My original message:
I work from home in [my suburb] as a programmer and was wondering if you offer
any business plans with speeds faster than 5Mb/5Mb. I currently have a
12Mb/1Mb ADSL2 connection and both the up and down stream speeds are
causing me problems when I need to move big files to and from clients'
sites, and UFB's not due to be rolled out here until July 2018 - June 2019.
And their response:
Thank you for your enquiry.
Unfortunately we only would suggest UFB for you and as you already know, the
likely availability date is some time away.
Our best wireless plans are 110mbps but you are already getting better than
that.
Sorry we cannot help you more.
I responded back yesterday morning saying that 110Mb/s is more than 9 times faster than what I'm getting at the moment but haven't heard back, I'm not sure if the "move big files" part scared them off.
The only feedback I've been able to find was on Reddit with some students complaining about being cut off after only 1 copyright infringement warning, I have no plans to be doing any copyright infringement but being cut off on the first strike is also a bit of a concern (especially given the accuracy of some of detection systems).
My other question is how much does the weather affect the quality of the connection with a WISP, would I be better off sticking with my ADSL2 connection?