT notice - everybody in the industry (other than iiNet fanboi's) knows just that."

Because after all AFACT submitted these notices to all ISP's equally and so all had equal chances to choose how to process them right?

WRONG! As proven during the court case, not only was there less than 3 ISP's in Australia who even instituted a method to pass on the notices to their customers (3 smalL ISP's moreover, not big players) but it also emerged that AFACT never sent these notices to Telstra or to Optus for example, not a single notice, ever.

Good job continuing to try and twist the truth there digger, but the fact is iiNet was chosen to be targeted for the court case long before they were sued, thats why they went to so much effort sending iiNet notices and investigating them while ignoring a large portion of the remainder of the ISP industry in Australia. Selective prosecution? You betcha it is, sure its a test case, yes I get that, but don't try and suggest AFACT is some independent monitoring group here when they have just a vested interest in the movie studio's case as iiNet has in their own case.

As to Digger being a former disgruntled employee, I am starting to believe this more and more, he has made far too many personal references to knowing Michael Malone and other senior iiNet execs, he obviously has dealt with them personally on some level before, maybe he went to Uni with Malone and when Malone made iiNet as a way to continue connecting with AARNET back when he graduated with a group of friends, maybe Digger wasn't in that group of friends and has held a grudge ever since, who knows but its obviously something very personal, whatever it is.
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