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Naked DSL in Naremburn

Luke — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 05:24:53 +0000

Naremburn in Sydney, is a really good area to live in for Naked DSL. Most of Naremburn is connected to the St Leonards phone exchange and it’s fairly close to the exchange too. Most of Naremburn is within about 2km of the exchange, at which distance you’d expect download speeds in excess of 10Mbps.

All the major Naked DSL providers are available in St Leonards, so you’ll be spoilt for choice. But if making that choice here are some tips about choosing the best Naked DSL plan and provider for you in Naremburn or at the St Leonards exchange.

If You Want A Great VoIP Service

If you want a VoIP service where you can use your existing home phone handsets as well as have a local phone number for people to call you on, then you can narrow your search down to iinet and Internode right away. Both have a high quality VoIP service with great features. iinet offers unlimited free calls to landlines within Australia – both local and national. Internode offers $10 of credit each month for just $5. iinet offer their VoIP service for free as part of a Naked DSL connection.

If you want to keep an existing landline phone number then iinet is currently your only option.

Just remember if you want to use VoIP with your exisitng home phone handsets, you’ll need to have a VoIP enabled ADSL2+ modem. You can buy such a modem from the ISP or you can BYO modem.

Click Here To Visit the iinet Website >>

Click Here To Visit the Internode Website >>

If You Want Really High Download Limit For A Cheap Price

TPG, Exetel and Netspace offer really good value for high download limits at cheap prices.

These are just some of the options and ways to break down the various offers from Naked DSL providers. Fortunately in Naremburn and the St Leonards exchange you have a lot of options to choose from!

Click Here to Visit the Netspace Website >>

Click Here to Visit the TPG Website >>

Click Here to Visit the Exetel Website >>

iinet & Other ISPs Benefit From Telstra Fee Hike

Luke — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:45:54 +0000

Naked DSL is making an impact on the broadband market in Australia. No doubt about it – otherwise why would Telstra be raising the price of disconnecting a landline within the first 3 months of connection?

There is now a $100 fee associated with having a “temporary” line. In other words a PSTN line that is disconnected within 3 months of connecting it. Here is the news on their website. In typical Telstra fashion they are increasing fees, rather than trying to compete on services and value.

Some may argue that they are simply recouping the cost of what it takes to connect a line. But for anyone who has done it recently, to connect a line without a technician visit it is $59. It takes a maximum of 10 minutes on the phone and then you’re done. Maybe there is some work required in the phone exchange, but if there is, it’s only minor. $100 as an early disconnection fee seems pretty rich.

One of the most common reasons for disconnecting a landline so quickly is for someone to move to Naked DSL. This move by Telstra will definitely advantage Naked DSL ISPs like iinet, Internode and Netspace. They are all ISPs which can connect Naked DSL without you needing a landline to get the process started.

The ISPs that will suffer from this are TPG and Exetel, which currently require their customers to have a Telstra line connected before they start the Naked DSL process. It was a popular option for people to connect a line just to get Naked DSL started with TPG or Exetel. That is something that we will be recommending less to people now there is an additional $100 fee.

iinet already has a significant portion of the Naked DSL market, and this is only likely to help them. Internode and Netspace have also become increasing popular for people wanting to connect broadband without a landline. Both providers have free uploads (unlike iinet) and Netspace has introduced some very high data limits on its plans. $49.99 gives 10GB of downloads and $59.99 gives 20GB of downloads. And like iinet, Internode and Netspace don’t require you to have a landline to get started with Naked DSL.

Netspace Broadband Set Up Costs

Luke — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:00:28 +0000

Netspace has probably the biggest range of set up options out of all the Naked DSL Providers. They have lots of contract lengths to choose from – 0, 6, 12 and 24 months. Netspace also has 3 different types of modem to choose from – the Standard, Wireless and All In One VoIP modems. You can of course also choose to bring your own modem (BYO).

Usually when phone and broadband companies start to offer lots of options, it just becomes overwhelming to try and decipher it all. But with Netspace it’s different. Even though they offer Naked DSL, ADSL2+ and ADSL with the above options, they have summarised their offers well in this table:

Modem	24 Months	12 Months	6 Months	0 Months
BYO Modem	$0	$59	$99	$149
Standard	$0	$109	$149	$199
Wireless	$100	$209	$249	$299
All-in-One with VoIP	$150	$259	$299	$349

This is for all Naked DSL and ADSL2+ connections.

With Netspace it’s easy to look at your contract, modem and connection options all at once and make a decision!

