Whirlpool

Hi Guys,

Before we release the ADSL2+ 500GB Jumbo plan, we plan to offer existing and new Super and Super 2 ADSL2+ 150GB Plan customers for Unlimited off peak downloads on Trial basis.

This offer is open to our Existing and New customers as Trial Only.

Your comments are highly appreciated.

Kind Regards,
TPG Internet

aghhhhh

another one that they'll say cant be done

as long as the rs leechers are happy (and not throttled)

whats needed to change to this?
are there going to be new forms for this or is it secret handshake?

D
(TPG, bigger than iPhone)

Sounds like great news Ian, when are you going to start this trial and over how long do you expect it to go...

and is there any chance you you can have off peak from 1 am to 9am

How long before this trial begins?

Ian C writes...

Hi Guys,

I agree dont worry about feedback from those females

for Unlimited off peak downloads on Trial basis.

im confused sorry..

How long will this last for exactly? and what is the purpose?

WezaG writes...

and what is the purpose?

to see how the metering handles the figures

How long will this last for exactly?

depends
iptv's still in trial (and currently free)

will i cost to try – no
unlimited – mmmmmmm

D
stickin to 50gb premium (for now)

Unlimited Offpeak? For free?

Where do I sign up!?

whim

haha awesome tpg! too bad u people wont enable my bloody exchange.

They've done this before. Basically they are allowing everyone on the super plan UNLIMITED offpeak to test to see if they could cope properly with the 500gb plan thats coming up.

ADSL2+??

How about your subscribers on 1500/256 because their exchange doesn't have a TPG DSLAM?

500GB is basically Unlimited anyway.

I'm churning off TPG to iiNet since they aren't installing any DSLAMs in WA. :(

I think I will stick with my 50gb Premium also for the time being... Waiting for TPG to waive the $59 plan change fee

I'm on the Super2 plan and am definitely up for "trialling" this.

Let's roll TPG.

i'd be happy to trial this offer but i'm on the first version of the super 150gb plan.

Trav writes...

i'd be happy to trial this offer but i'm on the first version of the super 150gb plan.

He's edited the post. It's available for SUPER and SUPER2

This would be a wonderful opportunity. My household has surpassed the 150GB plan limit every month. I have been waiting for higher download limit plan and the new Jumbo plan seems perfect.

I'm on super 2, I want in.

ETA TPG???

White Spider writes...

I'm on super 2, I want in.

Me too, sign me up

yeah, why not...

Only catch is that the off-peak period has now changed.
It's now between 3:17am and 3:23am (Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays not counting public holidays.)
The 150Gb is unlimited enough for me.
Just get on and roll out naked DSL and enable all the limited IPTV exchanges.

I'm interested :D

I'm definitely interested...

Just got a phone line and shopping around for an ISP. This would seal the deal for me to go with TPG.

Any chance of trialling the ULL as well?

I'd even change my name to TPGuineaPig

NOTE: I'm on Northbridge NSW Exchange (ADSL2+ TPG enabled)

Very nice. Thanks TPG :)

yes please

id like to sign up too, i am currently on the super plan and sometimes use the full 150GB. but if i had unlimited im sure i could go much past 150GB.

i am pretty much unlimited off peak already

until i hit the 23rd of the month where i'm capped

it just means the downloading party never finishes!

TPGuineaPig = sounds good to me.

more details would be required before i commit to this trial:
what will the expect price of this plan be?
what will the off peak times be?
If we decide to opt out will we be able to go back to our previous plan with the original off peak times (i'm on the Super 1 plan, 1-7 am)?
What will the peak allowance be?

I presume, everything will remain the same as the plan you are on, there will be no additional costs, the offpeak times will be the same, and the peak data will remain the same. The only changed thing will be the offpeak cap being removed.

why tpg doesnt release 500G plan as soon as possible. It chooses trail first.

Because they want to see how a shitload of leechers downloading for off-peak the whole time does to the network. If a certain volume of people downloading with restraint does not massively congest the network, a higher volume of people being slightly more conservative would be comparable.

im keen, where do we show official interest?

Definitely interested in trialling this. However, like darkknight145, I would love to see some more information posted about this trial before committing to anything.

Here, i would imagine.

Meh, looks like the internet will be even *slower* offpeak once this comes in. Yay TPG!

I get full speed offpeak. Sydney.

devians writes...

im keen, where do we show official interest?

