Jumping Ship
Categories : Internet, Personal |
Up until today I have been with the same internet provider, iiNet, for about ten years or so. From a small Western Australian company to one of the biggest ISPs in this part of the world I’ve stuck with them, usually a loyal and satisfied customer.
Over the last year or two, however, I’ve become increasingly frustrated with them. Firstly with their continuing failure to upgrade my local telephone exchange in Warnbro to enable high speed ADSL2 broadband (despite almost every other exchange in Perth being upgraded), and then with the steadily eroding value of their plans for ADSL1 broadband.
Today, after all this time my relationship with iiNet is finally over. After a bit of web research I have jumped ships, changing to a faster (though still ADSL1) plan with much more generous download allowance on a company called aanet. And so far I’m very happy. The plan is very good value, the application process was painless, and the changeover went very smoothly. From my 512/128 connection on iiNet I’m now on a 6912/384 connection and it is sweet. I can download files in an instant, watch YouTube videos in real time with no delay waiting for it to download. I just wish I wasn’t such a loyal customer and made this change a long time ago.
Note : this now means if anyone has an @iinet.net.au email address for me or Jen you need to change it. Just use our first names @ baggas.com and it will find it’s way to us. Thanks.
