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BigPond

Friday October 10, 2008

Written by Staff Writers

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$149

Price at time of review.

The fastest test results, but the most expensive data packages make BigPond a fall-back only for those with no coverage from other providers

Big Pond

Dynamo FM Sports Radio With Earphones
Here is a radio with a difference! It is compact, portable and best of all can operate without batteries. This makes it ideal for those trips away, ca...
BigPond Shopping

Price: $21.95
Shipping: $9.95

Sony Pocket Radio with Built-In Speaker
Sony Pocket Radio with Built-In Speaker. Features: - AM/FM Tuner - Pocket Size For Portable Use - Built-In Speaker - Earphone Jack - LED Tuning ...
BigPond Shopping

Price: $22.00
Shipping: $9.95

Bush Traditional Radio - Tan
Bush Traditional Radio. Features: - Push button band selector - 2W RMS output - Headphone socket - Leather cladding effect - Mains/ battery operati...
BigPond Shopping

Price: $31.50
Shipping: $10.00

Cygnett White Translucent Hard Case with Screen Protector for iPod Nano G5
White Translucent Hard Case with Screen Protector for iPod Nano G5 Give your iPod nano attitude with a choice of juicy flavours. Coated in a candy-co...
BigPond Shopping

Price: $14.95
Shipping: $9.95

Cygnett OpticMirror Mirrored Screen Protector for iPod Touch 2nd Generation...
Save face while your touch screen leads a double life. With a reflective mirrored surface that shields from damage, you and your iPod touch can keep u...
BigPond Shopping

Price: $14.95
Shipping: $9.95

Cygnett Red Translucent Hard Case with Screen Protector for iPod Touch 2nd ...
Give your iPod touch attitude with a choice of juicy flavours. Coated in a candy-coloured see-through shell and including a screen protector, your iPo...
BigPond Shopping

Price: $14.95
Shipping: $9.95

Solar Powered Thermometer
This solar powered window thermometer gives you an instant reading of the outdoor environment. Simply stick it to your office or home window, chose ...
BigPond Shopping

Price: $15.95
Shipping: $9.95

Wireless Doorbell with LCD Clock and Temperature
Loaded with features, with 32 sounds and 24 polyphonic chimes to choose from and an LCD on the receiver unit showing time and indoor/outdoor temperat...
BigPond Shopping

Price: $31.95
Shipping: $10.00

Wireless Weather Station
The Weather station displays time, date, indoor temperature and outdoor temperature. Simply put the sensor outside, and it wirelessly sends the temper...
BigPond Shopping

Price: $32.95
Shipping: $9.95

Wireless PIR Sensor
Wireless PIR Sensor for LA-5145 - Requires 1 x 9V Battery
BigPond Shopping

Price: $30.95
Shipping: $10.00

Two Channel AV Sender
The modern household uses TV in more places throughout their home than ever before...if you've bought a flat screen television recently, your primary ...
BigPond Shopping

Price: $92.00
Shipping: $9.95

8 Zone Wireless Home Alarm Kit
Installing an alarm system can be a costly business, often a lot more than the hardware itself. Installing this wireless system takes care of that, ...
BigPond Shopping

Price: $119.00
Shipping: $19.95

This article appeared in the November, 2008 issue of PC Authority.

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phobia

Oct 15, 2008 1:33 PM

The price quoted is actually for the pre-paid device which is a smaller usb stick and does not come with an external antenna. The 7.2mb usb stick (pictured in article)is for post paid only is $199.

The pre-paid pricing is very expensive in my opinion.

$20 = 150mb
$30 = 225mb
$40 = 300mb
$50 = 625mb
$60 = 750mb
$80 = 3.5gb
$100 = 6bg

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The fastest test results, but the most expensive data packages make BigPond a fall-back only for those with no coverage from other providers

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mordie

Oct 15, 2008 8:52 PM

They have always been expensive. I had to spell it out to them at one stage the costs of NextG (tm) broadband to them when I was fighting to get ADSL where I live now:

For the following examples I am using the need quota of atleast 12-16 gig of data a month. That would be the bear min I'd be looking at with speeds atleast 512/128 ...

Highest plan costs $109.95 for 3 Gb then .15c a mb after (or $150 per 1GB) NextG would cost: That's going to cost about $109.95 +$1500 (excess fees) to $109.95 + $2100 (excess fees) a month ...

**setup cost is $250 for the modem
## Does not work correctly in our area as my neigbour across the road from me has had nothing but trouble with it+

[http://mordie-nitemare.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html]

I kept a blog in the last little it of my fight...

Atleast been pre-paid you *shouldn't* get hit by excess fees but that said other providers of wireless prepaid broadband have better pricing...

[size=4]+for the record once I eventually won the fight they put another 80+ ADSL ports in my local CMUX/RIM/Green evil box and the neighbour was able to get of NextG and onto ADSL without incurring cancellation fees..[/size]

Edited by mordie: 15/10/2008 08:55:30 PM