Spintel Broadband Speeds

Spintel was established in Australia in 1996. It remains fully Australian owned and was Money Magazine’s award winning ISP for three years in a row, 2010, 2011 and 2012. It operates an Australian based call centre and offers a wide range of competitive and affordable broadband plans, all carrying the renowned Spintel broadband speeds. It is now one of Australia’s top 20 Internet service providers (ISPs) and has a community consciousness in that it is a major sponsor of the Leukaemia Foundation. It also has a policy to deliver high speed Internet to its customers.

Top Broadband Plans

Plan	Details	Data (Peak/Offpeak)	Speed (Kbps)	Price	Sign Up
Dodo Mobile Broadband 500MB 24 Month + Pendo Pad	Mobile internet data (500MB) and Pendo Pad bundle over 24 months. 7” in size, weighing 360 grams, equipped with Wi-Fi and built-in 2GB memory storage. The Pendo runs on an android operating system which makes an ideal device for high quality mobile internet surfing. $9.90 monthly over 24 months	Unlimited	3600 / 256 kbps	$9.90
Amaysim Mobile Broadband Data Pack 4GB	4GB mobile broadband plan for 30 days (1MB data rounding). Suitable for moderate internet users of websurfing, email and online multimedia content (music and videos). No contract.	Unlimited	3600 / 256 kbps	$29.90
Vodafone 14GB + Pocket Wifi 12 Month	Both a portable modem and a WIFI router, for up to 5 simultaneous users. 14GB suitable for medium level users for online access for web-surfing, emails, moderate online multimedia content (music & video streaming) Term Available on 12 Months	Unlimited	3600 / 256 kbps	$49
TPG ADSL2+ Standalone 500GB	High speed broadband without costly line rental fees. (shaping speed after capped usage 1mbps/1mbps) Terms available 6 or 18 months.	250 GB / 250 GB	24000 / 1000 kbps	$49.99
TPG Naked ADSL2+ Unlimited	Unlimited High speed broadband without costly line rental fees (uploads not counted). Terms available on 6 or 18 months. Special Offer: Pay only $14.99 per month for the Mobile 49 Cap Saver Plan (includes $300 worth of calls, text, and data) when you register for any of the Naked ADSL2+ plans, usually valued at $19.99 per month	Unlimited	24000 / 1000 kbps	$69.99

Big Does Not Always Mean Better

Because Spintel is not as large as some of the bigger ISPs in Australia it has been able to concentrate more on its core interests, these being its ability to continue to provide best practice in security, reliability and of course Spintel broadband speed coverage. Spintel therefore concentrate providing their services to both domestic and corporate interests with high quality dial-up, mobile, ADSL and ADSL2+ broadband as well as SHDSL and telephone services. It also provides co-location, web hosting services and a wholesale sector that services virtual ISPs. All this is carried out at very competitive prices. Spintel is not just an ISP, it is a fully fledged telecommunication company that delivers a comprehensive phone service offering international, STD, and local calls. With all this in their armoury they are in the enviable position of being able to offer great bundle deals where you can occasion much in savings.

The Spintel broadband coverage in the mobile areas are offered with the use of the Optus 3G dual band, 3G single band and 2G mobile networks. This gives it coverage to around 97 percent of the Australian population. The Optus mobile network is expanding rapidly with approximately 450 new towers being completed on a monthly basis throughout the last 12 months or so.

Spintel Broadband Speeds

ADSL1

We are all conversant with the painfully slow dial-up speeds of early Internet downloading of data. It was accepted at the time because we knew nothing else. Things changed dramatically when Spintel broadband speeds became accepted as being normal. Where 5Kbps was regarded as acceptable with dial-up during those early days we would not even consider it today. This was first brought to our notice when technology introduced us to ADSL 1. This gave us speeds of 138Kbps for the first time and in some cases 880 Kbps.

ADSL2

Spintel broadband speed coverage further improved when ADSL 2 came along. Just as we were getting used to the relatively fast ADSL 1, along came ADSL 2 and for the first time we started to measure our downloading speeds in Mbps instead of the previous Kbps. If you were less than one kilometre from an exchange you could now expect Spintel broadband speeds of 15 to 20 Mbps. Even if you were up to five kilometres from an exchange you could still expect speeds from 1.5 to 2 Mbps. This remains the average mobile internet speed today.

ADSL2+

ADSL2+ is the fastest download speed you can currently obtain from Australian ISP’s, including Spintel. In order to take full advantage of these plans you will need to ensure the exchange has been upgraded and that the link between your computer and the exchange is of good quality.

NBN Will Even Out The Playing Field for the Smaller ISPs

All the speeds quoted above have been underestimated purposely. This is because, until the National Broadband Network (NBN) is finally rolled out with fibre to the node all across the nation, we will always have to contend with inferior exchanges and phone lines carrying the signal to our computers. When this situation changes we will be able to better forecast actual expected speeds. Even when this ideal situation comes about we will still be subjected to what happens to the signal as it comes in from overseas. When we download data from another country there are many connections the signal has to pass through, not to mention the distance it has to travel. Anywhere along this route it could occasion some kind of congestion. Even local downloading can be affected by overloaded servers from time to time. The speeds used are therefore thought to be more realistic. After all 1.5 Mbps is actually 1,500Kbps. This in all reality is quite fast as you would still have a lot of free bandwidth left over when using most games that usually run with 30Kb/sec each way.

Spintel broadband coverage is as fast as any other ISP in the Australian market. It has taken this part of its service delivery quite seriously and will no doubt continue to do so. The NBN roll out will even up the playing field between all operators and it will be the common consumer who will stand to benefit the most when this finally comes about.