[TASlowHands]

Hi guys

I'm with TPG at the moment and not happy with them to say the least. TPG has been full of disconnects and random outages for me and they can never get their act together, its a ball ache.

I only really care about playing SC2 and watching streams. I generally play NA and SEA but might be interested in a KR account soon.

I was wondering who you were with and which ISP has worked well for you in your sc2 games.

[ZergGirl]

I'm with Telstra, IINET and internode. (same suburb, different house)

Telstra has the best latency overall but the worst customer support (if ever anything bad happens).

Internode has better latency to KR compared to IINET. Although IINET has a better latency to NA compared to Internode.

This is from Perth.

[QEDFridge]

I'm with TPG and I have never had a problem with them.

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Bash:

Me too! ^_^

[souljah]

I'm with Starhub and pretty much hasnt had any problems with their internet connection..

oh wait, wrong country +D

[Cordance]

Im with Internode. Their customer support is great. Internode have always given me more Data at a faster speed and cheeper rate every time I look at new pricing. Personally I havent shopped around much for internet in a long time. Telstra is normally very pricey unless your reducing your phone bill by a significant amount with a bundle or some such.

I dont know what other companies offer but internode have the ability to shape your speed up and down depending on your connection which gives you a more stable connection if your in a iffy area or a quicker connection if your in a more stable area. This might be what you need if your having a lot of disconnects.

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Flamga:

amen brother Internode FTW

[iM tgun]

Anything that isn't Optus.

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	TAEdgE:
	ToRDjvillian:	Im with optus and have no complaints. then again my old internet provider was 3 tethered through my iphone :P
	ToRSmotPokingFish:
	Fadey:	You will get double the ping to sea you do on NA with optus as they dont have a link that way so it goes to NA and back down.... stay away from optis
	|Erasmus|:	Exactly as Fadey says... quite frustrating to play on SEA compared to NA.

[Highlander]

iiNet is great and supports Day9 within their Freeview area.

[TABjornbrandr]

I'm with Internode, best service and performance and as an added bonus, not Telstra.
So yeah, go with them if you have the cash to do so, not overly expensive.

[Hunter]

Another happy Internode customer here.

I've been with them for about 6 years and have barely had an issue. They aren't the cheapest out there but for me regular good internet is worth paying slightly more for.

[HteD]

internode are greedy as ****, almost as bad as telstra for prices cause they have such a large rusted-on userbase. Go for iinet, better prices and as said before day9 and shit is up on their freezone unmetered.

hella cool.

[TABjornbrandr]

Originally Posted by HteD

internode are greedy as ****, almost as bad as telstra for prices cause they have such a large rusted-on userbase. Go for iinet, better prices and as said before day9 and shit is up on their freezone unmetered.

hella cool.

For anyone who plays games like Team Fortress 2 and other server based online FPS, Internode provides servers that do not use data allowance on the client's end.

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PiG:

internode very good isp yeah :)

[CZE]

I'm on optus cable and any time I want to play on SEA I have to be on a VPN otherwise I have 300+ ms (even though I have the optus speedpack and its sensational to everywhere else).

[TASlowHands]

Wow thanks for all the quick annd helpful responses, this community nails it as usual!

Since two names keep cropping up, IINET and Internode, i'll check them both out, though im leaning towards IINET as they support the day 9 daily and have 24/7 customer service which amazingly doesnt seem to be in bangalore.

Thanks everyone. Feel free to continue moaning about your ISP in here if u want though.

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Maynarde:

Glad to help

[Maynarde]

Internode quite awesome for pings to KR / SEA and NA. No complaints, no problems.

[PiG]

netspace here, pretty darn good na can lag on occasion

[Eldrid]

Internode is like 10-20 a month more than other isp's i believe, but is soooo good and helpful if you ever have an issue... Theyre aus based and you normally get through within a few minutes. Good ping to sea/na/kr (i never complain of lag), im in sydney.

[inFeZa]

Bigpond - Melb here.
Awesome SEA latency
Great KR Latency
Good NA Latency.
Decent service
******* expensive price.

