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Post by Dan @ 10:44am 26/11/08 | 27 Comments
 Today iiNet have now officially announced this new intended feature of their service. iiNet customers that own an Xbox 360 will be able to download quota-free from Xbox LIVE an amazing array of exciting content such as Xbox LIVE Arcade games, new game demos and add-ons, game trailers and console updates. “Our present to Xbox 360 owners this Christmas is quota-free downloads. By signing up with iiNet, customers can play long and hard, download the hottest new game demos from Xbox LIVE and not run down the household quota” said Mark White, Chief Operating Officer, iiNet.It's important to note however that this quota-free traffic does not appear to extend to the data used while playing multiplayer games over Xbox Live, as that traffic is generally peer to peer. The important part is that content such as game demos, patches, Xbox Live Arcade games, downloadable content and patches - all continuously growing in size - will no longer contribute to iiNet users monthly quota. iiNet and other Australian ISPs already offer other gaming related download-quota relief in the form of Steam content servers and file download mirrors, so let's hope other providers follow suit on this one - PlayStation Network content would be a good next step. 
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Posted 10:55am 26/11/08
Posted 11:45am 26/11/08
Posted 12:04pm 26/11/08
I second this motion
Posted 12:07pm 26/11/08
I almost considered changing a few months back but over the last 6-7 months they've added some really cool stuff :)
Posted 12:12pm 26/11/08
Posted 12:29pm 26/11/08
< /sarcasm>
Good to see iiNet offering more stuff like this to increase the value to their Customer base! If I had a 360 and played on Live, I'd definitely be excited :P
Posted 02:58pm 26/11/08
Posted 03:01pm 26/11/08
Hahaha, fat fucking chance.
Posted 03:20pm 26/11/08
This is a great move by iiNet, companies like this is why things progress. They didn't have to give it for free. They can see that current coustomers will benefit and it can attract new ones. Forcing competition to match or go beyond what iiNet has offered.
Now all we need is to lay better infrastructure.
Posted 03:31pm 26/11/08
One thing they could improve on though is the lack of any 'free' downloads etc, they don't really seem to offer anything other than an internet connection, where everything counts.
It doesn't worry me as I never get through the 20gig anyway but they don't seem to do much to attract new customers (other than their 'bundles' like Fusion which is actually pretty good value).
Good on iinet, that would definatley move them up my list of possible new isp's.
Posted 05:46pm 26/11/08
Posted 07:14pm 26/11/08
Posted 10:00pm 26/11/08
Nothing is "free".
Posted 10:06pm 26/11/08
TPG is "shit".
Posted 10:40pm 26/11/08
TPG user here. 40-50ms pings in TF2, consistently.
Is that too high for you?
Posted 11:02pm 26/11/08
Although with my shit phone lines if I did have DSL every time it rained 56k would be faster.
Posted 04:10pm 02/10/09
Email me plz! smorthwaite252@hotmail.com
Posted 04:16pm 02/10/09
Why bump something this old and irrelevant... Almost like you getting into COD4 now.
What happened make some extra money from selling your atari??
F^$K OFF
Posted 04:24pm 02/10/09
How's the ping when you're shaped after downloading a large metered Steam game?
A former housemate blew our cap after restoring his Steam games after a format (on a 200GB TPG plan).
last edited by parabol at 16:24:09 02/Oct/09
Posted 05:00pm 02/10/09
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Posted 08:54pm 02/10/09
Posted 11:17pm 02/10/09
It's "your" by the way. Helps to get that right when you're trying to call someone a retard.
Who said friend? I said housemate. I also said former.
Anyway, just quick glance at: http://whirlpool.net.au/survey/2008/
... shows that TPG is attractive generally only for price/quota. Reliability and connection quality are not their strengths - far from it. Internode and iiNet destroy TPG on most fronts. But hey what would I know, having been with all three ISPs at some stage over the last few years.
last edited by parabol at 23:17:52 02/Oct/09
Posted 11:34pm 02/10/09
i'm on tpg right now and i never have any problems, nor with iinet or internode
everyone has bad experiences with some companies, unfortunately thats all you ever hear about
tpg is cheap and give you plenty of data
iinet is priced ok and they give you a reasonable amount of data but they have an awesome network, local staff and they're always helpful
internode much the same as iinet
tpg is fine for a heavy user but i wouldn't recommend them to a noob, their helpdesk is shit - but i've never needed it since the day i signed up.
iinet bend over backwards to help you out so i'd recommend my mum to use them etc
Posted 09:23am 03/10/09
Posted 11:16am 03/10/09
If I ring up iinet & ask them to do some kind of test on my number would they be able to tell me if I can get dsl2 or does a tech need to come out to my house & test the line physically? Since it's been a year or so since I made that other post there's a couple of ISP's that seem to actually cover my area now, yay :)
Posted 11:26am 03/10/09
They can tell you if the exchange you're connected to has iiNet ADSL2+ hardware in there. That won't mean that you'll get it if you switch over, since there are other factors (iiNet DSLAM ports free at the exact moment you switch, whether your line can only do ADSL1 with non-Telstra providers, etc). You generally can only tell if you apply. Generally no tech comes around, as they do all the work remotely.