+1

Here, I would imagine. Show interest here.

Hi, my name is "not" whitespider, I would like to express interest.

Hi.

hello.

Interest.

Hello.

yes please but how we can sign up for that

Sweet.

Would like to see more details though.

Would love to go with the trial and then jump onto the JUMBO plan when it gets offered if the trail gets cancelled.

Can we get a few details regarding the off-peak times.... are they staying the same?

Would be nice to download that much with my ADSL2+ Enabled exchanged being flogged by Telstra.

Hi Ian,
this is great news, when will the trial start, i can't wait.
Thanks Pip

"Super 2" customer here.

Free unlimited hey... I'd be happy to join that trial!!

I'm in.

am ready for the trial and the real thing! Lets go!

Super and Super 2 ADSL2+ 150GB Plan

Do we have to sign up for the trial or does it apply to everyone on these plans? Anyone near the end of their billing period want to test it out?

Hi,
i'll test it out tonight i'm shaped on off peak till tomorrow.
Pip

Hey Ian Can u give us more information

where did the other thread go, with the other offer he made a couple of days ago (re: 500 GB plan)? I can't see it.

n00b4life writes...

where did the other thread go, with the other offer he made a couple of days ago (re: 500 GB plan)? I can't see it.

It was closed because it was going off topic.

EDIT: and the lack of updates...

Hi n00b4life,

The mods closed it because its already getting off-topic. /forum-replies.cfm?t=985407

Hi All,

Anyways, we are still finalizing the mechanics regarding the plan and will announce it soon. Thank you all for sending me whims and posting your comments. We are monitoring it closely.

Regards,
EC

GUYS LISTEN UP!!

YOU DO NOT NEED TO SIGN UP!!!!!!!

IT IS CURRENTLY ALREADY ENABLED.

I am getting maximum speed even though i've already gone ova the 110GB limit. So enjoy guys while it last, because when they do release the 500GB plan, this free off peak leech will not last.

GUYS LISTEN UP!!

YOU DO NOT NEED TO SIGN UP!!!!!!!

IT IS CURRENTLY ALREADY ENABLED.

I am getting maximum speed even though i've already gone ova the 110GB limit. So enjoy guys while it last, because when they do release the 500GB plan, this free off peak leech will not last.

So it started this morning?

We're not currently in off-peak hours....

Aussie Web Radio writes...

ADSL2+??

How about your subscribers on 1500/256 because their exchange doesn't have a TPG DSLAM?

Yes how about a better plan/s for ADSL1+?

NickRX7 writes...

Yes how about a better plan/s for ADSL1+?

Not much they can do, other than to move you to their own network.

Telstra don't want to lower their prices....

Unlimited offpeak? Bring it on :)

davidw89 writes...

GUYS LISTEN UP!!

YOU DO NOT NEED TO SIGN UP!!!!!!!

IT IS CURRENTLY ALREADY ENABLED.

I am getting maximum speed even though i've already gone ova the 110GB limit. So enjoy guys while it last, because when they do release the 500GB plan, this free off peak leech will not last.

i was capped on todays offpeak....

sounds good – count me in for the trial – let us know when it begins...

ok maybe they haven't enabled it yet....but for me it is (been leeching a couple of days)

count me in TPG

Dude, you've been leeching both peak and off peak unlimited? or just off peak?

oh and count me in for sure TPG (Username – Shareef1)

Sounds good wouldn't mind giving it ago when some more details come out.

Im in.

Just want an ETA of when it starts, or will TPG send a mass email?

Also, why is it whenever there is an ADSL 2 thread about usage increases/trials all the ADSL1 customers come on and whine about how their exchange isnt enabled.

Im pretty sure it is heaps cheaper to trial/gather interest for something then it is to physically pay people to do actual work on exchanges.

Great option.
Though I'm yet to go over the 150GB during off-peak time

Roughly when will the 500gb plan be available?

i think its already started? supposedly capped peak but speed shows otherwise...everyone else getting this?

My peak is capped, and still is capped. ilovekimchi, do you mean that your peak is capped, but now its going full speed?

safjuan writes...

Dude, you've been leeching both peak and off peak unlimited? or just off peak?

Off -peak, 3am-9am.

Most people here are on Super 2 plan..unlimited off peak will be activated soon..but i wonder for how long?

