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From: terryc on 29 Oct 2009 02:48 On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:18:05 +1100, David L. Jones wrote: > Well, my Telstra cable gives me up to 30Mbps so no complaints there, but > then they sting me $70/month for 12GB including uploads :-( Erk, Exetel even. No uploads count. $40 for 12Gb downloads in peak, 56Gb downloads in off peak and no uploads. You can run your soho business and get a static IP if you wanted. DNS is $50p.a. or go elsewhere. Check http://www.broadbandchoice.com.au
From: David L. Jones on 29 Oct 2009 03:01 terryc wrote: > On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:18:05 +1100, David L. Jones wrote: > > >> Well, my Telstra cable gives me up to 30Mbps so no complaints there, >> but then they sting me $70/month for 12GB including uploads :-( > > Erk, Exetel even. No uploads count. $40 for 12Gb downloads in peak, > 56Gb downloads in off peak and no uploads. > > You can run your soho business and get a static IP if you wanted. DNS > is $50p.a. or go elsewhere. > > Check http://www.broadbandchoice.com.au Nope, been there, done that, fought for several years with endless ADSL2+ problems. Basically it doesn't work at my place, too far from the exchange (>5km), and I'm using some bizzare pair which is routed differently to everyone else in the street. So I'm stuck with Telstra cable. Dave. -- ================================================ Check out my Electronics Engineering Video Blog & Podcast: http://www.eevblog.com
From: Rod Speed on 29 Oct 2009 05:44 terryc wrote > Rod Speed wrote >> terryc wrote >>> Rod Speed wrote >>>> Rather dubious on the lowest cost per month, but otherwise not too >>>> bad, although it ignores the fact that many of ours only bother to >>>> pay for 512 or less speed wise. >>> More than enough speed. >> Depends on what you want to do. ABC's Iview doesnt work that well at those speeds. > True, but I can only afford 2 hrs max of that per day anyway. Some ISPs dont count Iview in the quota. > The big problem with iview is that by the time you could watch news, it was ancient or weeks old. It is however useful for stuff you miss on the FTA. > Cheaper and faster just to buy a USB san/dongle for the desktop box But that doesnt allow you to watch stuff you missed.
From: Doug Jewell on 29 Oct 2009 07:38 Rheilly Phoull wrote: > > Yeahbut if we didnt buy your stuff you would be winging about that too :-) Perhaps - but in a day or two you'd be so hungry you wouldn't even notice if the farmers were whinging. > > Rheilly P > > -- What is the difference between a duck?
From: Clocky on 29 Oct 2009 10:02
"Doug Jewell" <ask(a)and.maybe.ill.tell.you> wrote in message news:9I6dna0oTeUt43TXnZ2dnUVZ_gNi4p2d(a)westnet.com.au... > Rheilly Phoull wrote: > >> >> Yeahbut if we didnt buy your stuff you would be winging about that too >> :-) > Perhaps - but in a day or two you'd be so hungry you wouldn't even notice > if the farmers were whinging. >> Farmers whinge by default. |