Internode Plan Changes

by Luke on October 6, 2009

Internode have today announced some significant increases to their data allowances! The PPC-1 undersea cable to Guam has improved Australia’s internet connections to the US and the rest of the world, thus making bandwidth cheaper.

New Internode Naked DSL Plans

For the Naked DSL plans, all the plans from $59.95 and above have received a data boost. Existing customers on most plans will need to request a plan change in order to receive the increased allowance from the beginning of their next billing cycle.

The $49.95 Naked DSL plan still comes with 5GB of downloads. The new Internode Naked DSL plans are:

  • $59.95 plan now has 20GB of downloads per month (was 10GB)
  • $69.95 plan now has 35GB of downloads per month (was 25GB)
  • NEW $79.95 plan  has 50GB of downloads per month ($84.95 had 40GB)
  • NEW $109.95 plan has 75GB of downloads per month ($129.95 had 80GB)
  • $139.95 plan has 100GB of downloads per month (was $159)

We really like the increase to 20GB on the $59.95 plan – this is a really popular price point and with twice the download limit will be a really popular plan. We also like having a $79.95 plan instead of $84.95 and with 50GB of downloads it’s considerably better value.

Bye Bye Optus and NakedUltra

The other big change for Naked DSL from Internode is that they are no longer offering NakedUltra plans. These were the Internode Naked DSL plans via the Optus network. We also like this move – there wasn’t much value in the Internode Ultra plans. There are a lot of providers using the Optus network and Internode was struggling to offer much value in this space.

So whilst not using the Optus network limits Internode’s reach somewhat, it is far less confusing having only one set of Naked DSL plans now.

Internode Easy Broadband Plan

The updated Internode Easy plan is also an excellent option if you can’t get Naked DSL. It’s just had a data quota boost to 50GB and is only $49.95 per month. You do need to have a line rental service with this plan ($29.95 per month) and both uploads and downloads are counted. But it will give you access to ADSL2+ Extreme broadband where it is available and if not, then you’ll get 1500k ADSL download speeds.

It’s good to see an ISP actually keeping it simple for customers. Usually we only see more plans with more options. Internode is an ISP with a difference – and it shows in what they do.

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