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ammyyy

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I am moving out of home and am looking into purchasing a USB type thing for internet. I'm completely computer illiterate and was just wondering if you guys thing 12GB per month will be enough? I only really use my internet for social networking, email and reading blogs however I may need it for journalism-related purposes and skype?
 

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If you're not downloading at all you should be alright. Try not to get a service where you have to pay more if you go over though.
 

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Beware of excess fees. Best to have a plan that slows down your internet when you use up your 12GB instead of charging extra (but I don't know if any mobile broadband plans have this option)
 

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u cant download 12gb of porn a day.

12GB is indeed enough for you. Actually 6GB is fine unless you want to watch youtube videos every day.
Basically I use 100mb a day if just surfing the net, and 300-500mb a day if watching youtube videos.
I download my big stuff off-peak.

Damn Australia, they should release some attractive plans.
100MB is nothing derpppp
 

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12 Gb of porn is certainly possible to download in one day and my connection is not even that good.
 

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Beware of excess fees. Best to have a plan that slows down your internet when you use up your 12GB instead of charging extra (but I don't know if any mobile broadband plans have this option)
It's with telstra/bigpond for $70/month and it does just slow down if I go over
 

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i use about 3 gigs each day.. but that includes ornopays, several youtube videos and family members continuously watching episodes of chuck
 

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It's with telstra/bigpond for $70/month and it does just slow down if I go over
The amount you need is fine, but this seems like a lot of money for that amount. Is USB internet really this much more expensive? Surely there's cheaper deals going around at the moment.
 
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bigpond broadband is stupidly expensive but 12g for $70 wireless is fairly decent
next g supa fast also
 

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