Our user to modem ratio is about 7:1. However, more importantly, we are a 'no busy signals' service, meaning you can always get on straight away. This is a better indicator of the type of service you can expect than the user to modem ratio, as another provider may have the same ratio but still have busy signals e.g. if the provider is servicing a lot of high usage customers. (Please note: the Maxi Plan is not a 'no busy signals' service.)
We support 56K, both V.90 and K56Flex varieties, on all our modems. We also have ISDN access available, contact us for details.
Our available bandwidth is about 4Kbyte/second/modem. This means that even if all our modems are in use (which they never are, because of our 'no busy signals' policy) and everybody is downloading large web pages or files at the same time, you can still achieve a download speed of 4Kbyte/second. It is more normal to get download speeds as fast as your modem and the remote host will allow e.g. over 4Kbyte/second for 56K modems.
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Please note: these rates include the GST.
Unlimited time and unlimited data for $24.95 per month. This service has a single national dial-up number which is a standard local call. Session times are limited to 4 hours, however you can reconnect immediately. There is a one-off establishment fee of $15.
We now offer high speed broadband services via ADSL. For more details please see our ADSL application page.
This plan allows you up to 30 hours access over each calendar month.
This plan includes up to 150 Mb of traffic, unrestricted access to the
internet, an email address on our server and up to 10 Mb of personal web
pages. Extra time over your 30 hours is charged at $1.50 per hour, with
up to 5 Mb included for each extra hour. Extra traffic is charged at
16c/Mb.
This plan gives you 120 hours access at the hourly rate of $0.70 per
hour. The 120 hours lasts up to 2 months i.e. any unused hours in the
first month may carry over into the next month. This plan includes up
to 500 Mb of traffic per 120 hours, and extra traffic is charged at
16c/Mb.
Like the standard plan, this plan includes unrestricted access to the
internet, an email address on our server and up to 10 Mb of personal web
pages.
Our most flexible plan allows you to simply buy a block of time to be
used as you wish: there are no minimum monthly limits and the block is
valid for up to a year. Again, there is unrestricted access to the
internet and an email address. This plan does not however include free
personal web pages. The plan includes up to 200 Mb of traffic, and
extra traffic is charged at 16c/Mb.
The charge for this plan is a flat rate of $1.60 per hour, with a minimum
charge of $6 per calendar month* if the plan is used at all during that
calendar month. There are no limits or additional charges for data
downloads.
* If there has been no access to the roaming plan during the calendar month,
the minimum charge does not apply.
See also: Help - Roaming
Please contact us for details!
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Rates...
NEW! Unlimited Dialup Plan
NEW! ADSL Broadband Plans
LEGACY PLANS
The following plans are our old rates and are being phased out.
Registration fee (once off): $20
Standard Plan: $32 / month for 30 hours / month
High Usage Plan: $84 for 120 hours
Block (Low Usage) Plan: $64 for 30 hours
Maxi (Very High Usage) Plan: $48 for 200 hours or 200 Mb or 1 month
Designed for very high personal usage, the Maxi plan has the lowest
per-hour rate: as low as 24c/hour. There are no overtime or extra
traffic charges on this plan, once you've used either a month or 200
hours or 200 Mb, whichever comes first, you simply buy the next block.
Please note that this plan must be paid on a credit card, and, unlike
our other plans, you may occasionally experience busy signals during our
peak periods.
Roaming Plan: $1.60 / hour (minimum charge $6 / month*)
This plan gives you local call access to your OnTheNet account in all
Australian capital cities and most major regional centers. This plan must be
used in conjuction with one of our other access plans e.g. the
Block (Low Usage) Plan.
56K Permanent Link: $400 setup, $115 / month
This plan has an initial setup fee of $400, and a standard ongoing fee
of $115 per month. The setup fee covers a modem and phone line at
OnTheNet, whilst the client must provide their own phone line and
modem for their end. The monthly fee covers up to 500 Mb of incoming
traffic and additional data is charged at 16c/Mb. There are no additional
email account charges, assuming an suitable SMTP or POP3 server (e.g.
MDaemon or XtraMail) at the client end.
Business Hours Permanent Link: $100 setup, $60 / month
This plan allows for a permanent link from 8 am to 5 pm Monday to
Friday. The monthly fee covers up to 300 Mb of incoming traffic and
additional data is charged at 16c/Mb. Access outside these hours is
available at 16c/Mb or $1/hr, whichever is more. There are no additional
email account charges, assuming an suitable SMTP or POP3 server (e.g.
MDaemon or XtraMail) at the client end.
Commercial Web Pages
Rates for commercial web pages hosted on our server start at $27 / month
for up to 10 Megabytes of data storage and up to 500 Megabytes of data
transferred per month. Additional storage is available at $5.00 per 10
Megabytes per month, and additional data transfer is $0.10 per Megabyte
per month.
Other Services
We can provide a full range of internet services e.g. domain
registration and hosting, web page development, web script development
and inter/intranet consulting.
Joining...
If you'd like to join OnTheNet, simply call us on
9347 2222 and we'll take you through the whole process over the
telephone. We do require a pre-payment for the registration fee and the
first lot of hours, so if you'd like to get going straight away you can
either use your credit card number, or make a direct deposit into our
bank account (and fax us a copy of the deposit slip along with your
name). Otherwise you can send us a cheque or money order and we can
connect you as soon as we receive your payment.
Payments...
Payment options are credit card (Visa, MasterCard, BankCard, AmEx),
cheque, money order or direct deposit into our bank account.