Internode has completely overhauled its broadband plans today, reducing the number of plans on offer from 78 to just 18. Simplicity FTW!
Essentially, the ISP has moved to make all their broadband plans fall under their “Easy Broadband” umbrella, with four key product lines featuring different data inclusions. To supplement the new plans, Internode has also introduced Power Pack and Business Pack add-ons, which offer extra benefits for the more discerning user.
Here’s a rundown of the new packages:
1. Easy Broadband, Internode’s flagship broadband service, available bundled or unbundled, which offers ADSL2+ speeds with Annex M upstream, ranging in price from $29.95 (bundled XS) to $129.95 (unbundled XXL).
2. Easy Naked, Internode’s dialtone-free broadband service, ranging in price from $59.95 (S) to $149.95 (XXL)
3. Easy Bundle, Internode’s broadband and analogue telephone service all-in-one package, costing from $64.90 (S) to $124.90 (XS) and available in more areas than Easy Broadband
4. Easy Reach, Internode’s most widely available broadband service, offering ADSL2+ where available and costing from $39.95 (bundled 5 GB) to $89.95 (unbundled 200 GB).
And the add-on packs:
* For an extra $10 a month, a Power Pack offers extra benefits including a static IP address, free data uploads and faster shaping if the monthly data quota is exceeded.
* For an extra $30 a month, a Business Pack features usage-based charging with no speed shaping if the monthly data quota is exceeded; access to a free “.on.net” subdomain; priority technical support and a business-grade Service Level Agreement.
If you’re completely happy with your current Internode plan, there’s no mandate to change over – they’ll still support your current plan. But a lot of the buzz on Twitter following the announcement seems to indicate that you can get more data for less money by transitioning over to the new plans, which sounds like a pretty good deal.
Scott
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 5:37 PMSweet,
Not sure why they don’t relay this info to us that use Internode already.
I just changed my plan, extra 10GB per month, no extra cost
Andrew Klahn
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 8:49 PMnode are good but they still need to advertise the ADSL1 plans as at the moment there are STILL a large percentage of Net users in new areas that CANNOT access ADSL2 speeds due to Telstra’s CMUX and RIM infrastructure which the have been refusing to upgrade to ISAM (ADSL2 compatiable) technology.
Mogwai
Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at 1:14 PMDon’t forget that all these plans by default now count uploads in your quota. If you want unlimited uploads you must choose the Power Pack addon which forces you to a static IP address.
As i’m sure all the torrenter are going to add the Power Pack its going to make it nice and easy for Internode to spit out a report to pass along to the media companies when they come chasing you. No more having to figure out which account was using which IP address at which time.
This will also make it easy for Internode to drop the Power Pack option entirely once all the other ISPs start adding uploads to their caps. Its going to happen. Its only a matter of when.