Wireless Broadband Gets A New Spin

Written by Adam Gosling

Thursday, 24 August 2006

Spin Internet services is entering the iBurst market with big download allowances that could force other resellers to adjust their plans. "One of our new plans offers 20 times the data limit, twice the speed and cost about the same as what other companies charge," said Peter Steven's Director of Spin Internet Services. The Sydney-based ISP is offering wireless plans starting at $24.95 for a 1Mbps casual plan that offers no data allowance - this plan charges 22 cents per MB on usage. For $49.95 sign up to the Deluxe Business plan and get 1GB download at 1Mbps speeds. Go top shelf and pay $179.95 for a 20GB plan at 1Mbps. Spin also has some interesting shaped plans rather than the 10 cents per MB over limit charges on the above plans. For $59.95 you can get 1Mbps with 2GB data limit that shapes to 56k if you use all your allocation. Another is a 5GB limit worth $89.95 There are some setup fees depending on the length of your contract, sign up for two year and you not only avoid the setup charges, Spin will throw the modem into the deal. Churn and they'll wave the setup too - that oughta bug some competitors. A Card or USB will set you back $259.95, while a desktop modem is a hefty $289.95. Bill McArthur, Marketing Manager of Spin Internet Services said: "We didn't want to jump onboard too soon, now the iBurst network is filled out so a client of ours in Melbourne can visit most of the major capital cities and have true mobile broadband." www.spin.net.au/wireless Related news items Telstra Wireless Hits Speed Record -24/09/2007 Vodafone HSDPA Stretches To Brisbane -05/07/2007 New ToughBook Hitting The Streets -25/02/2007 China Heading Straight For 4G? -29/01/2007 Symbol Builds A Bridge Between RFID and WLAN -07/12/2006 Newer news items BigAir Goes Off-Peak With iBurst -06/09/2006 Low-Cost Ryanair To Allow In-Flight Mobiles -03/09/2006 Nokia, SingTel To Launch Dual-Mode Telephony -03/09/2006 With Revenue Up 126% - It's A Wizz -28/08/2006 Feds Fund Satellite Broadband For Remote Australia -26/08/2006 Older news items Wireless Broadband Future Forum -13/08/2006 Luxury Yachts Get Intelsat Broadband -09/08/2006 The Wireless Loop Spectrum Nobody Wants -02/08/2006 Unwired Trims Wireless Broadband Plans -31/07/2006 BigAir Turns 10 (thousand) Ahead Of Schedule -30/07/2006 Tag This Now: