Wireless Broadband Internet

What is Wireless Broadband?
Who is it For?
Advantages
Plans
Coverage
How do I Sign Up?

What is Wireless Broadband?

A wireless broadband service allows high-speed, "always on" access to the Internet from a range of locations.

It is a mobile or portable Internet access solution that untethers the user from cables or a specific room, or location. Wireless Broadband does to Internet, as a mobile does to phone calls.

It's fast, secure and easy to set up. All this at a price starting from just $10 per month.

Wireless Broadband is a residential grade service and applications that are sensitive to latency, jitter or packet loss, such as voice or real time video streaming, or require high volume continuous file transfers may be adversely affected. It is a mobility Internet access product and not intended to be used as a fixed broadband replacement, nor intended to be used for mission critical applications or purposes.

Who is it For?

• Businessmen and women, sales personnel and those who need Internet access on the road
• People unable to get ADSL, e.g., on "pair gains" or no available ports
• Those in rental accommodation, who move regularly
• Users who would like to drop their home phone line and save on line rental
• Those who don't want to be tied down by cables -- use the Internet in any room in the home or office.
• Someone who wants to share a broadband Internet between work and home.

Advantages

• Great Coverage: FutureWeb Wireless Broadband permits Internet access from a wide range of locations via the Optus 3G/HSDPA or GSM Network that covers 98% of the population. Much better coverage than '3' or Vodafone.
• Low Cost: Much cheaper than Telstra NextG, e.g., $19.95 per month for only 400MB (for $3.45 less you get 2½ times the data with FutureWeb), also cheaper than Optus: save $3.50 per month on a 1GB plan, and Optus' additional data is nearly twice as expensive!
• No gouging with downloads: Data is calculated to the nearest Kilobyte, unlike Wireless Broadband through Optus that have a minimum download of 10MB each time you connect -- check your e-mail and find there is none... that's 10MB towards your monthly quota!
• Static IP Address: Whereas other providers have dynamic IP Addresses assigned from a "pool", FutureWeb wireless broadband assigns a Static IP Address, making it easier for those connecting via VPN. Also you don't have to worry about the IP Address being blocked by an International Black List, because the last person to have that IP Address sent Spam.

PLANS

Monthly Plans

Pre-Paid Plans

* All Plans are for a contract period of 24 months, and include a USB modem.

* Pre-Paid Plans must be topped up within five days after Expiry else SIM is deactivated (a Setup Fee of $16.50 is payable for the SIM card, and freight may apply).

* The current USB modem supplied is a Huawei E160e. For an additional $33.00, the modem can be upgraded to a Huawei E1762, which is reported to have fastser ping times, and supports HSDPA & HSUPA (HSDPA = High Speed Downlink Packet Access, HSUPA = High Speed Uplink Packet Access), meaning that the E1762 will operate at a theoretical download maximum speed of 7.2 Mbps (category 8 HSDPA is used in Australia) and a theoretical upload speed of 2.93 Mbps (category 4 HSUPA is used in Australia).

Included Megabytes" and "Additional Megabytes" mean the total of uploaded and downloaded data. Unused data does not carry forward to subsequent months.

Maximum download speeds on the 3G/HSDPA network is 7.2 Mbps. Based on network testing, average speeds are between 500 kbps and 3.0 Mbps. Actual speeds may be slower. Outside 3G coverage areas, users may switch to the GSM network where the speed is normally between 56 kbps and 114 kbps.

Usage is limited to 6 GB per month on all plans, except for the 6 GB Plan which has a 7 GB limit. Customers using more than this will be suspend until midnight on the last day of that month.

Migration to a higher or lower plan incurs no charge. If monthly data or time has been exceed at the time of migration, excess charges will apply.

All plans are subject to availability. Customers must check coverage maps before signing.

Coverage

The coverage area of the 3G/HSDPA Network is not equal to the coverage area of the GSM Network. For the latest coverage information visit http://www.optus.com.au/coverage

To check coverage at specific addresses, use http://www2.optus.com.au/owsq/
or to check by Postcode, use http://www2.optus.com.au/

How do I Sign Up?

Call FutureWeb Toll-Free on 1300 361 355, and our support staff will check availability in your area and advise how to proceed.