Initial costs for Jetstart?

[Grrr!!]

My flatmates and I are starting to really hate 56k.

Therefore, we are looking into getting jetstart. We are happily willing to pay the ~$70 per month, but what are the initial costs?

What I have discovered so far:

ADSL Modem: ~$250
DSL installation: $99
Line filter: $20
Switch and Networking: ~$75

Do I have everything there, is there anything else that needs to be paid in advance? $450 seems a lot of money for faster internet.

[whetu]

its an initial setup cost... Every so often on tardme you can get something decent for 100-150 bucks.. like a stingray or something... Throw together a smoothwall box and bobs yer uncle.

line filters are $20 per phone.. if you have 3 phones, thats $60...

try waiting a bit longer.. telecom is always running specials for free installation every couple of months or so...

I think that's about it

[LumberJack]

Telecom have deals every few months where they don't charge the $99 connection fee..I got my jetstart last month and the connection fee was only $ 45..not sure what the deal is at the mo

[Deviant]

Me:

Dynalink Router of Tardme for $200
Firewall $free
Installation $free
Filter one $free with router, and other phone is hardly used, who cares.
First month $free with Inspire

All up $200.

[Disrespective]

OMG we had a few troubles with our installation, firstly we decided to go with Paradise so sweet as there, well kinda, and then when we got our installation, which you can actually do yourself, its not that hard, if you want just ask and we could post some photos for ya, you just need the technician to go out to the main box and "switch you on".

So we get our first bill and holy hell if its not any less than ~$340. What had happened was that telecom, when we ordered jetstart had added in a second ISP and had been charging us. About 5 calls later they had removed all that crapand we are only just back to "normal".

Not the best experiences really.

[whetu]

me:

Nokia M1122 - Free (no I wont tell you how ;))
Nokia Splitter - Free (comes with the router)
Installation - Free (Dad's a phoneguy remember)
Firewall - Free (w00t for smoothwall!)

So we only paid ISP hookup fees and a months connection fee.. $65 bucks or so...

Better than $450 you gotta admit ;)

[shag]

Me:

-asus AAM6000EV :$300 and something (it was a long time ago)
-8 port 10/100 switch :$120ish
-Instalation :FREE
-ISP :$25
-2 * filters :$40

[SecretSquirrel]

ok...

$60 DSL internal (**** off, dont get this) modem
$40 for 2 filters from deek smeeth
$0 connection fee
$0 installation fee
$30 a month to Paradise

Finding a picture of me with nothing on (except for a beanie) in the bathtub $priceless

[sparkles]

damn good effort ss.... it had to be said.. :D

ok, vaguely back on topic, but the only other expense i can think of is that some isps have hook on charges as well (if you're going to change) and some also like to be paid a couple of months in advance.

when i got it all hooked up, i changed to world net, and they had a connection charge which was wiped if you paid about 3 months in advance, so i'd look into that as a possible setup cost too.

[MoNk]

Alcatel Speedtouch USBs are only $100 at DSE in their priced to clear section.

[sparkles]

in a flat situation with a number of computers, i think that a dsl router would be the better option, hence the $250 estimate.

wasn't there a link recently for a cheap dsl router which had a 802.11b access point?

meh, can't find linkage....

[Goose]

Jetstart Gear:
ADSL ROUTER: approx $300 (depends on the ADSL modem/switch combo you decide on)
LINE FILTER: approx $20 per phone jack
ADSL INSTALLATION: $99 (try to wait for special)
ONE OFF ACCOUNT SETUP FEE: approx $15-20 (check with ISP about this fee because i refused to pay it because i never saw it during the web based sign up form :p )
MONTHLY JETSTART FEE: $30
ISP CHARGE: $30 (depending on ISP you go with)

Networking Gear:
NETWORK CARDS: ? (per computer connected to adsl)
NETWORK CABLES: ? (per computer connected to adsl)
FIREWALL BOX: ?

Trust me, that first months bill is always a b**** when you recieve it! :rolleyes:

[bob_dole_nz]

Originally posted by sparkles
cheap dsl router which had a 802.11b access point?


and you want GOOD quality right?


That tech will most probably come with fairly hefty tag (400 odd me thinks).

Modem : 127
Filters : 66
Install : Free
Connection : Free

The image of SS naked in a bathtub. How much will shag pay I wonder.

[Method]

How much are the monthly costs including one line isp charge telecom charge and whatever other charge there is?

Im thinking of jetstreem starter.

[whetu]

depends on the ISP...

for example my one line rental + telecom DSL fee + ISP fees comes to $99.90 a month

[Method]

hmm yeah.. i worked that out too just then.. seems pretty expencive. Thought i got it wrong.

But supose line rental is round 30 dial up is around 30 so thats ~60 allready.

[MR_60]

haha

I got my modem a few years ago and it went more like this:

M1122 Modem/router : $530 (wholesale!! Bargain!!)
Connection Fee: $99
Install Fee (much better than filters): $80
Joining the ISP: Free! Cos I looked for one that was.
JetStart + ISP: around $60 a month I think
Having high speed internet before most peeps and (at the time) the most 1337 ADSL modem money could buy?: Priceless...

Still my latest install cost zip, as Telecom did a free connection and the house I moved to already had a filter (just had to wire a jack to where I wanted it...and after the last install they left a reel of cable and I had a jack already...)

Wait for a special, that's the best way.. that $99 connection fee is a big price to pay for a tech to patch a twisted pair to a box in the exchange...

Oh and you still need a line (but of course you can share it with your phones)

[whetu]

a quick heads up...

the $99 fee is free at the moment (http://www.telecom.co.nz/content/0,3900,202737-201784,00.html)

[k14]

Yeah, i got my connection free aswell!!

Got a Alcatel Speed Touch Pro for $200
a few line filters for $40
and the $29.95 to telescum per month
and $30 for paradise a month.

[NTBlowz]

Well I recently upgrade my modem to router and got a switch.. here is the cost

ADSL router $50 (Nokia Ni500 from tard)
8 port mini switch $66 incl postage from Ascent
Filter $10each 3 total
Free installation cos of promo
First months free cos of promo
plus normal $30 to ISP and $30 to scummy

[tanivula]

all this dsl talks makin me sad and kinda annoyed.. flatmates wanned to move to a warmer "nicer" place, and indeed it is nicer - even comes with a pool :p

however the day we tried to switch our previous jetstart connection to the new place telecom rings us up and tells us that we cant have dsl at the new place presumably as the lines arent copper or the exchange is too old and yuky :rolleyes:

gah and we only moved a coupla streets away from the old place.

the real annoying thing is that now we are just out of range for WW aswell. gah.

dial up with 3 ppl.. mucho slowness.. telecom said that they might put a copper line down for us but i highly doubt that will ever happen.

only thing to do is hope and pray

/rant mode off

[Wibber]

ern, better copper, as th lines allready run on copper

[evilangel]

i originally started with a crappy turbocomm until the dfi i once owned rejected it originally cost $120

purchased external (Dynamode) $120 to replace turbocomm from trademe

original connection $99
ended up getting a techo out to hardwire $245
firewall sygate firewall pro 5.0 free
maxnet isp charge $32.95 (12gigs)

and thats bout it

[Mr Anderson]

Turbocomm works in our home network. Sharing Internet access with no problems. It's cheap but the server needs to be up for other PC to get internet.

Router is MUCH better for more P.C