Compare Westnet’s ADSL Option 7 Broadband Plan

Compare Westnet’s Broadband Plans to find savings.

Westnet is a West Australian based internet service provider that has won numerous industry awards. It offers a wide range of high speed ADSL and ADSL2+ broadband plans to users across Australia and New Zealand on very short and flexible, six month contracts. It also provides customers with satellite broadband, dial-up internet connections, telephony, as well as web-hosting to business and well as private individuals.

Westnet ADSL Option 7 Broadband Stand Alone Six Month Contract

One of Westnet’s top line broadband plans is its ADSL Option 7 Broadband plan. This plan comes with a data download allocation of 80GB. 40Gb during peak usage periods and 40Gb during off-peak periods. It is a stand alone contract which means it is not bundled  with features you may not want. However if you do want it bundled with your home phone, or include VoIP voice communication for cheap phone calls, local, national and international, you are welcome to do so. Typical of Westnet, this plan has fast downloading ADSL speeds of 8Mbps. Although this speed may pale into insignificance when the super fast NBN roll out is complete, for the time being it is quite quick. ADSL2+ may also prove faster in some areas but its connectivity is restricted due to the lack of upgraded exchanges and the continuing use of the old Telstra copper wire network. ADSL is far more sensible for broadband users any distance away from the CBD of our major Australian cities.

The contract to obtain the Westnet ADSL Option 7 Broadband plan can be taken out over a six month term. The full contract price is $859.65 and this means the monthly cost starts at $129.95. There is also a set up fee of $79.95 to pay. Once this is out of the way the only cost from then on will be the monthly payment over the next six months. That is basically it. Nothing could be simpler or more straight forward.

How Westnet Came About

Westnet was the brainchild of Chris Thomas, an entrepreneur from the West Australian outback town of Geraldton. Chris founded the business in the spare bedroom of his home in 1994. Two years later, in 1996, he sold his new internet service provider business to another local telecommunication company, Mitchell and Brown Communications, and over the next few years it did nothing but grow. In fact Geraldton became too small for the fast growing enterprise and it was decided to re-locate it to Perth in 1999. By 2004 it was outgrowing its main job as an ISP and was calling itself a telecommunication provider. The big change came in 2008 when iiNet, another West Australian ISP, acquired Westnet for $81 million. It was decided to keep the brand name and business dealing of Westnet separate to that of the parent company iiNet. This arrangement has remained to this day.

Benefits of Using Certain Westnet Plans

If you are a Westnet broadband user you can obtain fetchtv as an extra on your ‘Starter’ and ‘Entertainment’ packages. Fetchtv is a way to view TV on your computer, Westnet has recently lowered the cost of adding fetchtv to these plans. This feature allows the family to free up the demand on your home TV, receive more channels and watch blockbuster movies as you wish.

How the NBN Will Help Westnet Broadband Users get Even Faster Broadband Connections

Internet broadband users are full of anticipation as they wait patiently for the roll out of the NBN to get to their address. Westnet users are no exception. No matter where you live you should find Westnet broadband connections even faster that the speeds you are now experiencing.  The standard Westnet broadband  ADSL2+ download speeds are now around 12 Mbps and the upl;oad speed about 1Mbps. A fast connection is regarded as being around 25 Mbps with upload speeds of 5 Mbps. These speeds are regarded as being perfect for home based broadband connections. If you have multiple users drawing data from your one router at home you can theoretically obtain download ADSL2+ speeds of 50 Mbps and uploads of  20 Mbps.

When fibre to the node is readily available your download speeds should be around 100Mbps and uploads of 40 Mbps should be available. This however will be a professional grade connection and you will require a special router to obtain it. Other factors that could influence the speed you would otherwise expect from fibre to the node could include; Your computer might not be able to handle such speeds; The network you are using to connect to Westnet with may not be able to carry the extra speed; the links between your computer and Westnet may need upgrading.

One of the main benefits of using a broadband plan designed by Westnet is that the company believes in high speed connections at the right price. Westnet have built up a special affinity with bringing high speed internet to rural areas, on some occasions having to build their own network infrastructure to do so.