Sign me up for this, I've been capped twice in a row on off-peak.

What about supper 100GB plan why we dont get 1-6 or 3-9 am d/l not counted in the quota ?

Ian C I am VERY interested...

I'm eagerly awaiting the 500GB plan and this would give me a good chance to stress my line. I could easily push past the 150GB plan I am currently on.

Please let us know when the trial is starting and how we can sign up.

Thanks for pushing the internet forward in Australia!

I really want Unlimited off peak downloads on Trial. Currently on super2 plan 150GB

when trial start?

may i join the trial too?

I'd be a lot happier if my damned exchange was ADSL2 capable so i could take advantage of these offers.
It's such a damn tease :(

robbiewillia writes...

may i join the trial too?

My assumption will be that anyone on the super 2 plans will automatically placed on the unlimited trial and tbo I think it may have already been implemented. I could be wrong..

Sierra Man writes...

What about supper 100GB plan why we dont get 1-6 or 3-9 am d/l not counted in the quota

obviously there are people who are going to miss out (sucks to be them) but I think their targetting those on the super 2 plans and those of heavy downloaders in the off peak period due to the fact that currently the super2 users have 110 in off peak.

well i waited up to see what would happen (I'm capped off peak) and nothing as yet.

yeah same capped off peak waited till 3 waiting to get some good downloading in and nothing :) lol id like to be in the trial if ur asking for volunteers

I got my hopes up too high i think. I guess it'll probably be a few days before they make it available to everyone. Meanwhile its 2 weeks until I get uncapped :(
(hoping for either the unlimited adsl2+ trial / 500gb plan to happen before then)

Im in for the trial, capped offpeak atm on super2 :(

It's times like this i wish im on the super2 plan D:

How about the Premium Plus people, will we get to have a go in the trial, after all we're paying a premium in top of every body else already.

about every one on Whirlpool is paying a premium for what they get. Wouldn't it be great they could get a trial? But people make their choices!

Sign me up.

According to the TPG usage page i've used 113888.792 MB, yet I'm still downloading at full capacity.

I guess that means I'm running on unlimited off-peak downloads at the moment

Not necessarily – I remember a couple months back, the usage page had be at 115 GB offpeak usage, but my offpeak speed wasn't throttled immediately. If I were you of course I'd queue up something to download during your next offpeak period and see how it goes.

Anyway, this sounds great guys. According to the TPG forums the price will only be $10 more, that's pretty damn good value. One thing I'm hoping for is a slightly higher on-peak quota – Like the rest of the users I use my offpeak for the majority of my large downloads and just use onpeak when I'm impatient, but I'm always impatient. Having 50 or 60 would give users more room to move.. I realise asking for a higher onpeak quota is quite a different kettle of fish, but perhaps at least 50 would be a reasonable expectation?

What will happen to speeds during off-peak?

Being able to download heaps of data is great, I just hope that services such as VoIP will not be adversely affected.

Should be fine mate..i called a mate at 4am the other day via VOIP..works fine even though i was downloading + uploading? (u have to cap it though)

So will everyone on Super and Super 2 plans get offered this trial?

Niiiice. Something is going down good at TPG.

Please do not keep telling me stories.

I've been waiting for naked dsl for one year but it's still not come out. Hopefully, this time will not bring any disappointment to me.

Consider me in on that trial... and i thought 150gig was a large amount!

s.Ben writes...

I've been waiting for naked dsl for one year but it's still not come out. Hopefully, this time will not bring any disappointment to me.

Who cares naked dsl only saves you $10 a month..and it's a long process to churn to..very hassle.

LOL for me this trial has began..any news Jason on how this "trial" will work?

Big tick for this one ....... much appreciated .. better order some more hard drives :-)

Very interesting.

Would like to sign-up for this and trial the unlimited period that's on offer.

Ian C writes...

Before we release the ADSL2+ 500GB Jumbo plan, we plan to offer existing and new Super and Super 2 ADSL2+ 150GB Plan customers for Unlimited off peak downloads on Trial basis.

How can anyone say no to that? Just changed from iiNet to TPG and very happy. Easy to setup and getting 50% more quota and 50% more speed for $39 less...

Depict writes...

Consider me in on that trial... and i thought 150gig was a large amount!

If you thought 150GB is large why do you want to be on trial. The way I see this is as a test to system for people who find the current 150GB limit insufficient.

