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  From: Richard Sharpe <sharpe@ns.aus.com>
  To  : <drwho@firstlinux.net>
        < linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 13:25:49 +1000

Re: ADSL & Primus

At 08:09 PM 2/22/01 -0800, Ian McLeod wrote:
>Who are you going through?

Starts with In...

>You are right on a few points.  But Telstra did have a long time to upgrade 
>their infrastructure.  A bit like the several billion dollars that never
went 
>to roads.  There is no excuse for it whichever diplomatic way you look at it.

Telstra have always been like that, even when they were Telecom. They still
think they are a monopoly and that they can offer monopoly service (four
letter word, starts with s) and reap monopoly profits.

I have seen a Telecom salescritter stand up and tell a woman from New York
that the Telecom system was better than that in the US, and this was back
in the '80s.

>I heard (I am willing to stand corrected if I am wrong) that Canada had far 
>worse if not similar problems as far as quality infrastructure goes - yet
they 
>seem to have got their act together.  Why are we so slow?

Well, Lucent and all the other US providers operate in Canada.

>--- Richard Sharpe <sharpe@ns.aus.com>
>> wrote:
>>At 09:27 PM 2/21/01 -0800, Ian McLeod wrote:
>>>
>>>They want me to sign a 12 month contract for '1.5Mbs' connection with (at
>>this 
>>>time unconfirmed) $300 yearly renewal fee at $135 / month.  I think a 12
>>month 
>>>contract is unreasonable - 3-4 months would be fine.  I also do not own
the 
>>>modem - I rent it for around $300 / year.
>>
>>With the exception of $300/year renewal, that does not seem to be much
>>different to the others I have seen. Does it have a download limit.
>>
>>>I am wondering if ADSL is worth the bother at all considering the
technology 
>>>has been available for a very long time now and is much cheaper in other 
>>>countries ($30 / month in the USA I heard).
>>
>>Well, I was told by a reliable source today that he has just signed up for
>>a USD80/month plan that is 1.5Mb/s down and unlimited data rate. There was
>>also no install/sign/join fee, and on a business plan, they throw in a
>>small aDSL router.
>>
>>However, given that aDSL has been going for longer in the US than here, and
>>the geater competition and market, I do not think you can really compare.
>>
>>I have taken up a 1.5Mb/s aDSL link at around $139/month, and I can tell
>>the difference. Download speeds of 80kB/s are great.
>>
>>I now have the WebGear Wireless kit (2Mb/s) with a Linux gateway/firewall
>>between us and the internet, and it is great. The wireless gear was very
>>easy to set up. Everything needed is in the latest releases; in my case I
>>used Mandrake 7.2.
>>
>>>When I asked about Linux support or the willingness to provide technical 
>>>informatiion if required (I made it clear time and time again that I am
>>happy 
>>>to work things out myself if I just have the right techincal informatin) - 
>>>Primus literally told me to get stuffed - they told me that I am on my own 
>>>thank you very much.  All I was asking is if Primus uses standard
protocols, 
>>>set up, etc, and if - I would be fine.
>>
>>Well, the ISP I am using is quite happy for me to use Linux or FreeBSD, or
>>anything. And, they even have people who know about Linux and FreeBSD.
>>Someone called Mark, I believe.
>>
>>
>>Regards
>>-------
>>Richard Sharpe, sharpe@ns.aus.com
>>Samba (Team member, www.samba.org), Ethereal (Team member, www.ethereal.com)
>>Contributing author, SAMS Teach Yourself Samba in 24 Hours
>>Author, Special Edition, Using Samba
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Regards
-------
Richard Sharpe, sharpe@ns.aus.com
Samba (Team member, www.samba.org), Ethereal (Team member, www.ethereal.com)
Contributing author, SAMS Teach Yourself Samba in 24 Hours
Author, Special Edition, Using Samba


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