[Benji]

Telstra, zero downtime in the 2 and a bit years i've been here, never had to deal with customer service and they installed it very quickly and without drama. Also good speeds.

[Rageboredguy]

I'm with TPG but I've been having issues lately so i can hardly recommend them, but i had a good 6+ months prior to that...

[Dox]

iiNet is pretty dreamy. Amazing ping to SEA and KR. Really bad lag to NA at times though.

[x5_Bard]

I am on internode. I like it muchly

40ms to SEA
500ms to NA
170ms to KR

I live in Radelaide which would probably explain it. However the gf plays wow on 200ms so I have nfi why I have such high ping to NA

[iM tgun]

DJVillian is an idiot, that is all.

[|Erasmus|]

Originally Posted by tgun

DJVillian is an idiot, that is all.

The neg rep is a little harsh, but not everyone is a pro, tgun. I'm with optus too, and to be fair, it hasn't bothered me terribly until recently when I've been playing against masters level opponents, and the delay really hurts when I actually have to split against banes or dodge storms, or I lose.

For the purposes of 'ISP which is good for SC2 specifically' though, yes, Optus is probably the worst for that use. Doesn't mean everyone will find it terrible.

[iM tgun]

Originally Posted by |Erasmus|

The neg rep is a little harsh, but not everyone is a pro, tgun. I'm with optus too, and to be fair, it hasn't bothered me terribly until recently when I've been playing against masters level opponents, and the delay really hurts when I actually have to split against banes or dodge storms, or I lose.

For the purposes of 'ISP which is good for SC2 specifically' though, yes, Optus is probably the worst for that use. Doesn't mean everyone will find it terrible.

I could give a rats ass about rep, just disagreeing with my statement with no basis is, in my opinion, idiotic, as it's been proven time and time again Optus produces worse ping responses than almost any other Australian ISP to singapore/malaysia etc (due to them not having access to Telstra's lines going there)

[CZE]

Originally Posted by tgun

I could give a rats ass about rep, just disagreeing with my statement with no basis is, in my opinion, idiotic, as it's been proven time and time again Optus produces worse ping responses than almost any other Australian ISP to singapore/malaysia etc (due to them not having access to Telstra's lines going there)

Spot on. I've bitched and moaned about this since the game has been out :|. Nothing can really be done about it unless you're stupid enough (like me) to buy a VPN for ~$8-10 a month to play on the server. I feel it's pretty worth it though as your ping goes from ~350-400 to 160-180..

[EXCL]

I am with Internode - while i find their net stable and great for sc2 (even same day connection at my new house!!!).

My issues with connection have only ever come from dodgy lines... the wholesale provider... or the fact that I am connect to a sub-exchange rather than the main exchange.

Its ezpz to change ISPs but your location and quality of lines to your house will be the telling factor imo.

[mGGDaedalus]

I'll throw in another good word for iinet, always had great customer service the few times I've had problems (which has been few), have plenty of good plans that involve good latency, and unlike most Optus based ISP's, you don't get terrible ping to SEA server.

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EXCL:

who i would go with if i wasnt already with internode

[QEDMazaire]

The funny thing is that i am on ADSL 2+ with optus, never had any downtime or problems (apart form the shitty router they gave out for free) and my latency isnt half bad either:

SEA: 220
NA: 250
KR: 230

Its not like i would number 1 recommend them, but by the same token they aren't bad, especially if you wanna bundle like a phone package (what my rents did) as well. (bundling saves my rents 50 bucks a month)

[RicocheT]

I wouldn't recommend Optus. My mate who lives in Melbourne DC/s a LOT and he's with Optus. Was hard as hell for him to try fix it with their crap customer support. Even with them trying to fix it, he still has bad connection problems.
I'm with Westnet, happily chilling. Westnet is owned by iinet, but I rarely have problems if at all.
Better off going with iinet over Westnet, we stick with Westnet as we're loyal customers and as i said above, barely anything goes wrong.

[Asrathiel]

Westnet have super helpful friendly customer service too, they rock.