Visit the Netspace Website

New Netspace Naked DSL Plans

Luke — Wed, 20 May 2009 07:01:28 +0000

Netspace has just revamped their Naked DSL plans with some great new deals. The two lower plans don’t have any peak/off peak periods – the data allowance can be used at any time. Netspace now has an entry level plan of $49.95 which matches Internode and iinet, but Netspace trumps them both with 10GB of data. But only downloads are counted and uploads are free.

The next step up is $59.95 for 20GB of anytime data usage, which compares very favourably to other offers in the market. TPG, Exetel and Dodo all have more data allowance for the same price, but they have a lot of the data which can only be used in off peak periods.

If you want the high off peak download component, then $69.95 per month will give you 25GB in peak times and 30GB in off peak. The off peak period on this plan runs from 5am until midday, which is reasonable.

The highest Netspace plan, has also become a better deal. The price has now dropped to $99.95 for 160GB – 40GB in peak times and 120GB in off peak. The off peak period on this plan runs from 3am until 10am. This plan is only available on a 24 month contract, whereas the cheaper Netspace Naked DSL plans have 0, 6, 12 and 24 month contract options.

We really like these plan improvements from Netspace, especially at the $49.95 price point. It’s a cheaper plan than it was and now comes with more data. Considering Netspace also doesn’t charge for uploads, it’s a generous data allowance to be used any time.

Netspace is also one of the providers that can connect Naked DSL without you needing to have an active phone line. If you go to the Netspace sign up page you can enter in either your current active telephone number or you can enter in your address to see if you can get Naked DSL at your location.

Click here to visit the Netspace website

Free or Discounted Modem with Naked DSL

Luke — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:51:07 +0000

Getting a Free or Discounted Modem With Naked DSL

We all know that nothing really comes for free. If you get a free mobile phone, you know you are stuck in a contract for a couple of years and probably paying rates higher than what you need to. With braodband and Naked DSL there are few providers offering free modems – but many offer good discounts. If a modem is free, it is usually pretty basic and so you may be better off simply buying the modem you really want.

Here is a summary of what modems the Naked DSL providers are offering.

iinet supplies Belkin modems ranging from a 1 port for $109 up to a 4 port wireless for $279. If you go on a 24 month plan with iinet you are given up to $80 off the price of your modem. They have three modems with differing specifications.

Click Here to See iinet Modems and Routers

Internode offers Billion modems starting at $99. Their recommended modem is the Billion 7401VGP-R3 for $199, which is a 4 port wireless modem with Annex M. They don’t offer free modems, but do have a 24 month Fast Replacement Warranty.

Click Here to See Internode Plans and Modems

TPG offers two brands of modem – Dynalink 1 port for $69.95 and Dynalink RTA1025W 4 port wireless for $149.95. They also offer the NetComm NB6Plus4 – a 4 port without wireless for $99.95. TPG doesn’t offer any free modems.

Click Here to See TPG Naked DSL Plans and Modems

Optus is one of the companies that offers a free modem if you bundle your mobile with them and commit to a 24 month plan. The $99.99 per month plan includes a free wireless (Wi Fi) modem, but the lower plans are just basic modems.

Click Here to See Optus Plans and Modem Descriptions

Exetel provides a range of modems from Dynalink and NetComm from $60 to $175. Exetel doesn’t provide a free modem, but their prices are very competitive. You can dowload a specifications sheet for each modem on the sign up page.

Click Here to See Exetel Modem Prices and Specifications

Dodo offers two NetComm modem models – the NB7 for $49.95 or the NB7Plus4W for $99.95. The latter is the 4 port wireless modem. They aren’t free but are at a significantly discounted price for Dodo customers. Shipping of modems is $24.95 which is higher than most ISPs.

Click Here to Register Your Interest in Dodo Naked DSL

Netspace supplies Netgear modems, including the basic DM111P ADSL2+ modem for free on a 24 month plan. Netspace has a great system where the longer your contract is, the bigger the discount you get off the modem. So on a 24 month plan you can get the Netgear DG834G 4 port wireless for only $100.

Click Here to See Netspace Modems

Naked DSL with a Static IP

Luke — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:10:58 +0000

Getting a Static IP With Naked DSL

For a wide range of reasons, a Static IP can be imperative – you may want to host servers or operate a Virtual Private Network (VPN). This this a comprehensive guide of each Naked DSL provider and when they offer a Static IP.

Here are the Static IP Reviews:

iinet offers a Static IP for free on Naked DSL Business Plans. Their business plans also offer Annex M for greater upload speeds. iinet does not offer a Static IP on residential Naked DSL plans.