How reliable is your service provider?

This is one of those curly subject where the answer is so dependent on so many variables:

Where you live.
What technology you are using.
What you use it for.
Which plan you use with that supplier
etc etc etc
Even how long you have been with them

I am using Optus cable..... Have been since 2001. I had Telstra cable before that.

I am really happy with what I have.... partly because I am still on an old plan that has not been available for many years.... low cost lots of data no uploads counted.

As far as outages go, I have had a total of 6 - 7 outages that we have noticed in that whole 8 years!..... I'm certainly not complaining....1 of those was caused by a doofus in our street driving a prime mover under low slung lines and ripping out the cable ! :eek:

That said, I don't need much upload bandwidth ... so cable works for me. Others that need higher upload bandwidth should look elsewhere. ( i.e. online gamers)

Personally I wouldn't touch Optus' newer plans with a 40 foot pole... compared to their older offerings - they stink.

So while I'm happy with what I've got.... I could understand many others that use their internet differently from me not being at all happy with mine.

Mark