iiNet Reselling 3’s Wireless Internet
I’m not too sure what to make of this announcement that iiNet is now reselling 3 Mobile’s wireless internet service. Part of me thinks it’s awesome – even though they’re selling it for the same price as 3, 3’s prices are far and away the best in the country, once you get over the whole coverage thing. Which brings us to the other part of me, which wonders whether iiNet users will be slugged with Telstra’s monstrous roaming charges if they leave the CBD.
In any case, it’s happening now, and as Gus over at Lifehacker points out, don’t actually think that you’ll see unmetered iTunes downloads over the wireless network – that won’t ever happen!
[iiNet via Lifehacker]
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The best of this idea, and hopefully it will catch on with other ISPs, is that you’ll soon be able to bundle mobile broadband with your ordinary broadband, the way phone and internet is done already.
I totally agree with Dan’s comment, regarding the bundling of the mobile broadband with normal broadband. How good would it be have just one bill for mobile and normal broadband. When you go on a trip no need for hotel wifi, or when you move house and have to wait for your naked dsl to get connected you can just use the mobile broadband. It would be even better if for “x” dollars a month you got a quota “y” and you could use that quota however you wanted, i.e. use 60% normal broadband, and 40% mobile broadband.
Following on from my previous comment, maybe quota used over mobile broadband could be factored, so that say 1MB of data over mobile broadband counts towards 1.5MB or 2MB of your quota, in order to account for the difference in cost between normal broadband and mobile broadband.