Guest Guest6235 Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 Aaaah the joys of newbies in Perth trying to get internet, i have written some pretty lengthy posts about the subject, and hence why i stick to my completely reliable VIVID system, dowsnt matter where i move to in perth, i plug in my vivid home gateway, sling my extra aerial out of the window and within a matter of seconds and $60 month later, I have unlimited broadband with enough bandwidth for two people to be on skype at the same time. Welcome to Perth, back to 1999 with a third world insternet system Does it come as a complete kit Druid and you just plug into a phone socket.....anything else required on top of what they send to you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatpack Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 Does it come as a complete kit Druid and you just plug into a phone socket.....anything else required on top of what they send to you? Vivid comes in a box and just needs plugging into the power, that's it as it works on the mobile 4G network. If you buy new from a retailer it also has a 15 day money back guarantee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatpack Posted November 8, 2014 Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 Wow, hows this for timing? On Friday I got a text message from iiNet saying I owed them money and they were suspending my services so I called them, the guy on the phone couldn't find anything at al and put it down to a mistake. I got home to find a letter demanding the $305 that had previously been written off! I have just rang them again to be told that the amount has been refunded but it needs authorising and the manager who can do that is not in until Monday. Their best advise was to pay the amount and wait for a credit to my account hahahaha I love an easy life but if someone brings a fight to me I'll happily play along Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raychelsb Posted November 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 Wow, hows this for timing? On Friday I got a text message from iiNet saying I owed them money and they were suspending my services so I called them, the guy on the phone couldn't find anything at al and put it down to a mistake.I got home to find a letter demanding the $305 that had previously been written off! I have just rang them again to be told that the amount has been refunded but it needs authorising and the manager who can do that is not in until Monday. Their best advise was to pay the amount and wait for a credit to my account hahahaha I love an easy life but if someone brings a fight to me I'll happily play along oh no! What a joke. Well good luck with that one. We are awaiting a call from Telstra on Tuesday as to why we have a bill for a technician coming to connect our phone - we've had neither! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOL Posted November 11, 2014 Report Share Posted November 11, 2014 Oh man, I guess we were relatively lucky if I hear all your stories... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owen2k Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 We are looking to live in Perth in June, that vivid sounds great, at least for the first 6 months, do they require a credit check or can you buy it almost straight from the plane assuming a bank account/debit card is setup? What's their coverage like is it as good as the other mobile operators, do they use someone else's network for their coverage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Druid Posted January 1, 2015 Report Share Posted January 1, 2015 You can buy a vivid router from any dick smith, same as your currys or dixons, if you go pre paid or payg no credit check required, if you go contract then its a credit check, vivid rent infrastructure from however will give them some space at a tower, vivid only do 4g internet, no phones with vivid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest6235 Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Just been and sorted out a deal on a car today @Druid and I started picking the brains of the sales guy who I picked up a bit of a rapport with over the last week and I asked who he uses for internet, he uses Vivid. He said it slows when 3 of them use internet at same time but it sounds ideal to us. He thinks they pay around $80 p/m for unlimited but thinks you can do one for 40g and costs around $40. I forgot to ask him though who you set the plan up with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatpack Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 I've tried vivid and its crap, it uses 4g so you might as well just tether from your mobile phone as it's the same thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest6235 Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Suppose that all depends on what plan you have with your mobile! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatpack Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Suppose that all depends on what plan you have with your mobile! That is true however you already have the hardware so no upfront fee, no extra contract and unlimited data on many mobile plans is available and nowhere near $80 a month. That said it still won't be any good lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest6235 Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Will wait for Druid to come on and blow a fuse.....only a joke guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P1999 Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Do people get 4g outside of the cbd....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Druid Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Yes any 4G provider is crap, but when it's all you can get because of Perth's backward Internet infrastructure then it's better than nothing, Vivid is half the price of Telstra for the same service and you don't have to put up with Telstra's rubbish customer service, you can buy the home gateway or vivifi at Dick Smith, take it home, call them and within an hour you are set up and browsing, I just moved house, I moved my home gateway, plugged it in and bingo, back on the Internet , one thing that does help is buy a apple airport extreme to use for your wireless at home, turn off the wireless on the home gateway, this speeds things up no end, especially when you have multiple users Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest6235 Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 The guy at garage said it was good but only slowed when there were a few of them using it. How much did you say the kit was @Druid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Druid Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 I've tried vivid and its crap, it uses 4g so you might as well just tether from your mobile phone as it's the same thing! Don't get me started on Aussie rip off mobile phone plans, I have friends on $100 month plans & they still run out of data, I put $30 month on a Telstra PAYG plan that works well for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest6235 Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 We did $50 p/m sim only plans with vodafone but one of us gets it for $35 for first 6 month....it has unlimited texts, free unlimited national calls and 300 mins international calls included. We have noticed though our batteries drain quicker here than they did on O2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Druid Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 The guy at garage said it was good but only slowed when there were a few of them using it. How much did you say the kit was @Druid The vivid home gateway is about $250, no contract, but you can get it for free on a contract if you pass the credit check, the apple airport extreme is also $250' its a fantastic bit of kit and you can use it with any modem or fibre estate provider, well worth the money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Druid Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 We did $50 p/m sim only plans with vodafone but one of us gets it for $35 for first 6 month....it has unlimited texts, free unlimited national calls and 300 mins international calls included. We have noticed though our batteries drain quicker here than they did on O2. Vodafone for us in Canningvale was crap, i had to switch to telstra due to work because of lack of signal and blackspots, although vodafone was a better deal than telstra, wifey is still with vodafone, but her battery on her iphone 4 goes flat a lot quicker than mine on telstra and she doesnt even use the phone, we both got the phones together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest6235 Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 So what do you do with the apple extreme.....I'll buy the kit u come dort it lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatpack Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 I struggle to see the link between a Network and poor battery life, I'm not saying it doesn't happen but there are so many other factors that are more likely to be using up the power. Do you have you email set to fetch? Or to manual? If it's on fetch it will drain your battery like mad as it is basically connecting to the network all the time to check if you have any emails. Other apps open in the background also use power and can be using you data allowance without you being aware of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest6235 Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Haven't changed any settings since having it on O2....It maybe fighting for a better signal....who knows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Druid Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 The better the signal the less searching the phone does, the longer the battery lasts, when im working in the back of the hangar which is a big tin box acting as a faraday cage with poor signal the battery goes quite quickly, work outside or near the front of the hangar and at weekends the battery is fine, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Druid Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 So what do you do with the apple extreme.....I'll buy the kit u come dort it lol It was easy, have you got an ipad ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest6235 Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 No, we're not big fans of Apple, the only thing we have of theirs is ipods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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