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Brad Peczka | Today, 2:45 pm | Optus | got a news tip?
IN BRIEF | OptusNet has quietly increased the shaping speed for its Unlimited* and Unlimited* Pro broadband plans to 64Kbps.

The increase in speed comes after 3 years of shaping to 28Kbps, which has caused many heated user debates in the OptusNet forum here on Whirlpool. This also brings OptusNet in line with its competitors, who usually shape at speeds ranging from 64Kbps to 72Kbps.

The change is yet to be officially announced to OptusNet customers, but the OptusNet Rate Card has been updated to include a new condition that states "28.8kbps speed limiting applies to Basic 200MB, Starter Plus 400MB, and Value 1GB plan. 64kbps speed limiting applies to Unlimited and Unlimited Pro plans."

For those who still dont know.
 

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finally. 28kbps was such a pain... that's what drove me out of optus cable :|
 

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what are you downloading to use more than 12Gb a month?

Fucken hell

especially with the off-peak periods that don't count towards downloads.
 

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when is this gonna take affect?

cause i'm sick of 28.8k rofl.
 

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golfstick said:
what are you downloading to use more than 12Gb a month?

Fucken hell

especially with the off-peak periods that don't count towards downloads.
you are kiddin right?
 

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*Exceeding monthly Data Allowance will see your speed limited to 28.8Kbps or 64kbps, depending on your broadband plan until the end of the billing month.

whats that suppose to mean?

not all plans are shaped to 64 k?
 

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markmooks said:
I just bought a Unwired Rabbit modem and signed up on their $20/mth plan so I can give the service to a friend who is stuck on a shitbox puter and modem. You can get cheap refurbished modems ($70) from the UTS bookshop. Exactly the same as the ones you can order online, jus tnot the $189 price tag. They shape down to 32KB or 64KB depending on your plan.
oooh tell me more plz!!
im looking to move out soon, but dont want a phone line, so wireless internet is perfect for me. i had read up a bit about it, are there any complications about getting a second hand modem?? do you still get all the cd's or drivers etc that you need???
 

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theone123 said:
*Exceeding monthly Data Allowance will see your speed limited to 28.8Kbps or 64kbps, depending on your broadband plan until the end of the billing month.

whats that suppose to mean?

not all plans are shaped to 64 k?
the unlimited plans shape to 64

anything under is 28
 

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Now the only thing left is to lift upload to 256K, then I'll be satisfied with it.
 

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spin spin sugar said:
oooh tell me more plz!!
im looking to move out soon, but dont want a phone line, so wireless internet is perfect for me. i had read up a bit about it, are there any complications about getting a second hand modem?? do you still get all the cd's or drivers etc that you need???
Im pretty sure u still need a phone line, unless ur using ur mob
 

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64k still is shit, i'm on bigpond 10gb and always get capped to 64k on like the 10th of each month
 

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thank god, cause that was killing me. it will also be a relief to my friend who uses his bandwidth in about 2 days of the new month lol.
 
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50Cent said:
thank god, cause that was killing me. it will also be a relief to my friend who uses his bandwidth in about 2 days of the new month lol.

hey im not that bad its more like 16 days lol but yes that is a relief
 

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