Any more details ? or are you just dangling carrots again.

Just spoke with TGP,

Offers for Unlimited off peak and 500gb plans are not being offered yet, and probably wont be for another month or two if they introduce them.

Lets wait and see.

Ian C, how about you substantiate your comments before posting garbage.

Dont dangle carrots. False advertising can be a serious offence.

Chopper writes...

Offers for Unlimited off peak and 500gb plans are not being offered yet, and probably wont be for another month or two if they introduce them.

The plans, yes. This thread is about a trial. Trials come before the plans are released. That's the point of a trial.

Don't get your knickers in a twist guys. Patience is a virtue.

hi

like many isps do, they use tpg to guage the feedback/response to new offerings

like 150gb (cant be done)
unlimited 512 or 1500

tpg have asked for feedback and in response will release if it can be done

opw?

D

gone now back on track

i guess all the soul network bandwidth is available to the tpg users

no more info as i dont have any more

been reading
/forum-replies.cfm?t=992437

:)

D

r00lerz writes...

Any more details ? or are you just dangling carrots again.

He asked for comments yesterday. It's a good thing they're taking their time and valuing feedback instead of rushing to judgements and making silly mistakes.

MopoGT writes...

Only catch is that the off-peak period has now changed.
It's now between 3:17am and 3:23am (Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays not counting public holidays.)

Aaha, that would be sweet :)

Anyway, count me in for the trial!

Ian C writes...

Your comments are highly appreciated.

Sounds great...! I'm all for it – just hope the network doesn't get too congested.

I'm a long-time 2+ customer on one of their first exchanges out of contract. I'm looking at the Super 2 plan, and have seen somewhere here that there'll be free upgrades offered to existing customers to the 500GB plan when it arrives – is that true? Will this plan likely be implemented before my next rollover date (7/7?)

Hi,could you please let us know when or if the trial will start as no one at tpg really knows anything about it. They say there will be no trial, and to disregard the information on whirlpool.
Thanks Pip

Tpg is very good at creating hype

k1Ng writes...

Tpg is very good at creating hype

They know what the people want ;-)

Balance writes...

and have seen somewhere here that there'll be free upgrades offered to existing customers to the 500GB plan when it arrives

Where'd you see that?

No one from TPG has said that.

Chopper writes...

Ian C, how about you substantiate your comments before posting garbage.

Dont dangle carrots. False advertising can be a serious offence.

LOL best post i've seen so far

So far there have been two kinds of posts,

- People saying – I WANT IN, AWESOME!!!!
and
- People scoffing and saying how it's a joke

Can someone add a bit of variety and like combine the two

Sample post:

"What a good idea, I want to be part of thi.... wait a minute, that's stupid, networks can't handle that kind of load, AHAHHAHAHA, STUPID TPG!!!"

Marxx writes...

Where'd you see that?

That's why I'm asking – it was in some thread related to this or the 500GB and I cbf going through them all again to find it.

No-one from TPG has said much about this or the 500GB plan at all, and if they did, it's been totally buried amongst all this other stuff.

(I'd really appreciate it if the few facts that are available at this time can be put into a wiki or something)

Just the first post, other than tpg has been completely absent.

White Spider writes...

Just the first post, other than tpg has been completely absent.

Incorrect.

/forum-replies.cfm?t=992033&p=3#r52

I'm fine with TPG doing this as long as it doesn't effect network performance during those times.

I pay extra for the 100GB plan because I like to use the service whenever I choose, but I often do a lot of late night work and would hate to see the service become unusable during off-peak times. If network performance is effected I'll most likely start looking for another service provider.

I'd also like to hear if you have any plans for greater than 100GB plans without all this peak/off peak malarkey. I honestly don't mind paying extra for what I use, but I really hate being told when to use it.

For me, it's not all about value, whilst value is good, I also expect a certain minimum level of quality and I'd hate for TPG to decline in this area just to try and pull a few extra data hungry customers.

Sounds goo sounds very good count me in......caveman001.............

Can someone please point me to the post which TPG can say is 'useful feedback', I must have blinked and missed it.

Sigh... Why is everyone and their dog now whining about missing out or the network being under too much strain? I do believe why said "trial" and by the looks of things there are more than a few people who are "data hungry". It's not my problem if people pay a premium to opt out of peak/ off-peak then whine about how they aren't part of this trial

Happy Birthday,
I'm in Bundaberg QLD..........What's ADSL2?
We will never get TPG to install it in my lifetime..........
At least I can get 1.5Mb (when it doesn't drop out)
Anyway good luck to the big city subscribers...

