The OP is spam for a very expensive device, upwards from about $1000AUD.
There are much cheaper ways of hooking into the NextG service.

The only mobile broadband internet service provider on the NextG network in
Australia is BigPond, an offshoot of Telstra, the main telco. As such,
Bigpond is screwing the market for all it can get. I am on a middle of the
road plan: 12 month contract, unlimitted connect time, 1 Gigabyte data per
month, $85AUD a month. Outrageous!

However, the service works. My experience is just about 100% coverage on the
east coast of Australia, at good speeds, and also good coverage when
travelling by car inland. With an external antenna, I'm sometimes able to
pick up coverage 5-8 miles offshore of major ports. This post was written at
anchor, some 10-12 miles offshore/away from Gladstone,QLD.

Beats marina based wifi handsdown. It makes it entirely feasible to run my
business affairs without being marina bound.


"Larry" wrote in message
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wrote in news:1191564232.275958.186430
@o80g2000hse.googlegroups.com:

www.internetforboats.com

I notice nothing is said of RATES....(c;

What rates do they charge in Oz for unlimited broadband over it?

Larry
--
You can tell there's extremely
intelligent life in the universe
because they have never called Earth.

"Lee Martin" wrote in
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I am on a middle of the
road plan: 12 month contract, unlimitted connect time, 1 Gigabyte data
per month, $85AUD a month. Outrageous!



Ouch! Thanks for the info....

I have a Nokia M800 pocket computer on order that uses wifi or BT to a
cellphone's EVDO broadband. Alltel has quoted me unlimited data for the
cellphone link at $US25/mo (What's that, now, $12AUD?...It's hard to tell
with the Federal Reserve Private banknotes becoming so useless.) Alltel
tells me there's no GB/mo limit at that. It sure is less than other
carriers like Verizon Wireless wants for 5GB/mo.

Wifi is, of course, much faster and available all over our city, including
all the marinas for free...(c;


Larry
--
You can tell there's extremely
intelligent life in the universe
because they have never called Earth.

On Oct 6, 11:05 am, "Lee Martin" wrote:
The OP is spam for a very expensive device, upwards from about $1000AUD.
There are much cheaper ways of hooking into the NextG service.

The only mobile broadband internet service provider on the NextG network in
Australia is BigPond, an offshoot of Telstra, the main telco. As such,
Bigpond is screwing the market for all it can get. I am on a middle of the
road plan: 12 month contract, unlimitted connect time, 1 Gigabyte data per
month, $85AUD a month. Outrageous!

However, the service works. My experience is just about 100% coverage on the
east coast of Australia, at good speeds, and also good coverage when
travelling by car inland. With an external antenna, I'm sometimes able to
pick up coverage 5-8 miles offshore of major ports. This post was written at
anchor, some 10-12 miles offshore/away from Gladstone,QLD.

Beats marina based wifi handsdown. It makes it entirely feasible to run my
business affairs without being marina bound.

"Larry" wrote in message

...



wrote in news:1191564232.275958.186430
@o80g2000hse.googlegroups.com:

www.internetforboats.com

I notice nothing is said of RATES....(c;

What rates do they charge in Oz for unlimited broadband over it?

Larry
--
You can tell there's extremely
intelligent life in the universe
because they have never called Earth.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Larry, vodafone alsooffer good rates!

On Oct 6, 11:05 am, "Lee Martin" wrote:
The OP is spam for a very expensive device, upwards from about $1000AUD.
There are much cheaper ways of hooking into the NextG service.

The only mobile broadband internet service provider on the NextG network in
Australia is BigPond, an offshoot of Telstra, the main telco. As such,
Bigpond is screwing the market for all it can get. I am on a middle of the
road plan: 12 month contract, unlimitted connect time, 1 Gigabyte data per
month, $85AUD a month. Outrageous!

However, the service works. My experience is just about 100% coverage on the
east coast of Australia, at good speeds, and also good coverage when
travelling by car inland. With an external antenna, I'm sometimes able to
pick up coverage 5-8 miles offshore of major ports. This post was written at
anchor, some 10-12 miles offshore/away from Gladstone,QLD.

Beats marina based wifi handsdown. It makes it entirely feasible to run my
business affairs without being marina bound.

"Larry" wrote in message

...



wrote in news:1191564232.275958.186430
@o80g2000hse.googlegroups.com:

www.internetforboats.com

I notice nothing is said of RATES....(c;

What rates do they charge in Oz for unlimited broadband over it?

Larry
--
You can tell there's extremely
intelligent life in the universe
because they have never called Earth.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

lee try these guys at www.internetforboats.com 120 KM's!!! I have a
marine antenna as well which helps.. perhaps ask them your self as I
do not know all the answers accept to say the w25 works perfectly