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Broadband Benefits

Farmside broadband is a better, faster, more reliable way to access the Internet. It doesn’t tie up the phone line and you don't have to re-connect every time like you do with a dial-up connection. The benefits are:

Available virtually anywhere
Fast Download Speeds (up to 4Mbps)
Fast Upload Speeds (up to 2Mbps)
Always-on connection to the internet
No software to load
Dedicated access (no logging in or out)
Optional Webline Talk and web surf at the same time
No phone line needed

Farmside broadband opens up opportunities to locations that can’t receive a broadband service via their telephone line, enabling high speed access to services such as:

Farming Services	Business Services	Family
Vehicle registration Milk production stats Stock records Best practice info News & local weather reports Machinery & stock Compliance & traceability	Banking Tax returns & payments Shopping Real estate trading Employment E-commerce Instant communication Working anywhere, anytime	Easily share emails, photos & images Cheap phone calls Learning & research, all ages! Parenting info Family health info Interest groups Music, movies & games

What broadband speed do you need?

Light broadband internet users: If you have just come off a dial-up connection and use the internet rarely, perhaps just a few times a week to check emails and briefly surf the web, there's little point in paying for high-speed downloads. Our packages start at 512kbps download - that's 10 times faster than dial-up and probably 20 times faster than rural dial-up. Our 512Kbps and 1Mbps plans are cost-effective starter packages and should be suitable for your needs ... you can always upgrade to a faster connection at a later date as you realise the value that broadband brings.

Medium broadband internet users: You are considered a medium broadband user if you plan to use the internet on a daily basis to check emails, surf several websites, occasionally download music or videos and upload photos and files. Download speeds should be important to you, but there's little point in paying for our top-of-the-range packages. Our 1Mbps - 2Mbps download speeds should be sufficient and the data caps that accompany those plans will enable you to use your broadband connection for these tasks.

Heavy broadband internet users: Are you on the internet for two or more hours every day? Do you like to download movies or lots of music, or do your kids enjoy gaming? Are you a social networking addict and upload photos and music regularly? If so, then faster internet connections should be important to you and our unleashed plan would be ideal.