TPG 500GB plan..no catch

[davidw89]

These plans are coming out:
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum...s.cfm?t=985407
They cost an extra $10 per month over the Super Plan 2+ which i am using.
Currently 150GB is plenty for me..BUT IF I GET 500GB PLAN lol @@ storage space needed
raid 5 10x1tb :d
what do u guys think?
les i hope minimum 40gb off peak

[HeXa]

holy shit nice.... paying $79.95 now for unlimited 512k (good for 120GB/month) because I am stuck in an area without any shirt-term hope of TPG enabled exchange

time to move house

[Paul Warren]

Time to download the interwebs.

[scruff]

WTF would you download?

I struggle to use 10gb a month..

[sven222]

Bah, why can't they up the quotas on their ADSL1 plans? Not everyone can get ADSL2+.

[davidw89]

I am currently on 150gb plan..it's been great for me..lets hope this plan will stay that way.
I can say i am one of the few people who are able to actually download 150GB per month..(utorrent schedule download between 3am-9am). The problem with 500GB is hard drive space..going to have to spend a few grand on raid 5 x lots of hard drive.

+1 to TPG ..they were to first ISP to offer high download plans so it looks like they are continuing this path.

IMHO i don't think many ppl will be able to download 500gb.

[Doug11]

I think they are getting desperate. There was an article in the Australian earlier this week that called them "TWO.TEL" due to all of their problems and their merger with SOUL.

I hope they don't go the same way as previous ISP's like Koala who offered plans that seemed too good to be true.

I have been told by people in the industry that the cost via the Southern Cross Link to the US is about $2 p.m. per gb. So 500gb will be costing them $1,000 p.m. !!!!
Not a real strong business model for longevity in my opinion.

[HeXa]

Originally Posted by scruff

WTF would you download?

I struggle to use 10gb a month..

for me.... 350 & 700 MB TV episodes. Only really watch news and a bit of other local content broadcast, the rest I dl and watch when I want, whenever I want from the HTPC

[Whisper]

Originally Posted by davidw89

These plans are coming out:
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum...s.cfm?t=985407
They cost an extra $10 per month over the Super Plan 2+ which i am using.

I thought the catch would be obvious.

You have to be with TPG.

[yoda123]

The catch is you need to be in a TPG ADSL2 area

QQ

[mshagg]

+ $100 of HDD every month

That's incredible amounts of bandwidth, i'd love to have a crack

[scruff]

Originally Posted by HeXa

for me.... 350 & 700 MB TV episodes. Only really watch news and a bit of other local content broadcast, the rest I dl and watch when I want, whenever I want from the HTPC

Even so... 700mb eps... can you really download and watch 500 tv episodes a month? There's only 2 or 3 watchable shows out there at the moment..

Is there really any point to collecting stuff like ALBANIAS EXTREME STOLEN CARS 4 or some shit?

[sKyz]

I'm on the same 150GB plan, and can't even download that much.

Originally Posted by HeXa

for me.... 350 & 700 MB TV episodes. Only really watch news and a bit of other local content broadcast, the rest I dl and watch when I want, whenever I want from the HTPC

Originally Posted by scruff

Even so... 700mb eps... can you really download and watch 500 tv episodes a month? There's only 2 or 3 watchable shows out there at the moment..

IF you do manage to find that much to download, and if there are restrictions similar to the current plans (6 hour off-peak where MOST of the data goes), you'll need to average 600-700kb/s constant download speed to fulfil the quota based on the above restriction (my maths is rough by the way, so feel free to correct). Only the most popular shows/downloads will get speeds close to that?

[scruff]

Originally Posted by sKyz

IF you do manage to find that much to download, and if there are restrictions similar to the current plans (6 hour off-peak where MOST of the data goes), you'll need to average 600-700kb/s constant download speed to fulfil the quota based on the above restriction (my maths is rough by the way, so feel free to correct). Only the most popular shows/downloads will get speeds close to that?

I used to constantly get 1,400k/sec + on usenet on TPG. (downloading, uh, astronomy pictures.)

[HeXa]

Originally Posted by scruff

Even so... 700mb eps... can you really download and watch 500 tv episodes a month? There's only 2 or 3 watchable shows out there at the moment..

Is there really any point to collecting stuff like ALBANIAS EXTREME STOLEN CARS 4 or some shit?

I use my current 100-120GB/month for that... plus streaming radio/video, email, gaming, etc. Used to do 200GB+/month in China on 2Mbit ADSL with similar activities.

I might not use all 500GB, but me and everyone else in my house might come close combined