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A gig a day :eek: Jeez, thats scary, in my mind I always think in terms of 1.4Mb floppy disks. You download 750 floppy disks of data a day:eek::rofl:

(Oh and a correction, our Telstra used to be $59.95 for the 8Mbps service, its now $69.95 for the 17Mbps service.)

On the plus side, everything you download from Telstras sites dont count towards the limit. I tried their movie downloads over christmas, downloaded '300', and it went smoothly and I could start watching it within about 5 minutes of starting the download and I had it for 3 days, and watched it a couple of times more.
(3 days I spent trying to circumvent the DRM, but couldn't :p).

Ahh, Telstra aren't great, which is why I said to check out Optus as well, but Telstra were our only option, as they have the cable that runs to our house, no-one does ADSL in our area.

And back on topic, it may be if you have a fast Broadband connection, Skype works very well (as in our case), or it may be if you pay for 'Skype Out' it works very well. All I can say is, Skype is what we use to ring our families in Hong Kong and UK we are very happy with it.

JTL

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They don't 'stop' you, but will slow you to 64k after you've hit your limit, and some ISP's will include your upload data with your monthly allocation! ... :ohmy::curse:

Yeah that's the good bit about being a bit slack once in while, I remember dl a discography overnight once, about 6gig ... :D

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Our Usage..

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Hi
Depends on how far u live away from phone exchange, its 8meg when u live on top[ of the exchange and it reduces the further away from the exchange, I checked up and my 8 meg would be nearer 2 to 4:curse:

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Hello

Have found this whilst browsing for our move, http://www.truphone.com/welcome.tru. Though I have not registered and used it I wonnder if anybody else on here has any experience of this that they could share on this forum.

Regards

Mark

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I use Truphone on a Nokia e65 on three works no problem and with 500mb a month on X Series I have plenty of data to use it and its free.

We also have the Telstra international thing $10 a month for $.02 calls to the UK and $10 credit. Wife likes using the home phone.

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we use skype i would say its great i spoke to my brother in NSW at midnight new years eve and you would of thought he was in the other room

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Yep, i use skype too. Never had a problem. Sounds great too, you just need the right gear. Try using a headset with a USB connection, not the 3.5mm jack plug ones. Mine is logitech.

Good luck.

Jazzys

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Bigpoo! ... booooooooo!

See, your upload counts in your data allowance and that's just crap! ... :thumbdown:

Sorry mate, but I HATE Bigpoo with a vengance!

Agreed, but I cued up all of the 'Wanted down under' episides last night and before I left for sleep was getting 700 odd kb/s ... which is good enough for me! ... :thumbsup:

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agreed, i gave up with skype,it never worked from day one

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Hi

There is a great alternative to skype called " Voip Stunt " Not very many people know of this and is a great product. Works exactly like skype download the software and install it on your PC. This software however lets you call I think it is 36 countries including the UK, USA, Australia etc to landline phones in those countries free of charge. I think you get about 200 minutes worth of calls without having to pay. After that if you want more you pay $10 and this gives you 30 days of calling to these destinations landline phones free of charge.

Hope this helps

Tex

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Thankx for all that info, think i am now more lost than i was to start with tho!
As i am a bit of a techno phobe.

i have been using something called ja jah for free phone calls back home, but the grannies insist on the webcams to see the kids.

if both parties are registered on ja jah you ring through the pc but speak on the phones with no charge. you don't have to install anything.

we have been using a logitech webcam with an inbuilt microphone for the skype, the downloads speeds are ok. think i will give windows live a shot.

cheers!