Internet/Phone help
Submitted by soupster51 on Wed, 2013-01-09 07:38
Hi FWers,
I'm just moving back from overseas and I'm looking into phone and internet in my house. I'm not really keen to pay some mongrel for a phone line that I don't need. Is it possible to have internet at home in Beeliar (I know that it more than likely depends on my location), without a phone line. I'll have a couple of mobiles and at the very worst I can probably use one of these via 'hotspot' to get internet, but I'm hoping WA has evolved enough to be able to pick up the internet at home via 3G/4G.
Please let me know your suggestions - pretend I know nothing and step me through the process.
Cheers,
Scott
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till
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I would recommend at least
I would recommend at least trying to get something like iinet naked dsl, its quite a decent deal on the phone calls etc, good data rates and scads of bandwidth.
I'd then use a phone with a data plan (actually just moving onto iinet's phone plans tomorrow myself).
There is 3G in beliar, but maybe not 4G yet, depending on which carrier you use; telstra or optus, frag voda though.
I used mobile data when I'm away from home, then via wifi to my router when I'm at home.
Ask Pete D how he feels about only-wireless broadband! Its ok on holidays, but after awhile you want to use a real comp.
soupster51
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Cheers
Cheers Jamie - great info. Man there is so much crap to sort out moving back to Aust....... I'll talk to Pete D as well.
I have an IPAD that I can get a 3G card for so that is one option but I'm not a massive fan of using Apple all the time.
I guess I'm wondering if it's possible to plug in a 3G/4G receiver and then distribute the signal wirelessly throughout the house..... I'll keep researching.
Cheers again. Looking forward to catching up for a dive/fish soon.
Scott
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till
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There are 3G/4G hotspots you
There are 3G/4G hotspots you can buy. They distribute via wifi, so all the devices need wifi. Plenty of devices also support running as a hotspot, so maybe an existing device you already have does that?
The data rates are pretty pricey compared to adsl and the latency is pretty ordinary compared to adsl.
http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/tossup-4g-wifi-hotspots-20121018-27s77.html
soupster51
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Awesome once again Jamie - Exactly the info I'm after. I've got wireless routers and receivers so that side should be sorted. The issue was how to get it 'to' the router which you have just solved. Fantastic.
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Pete D
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Out of the third world zone!
Just connected up with Vivid last week. Using Homegateway 4G. 10 times faster then the 3G. I was very wary as again we are just on the edge of coverage, but over the first week it is proving to be exceptional...well for our little 3rd world zone without BB (for those that don't know - 5km from perth and we CAN NOT get any Broadband!!!!)
So I stick my finger up at the NBN now .....don't care if we are not on the 3 year plan now. You lot just stay off 4G!
Might consider linking phone later, if the rate stays up there.
Vivid doesn't cover the southern slums though Soupy. Catch ya soon.
Cheers Pete
hlokk
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The problem with 3G/4g
The problem with 3G/4g whether in phone or on a dedicated device is that you don't get much data allowance. Not always as reliable either but would help you last until you get a line connected (like naked dsl)
Bodie
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Yep Soupy, Naked DSL is the
Yep Soupy, Naked DSL is the way to go.
Internet providers these days provide router which have built in wireless capabilities so you can connect your apple devices to your wireless when your at home.
Yes 3G / 4G wireless is available, and provided by a couple of providers, however as some others have mentioned, it is ok for use every now and then, but does become a bit annoying with loading times of webpages etc. As Hlokk mentioned they are not always reliable as well. We use about 70 or so 4G Telstra cards at the moment, and do see from time to time some dropping out. also it is not that common but some insulation in houses can cause interfierence as well, again not all that common.
I have a Telstra 4G wifi card, and a telstra 4g sim in my ipad, both great whilst im traveling, but always connect to my home wireless when at home. If you get a 3g/4g card need to make sure you have an appropriate data plan, costs for going over are extremely high.
most popular provider at the moment are IINET and Westnet, both offering the type of naked dsl your interested in.
soupster51
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Cheers
Cheers Mate. Great stuff. This'll take a little while to get my head around.....
Naked DSL sounds like the go. I'm wondering how it would go with my Apple Airport Express as I currently use that for Apple TV as well as internet wifi distribution.
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till
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You still need an adsl modem
You still need an adsl modem and a voip box, and the airport express doesn't fulfil that function.
The other issues is, that if you bring your own device, iinet will provide little to no support.
I'd recommend just buying the bob/bob2/bob lite, whatever they're offering, and either attaching your apple tv to this, or still going via the aae as a sort of parallel deployment.
soupster51
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More....
Thanks again Jamie. Bob lite and iinet should get be going.
I'm wondering if it's possible to run bob lite and aae at the same time. If they are both 802.11 units is there a chance of frequency interferance.
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till
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Well there is a possibility
Well there is a possibility of interference... But there are a whole bunch of channels you can pick from, just make sure that they are at least 3 channels apart to avoid interference.