ADSL Budget

Budget DSL access plans (Available Australia Wide)

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Optional filtering packages are available with all West Australian Networks accounts. There are two levels of protection Essential @ $49.95 Inc GST per mailbox per year and Premium @ $99.00 Inc GST per mailbox per year..

All Prices Include GST

Term & Conditions

Data Conditions & Pricing

• Included Data (MB) means downloads only are measured to produce billable total.
• Unused usage allowance cannot be rolled over into subsequent months.
• When calculating usage, 1 GB = 1000 Megabytes (MB)
• * Speeds are presented in downstream/upstream format e.g.: 256/64 represents up to 256kbps downstream/64 kbps upstream.
• Static IP's can added for:
  Single IP $55 p/yr or $5 p/mth (no setup fee for single IP)
  Setup fee for subnets $55.00 (a single IP is required in addition for a subnet)
  4IPs $64 p/yr or $5.35 p/mth
  8IPs $128 p/yr or $10.70 p/mth
  16IPs $192 p/yr or $16.05 p/mth
  32IPs $384 p/yr or $32.10 p/mth
  256IPs $3072 p/yr or $256.80 p/mth
  Please click here to complete the required IP application form

Shaping

Capped ADSL Internet plans will be shaped based on a calendar month billing cycle and automatically shaped for the remainder of the month once the relevant limit is reached. Downloads will be shaped back to 64kb when the data usage limit exceeds the limit applicable to each account.

ADSL Installation

Set-up Fees & other charges

• A once off setup fee will be charged for each ADSL link (Fee depends on contract period selected)
• Early Termination Charge - Once off fee if your ADSL link is disconnected within twelve (12) months of installation $75
• Changing the speed of link (faster or slower) will incur a fee of $55

Churn Charges
Churn (e.g. End user from external DSL provider to West Australian Networks) including speed change if required is normally $55 (Discounts down to Free with optional longer contracts)

An online churn and account application (all in one) is availble by clicking here

Modems
You will require an ADSL modem once your line is configured for ADSL. Please click here for a list of the modems supplied and supported by West Australian Networks . Please note all modems, routers and firewall's supplied are pre configured and simply need to be plugged in. If you would like help on choosing a modem / router please contact us during Perth business hours on 0862679130 or send an email to sales@westnet. net.au . Our friendly staff will recommend the best solution for you.

Alternatively you can provide your own modem. Please note however routers not purchased from West Australian Networks will not be supported free of charge. If you opt to purchase a router elsewhere please ensure the supplier will support and or configure the router for you . Charges will apply (see Onsite setup below) should our assistance be required.

Onsite setup
Onsite setup (Perth Metro only) $130. Includes up to one hour on site, there after $130.00 p/hr.
Outside Perth metro POA

Network Installation
Whilst the above installation fee/s cover the physical ADSL installation and configuration, installation and delivery of the ADSL modem, other components may be required to either create or integrate this service into your network. This additional work (if required) will be charged at the standard hourly rate ($130 p/hr).

Additional Cable Work - Central Filter
If on site cabling work is required (installation ofcentral filter, relocate and or install phone sockets, Ethernet cables / sockets etc etc) our cable team can arrange this for you. A standard central filter installation is from $176 including central filter. Additional labour charged at $130 p/hr. Additional parts may be required. Price will be confirmed by the installer on site prior to commencing the job.

Additional Products
10/100 network card $25
Additional Line Filters from $19
Additional Central Line Filters from $35

Application Form
You can complete our fast online application form by clicking here .
Should you require more information on our ADSL products please either call us during Perth business hours on 0862679130 or send an email to sales@westnet. net.au

Terms & Conditions

• Credit terms are strictly in advance, payment for setup and first month is required with order.
• Payment accepted by Cash, All major credit cards, EFT, Direct deposit, Cheque (and just about anything else you can think of).
• Payment must be made before due date each month once service is established.
• A 12 month contract is used for the supply of all DSL services.
• Please allow approx 10 working days for installation of your service, (average is 5 - 7 working days), variations will occur.

The following acceptable use terms and conditions apply to all West Australian Networks accounts, please click on the links to view the document.
Acceptable Use

Speed

The speeds shown here are the standard Kilo Bits per Second. This table give you an indication of the speed / performance you can expect from your West Australian Networks ADSL link.

The speeds listed above are reliant on the site you are working with being well connected, you can only work as fast as the other end of you connection.

Note: A KiloByte = a KiloBit divided by 8

For example: 1.5Meg or 1500 Downstream is equal to 1500/8 (1500 divided by 8) which gives you 187.5KBps maximum downstream. Reaching that speed with a 1.5Mbps connection (1500kbps) is theoretically impossible, although you may get close.

A good general test for determining whether or not you have a good broadband connection is whether or not you are getting at least 80% of the maximum possible speed you could. There is a built in 'loss' due to overhead information that must be transmitted and a few other factors that immediately eat up about 13% of your bandwidth (speed). That means that the absolute best in a perfect setup would be 87% of your theoretical maximum. With other factors thrown in, the 80% rule of thumb was developed. Now, how to apply it.

As one example, lets assume you have a 1.5/256 DSL connection. This means that the best you can ever do is to get 1500kbps (kilobits per second) as a download speed and 256kpbs upload. But at least 13% of that is going away for the overhead. 80% of 1500 is 1200kbps, and 80% of 256 is 204.8kbps. So if you have a 1.5/256 line and are getting speeds of 1200/204 (150 KBps maximum downstream.and 25.5 KBps maximum upstream) then you have a 'good' connection.

If you are getting less than these numbers, the DSLR Tweaks forum is a good place to go to start optimizing the portion of the system that can help with these numbers.

A few things to keep in mind:
1) You can only 'tweak' to improve your download speed and hopefully your upload speed will rise along with it;
2) It is hard to apply the 80% rule to an uncapped Cable connection where no upper limit for speed is stated;
3) no 'tweaks' are available to improve Ping (latency) times - that is a separate issue.

So, what does all this mean? In plain English, if you had a 512 connection and wanted to download a 1Gig file it would take you approx 5 - 5 1/2 hours to do it. The maths behind this is 1Gig = 1,000,000 kbyte divide this by the realistic speed for a 512 link (50 kbyte) and you get 20,000 seconds, divide this by 60 and you get 333.33 minutes, divide this by 60 and you arrive at 5.5 Hours