Nice one TPG...count me in although I never even go through half the 110GB off-peak.

netRAT.

alan99 writes...

I'm in Bundaberg QLD..........What's ADSL2?
We will never get TPG to install it in my lifetime..........

Same here in Rockhampton QLD.

Sucks to be rural/metro? Good to be within travelling distance of cities where most of the populations are..

I am up for the trial, I am currently on the Super 2 150GB plan my TPG user name is "chipped8".

I will test it thoroughly for you :D

I do not ususlly reply to threads such as this but I thought I'd add in that if you want to track Ian's comments in Whirlpool, just click on his name and you will see how many posts he replies to.

/forum-user.cfm?id=161929

In this case, so far he has commented twice in this thread.

If there are other TPG moderators, just click on their names as well to see what they are saying or responding to.

All I usually do is click on the name, check to see if more then two posts in the same thread have been made (as I have already read the first two) and if yes, then start trawling. Otherwise, just chill. :-)

Regards
Daniel

MitH writes...

like many isps do, they use tpg to guage the feedback/response to new offerings

They do?!?

I would have thought they'd prefer to use Whirlpool ;)

macrich writes...

How about the Premium Plus people, will we get to have a go in the trial, after all we're paying a premium in top of every body else already.

+1. These new fancy plans are all the rage. How about a sweetener for us. :-)

isv writes...

+1. These new fancy plans are all the rage. How about a sweetener for us. :-)

People on the premium plans need to remember that they are paying the premium for more usage during peak and hence the reason for the premium. If you don't agree with it then the solution is simple, change from the premium plan if you really want.

-Enigma- writes...

f you don't agree with it then the solution is simple, change from the premium plan if you really want.

Where did you see me disagreeing? I'm just saying the value for money of these plans has been pretty static and a refresh would be cool.

I am guessing what the thread mean is:
HOW MUCH can you AND WILL YOU leech. Don't say i didn't warn you..

isv writes...

Where did you see me disagreeing?

simply pointing out the reason why people pay premium for those plans.

I'm just saying the value for money of these plans has been pretty static

a company does not need to change such plans if they see no real benefit in the change, most of thier attraction will come from plans as the ones they have advertised.

refresh would be cool.

for those on them it would be as anything more value is always better but if there is no point from the company perspective then you can't really be surprised.
If you see more value in the super2 plans etc then its a simple choice really.

I think in the end the difference between the super and premium plans are data vs convenience. Whatever you prefer, tpg caters for, and aims for.

The premium plans will always seem tempting to those on the super plans, because convenience of being able to use it via daytime, and whenever you want is invaluable. And premium users will always at some point need more data.

But the separation of these plans and priority of it’s users needs to remain, because if you merge them, you will have to compromise them both to achieve a coherent whole.

Choose what end of the market you lie in, what your goal is, do you want to leech, there is no crime in that (kidding, yes there is, but let’s be quiet about your mass effect.iso or batman begins 1080p, SHHH) and the users of the premium plan are simply aiming for what suits them best.

Choose your priority, either way you get a shitload of data compared to the competition.

edit i get it now

Ian C writes...

Hi n00b4life,

lol that made me laugh so hard for some reason

all you can EAT during off peak.....

LOL watch the speeds drop to modem speeds while you all try to hog all the bandwidth haha

look at exetels network lately LOL...they only offered 50gb off peak to all users.. LOL OLOLOLOLOL

anyway, im on ADSL1, give me something too!

Yusuke writes...

etc.

Got enough lol's?

It's awesome how on one hand, everyone in Australia will bitch and complain that we have caps, and then a company comes long and does the closest thing we've ever had to fast, unlimited downloads, everyone says "ROFL IT'LL BE SO BAAAAAAAAAD".

If you think it'll suck for whatever stupid reason, stick with your overpriced capped plans, and let those who want more quota get it... There's no for hostility.

Yusuke writes...

LOL watch the speeds drop to modem speeds while you all try to hog all the bandwidth haha

why would they. mine do not do that now during any peak period so why would they change

davidw89 writes...

Don't say i didn't warn you..

Does TPG need warning what the consequences are of unlimited offpeak? Now that's scarey