Does any ISP offer an 'unlimited' account.

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brucie44

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#16663 22-Oct-2007 17:07

Sadly my Woosh Flat rate account has become unusaable.
Looking for a simalar account with unrestricted downloading.
(no cap on volume you can download, and no extra charges).
many thanks to those that answer.

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#91931 22-Oct-2007 17:53

The 'flat rate' ADSL plans are quite rare. In many cases the performance offered by these plans were not on par with their metered brothers.

If you are using a heavy amount of data and wish to have high performance, I would recommend looking at one of those metered plans - the excess or per gb charges can be quite attractive depending on internet provider, however as discussed before - you will generally experience much faster connectivity.

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stu28

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#91934 22-Oct-2007 18:08

I am afraid you are not going to have much luck trying to find another ISP that offers "unlimited" bandwidth, most of them have now drop there "unlimited" bandwidth plans.

stu28

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#91935 22-Oct-2007 18:10

cokemaster: The 'flat rate' ADSL plans are quite rare.

I dont even know if there are there any left??

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#91941 22-Oct-2007 18:54

Xnet has the closest thing to an unlimted plan that you can find these days, pay the base fee then its $1 per gig for as many gigs as you need

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lonney

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#92687 27-Oct-2007 19:24

Actrix do, the price?... not cheap!

http://www.actrix.co.nz/page.php?id=194

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#92694 27-Oct-2007 20:30

brucie44: Sadly my Woosh Flat rate account has become unusaable.
Looking for a simalar account with unrestricted downloading.
(no cap on volume you can download, and no extra charges).
many thanks to those that answer.

There you go perfect

Full speed UP/DOWN

brucie44

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#92813 28-Oct-2007 23:04

Actrix Unlimited Account   @$496.00 per month !
want a broadband hookup, not to buy the ISP.
Yikes that is dear as.

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               Bruce.

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brucie44

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#92814 28-Oct-2007 23:10

GASP is an ISP.
It has an unlimited account. $70/month. But international traffic is at 256 kbps.
It is a wireless service.

   strange name.   Gasp when you get the bill :-)

   google Gasp NZ

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#92816 28-Oct-2007 23:27

brucie44: Actrix Unlimited Account @$496.00 per month !
want a broadband hookup, not to buy the ISP.
Yikes that is dear as.

regards,
Bruce.

Keep in mind that this is highly unlikely to be traffic shaped as agressively as say Go Large or Woosh internet connection, its designed for business users who transfer a lot of data, which couplied with the higher download speeds - makes per gb plans a bit expensive. It also comes with a few other services as well.

For the casual user or even the medium-heavy user, its probably completely overkill and you're probably going to find better value on a plan where you pay for the usage.

You discussed GASP in your next post as being 'unlimited' internet, and in the same post you also discuss the 256kbps international limitation of the connection, which for some people may be an issue. Perhaps you should look at that?

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