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Posted by Drifter on Jan-14-2002 14:06:

the thing that sucks bout aust

the thing that really pisses me off is with cable and adsl here in aust...like it cost between 60 to 200 buck per month in aust while in the usa it's pretty much costing next to nothing, using 56k is just a bitch

Posted by Fraggle on Jan-15-2002 02:43:

hmm, ya here in sydney i have no complaints

much better speed than dialup & rarely network problems

but for canberra & other cities i expect, it's totally lame...telstra adsl is a rip off, and has a limited availablility & they haven't even heard of cable there

Posted by Lilith on Jan-16-2002 04:21:

One of the problems with Australia is not the carriers, its the fact its a big country and filled with so few people that makes it hard to get anything out to people.
Not that the government seems to be pushing for it outside the big cities which is sad because it makes communities that little more isolated.

Places like the US and Canada, while they may have about the same land mass have also got many, many more people so they need the infrastructure to support them anyway.

Posted by DjTS-NeXiLe on Jan-18-2002 05:05:

But still... we shouldnt have to pay outrageous prices for crap service .....

Posted by eRRaTiK on Mar-04-2005 06:30:

quote:
Originally posted by DjTS-NeXiLe
But still... we shouldnt have to pay outrageous prices for crap service .....

i agree.

ZIGGY SUCKS.

Posted by Solstice on Mar-04-2005 08:02:

didnt ziggy get replaced?

Posted by eRRaTiK on Mar-04-2005 08:07:

did he?

thank goodness. Blowstra still sucks wang though.

Especially with this automated capping business. Like.. WTF!

and before the optus users jump in here... STFU.

Posted by kelsta on Mar-04-2005 08:45:

Ziggy's agreed to step down, but they wont name a replacement till mid-year. Telstra keep my company paying me, but that doesnt change the fact they suck. I dont use them for my net.

Yes, the US is way ahead of us in regards to cable

Posted by Nic on Mar-05-2005 01:41:

the US isnt that much ahead, lots of europe is much more ahead than they are. Cable internet here is pretty fast considering most of the websites/downloading comes from the US, ive seen over 900Kbytes/Sec from local servers before. The only complaint i have is that our services are overpriced, but thats to be expected with the limited competition and as someone else mentioned the spread of population.

Posted by 3jaz on Mar-05-2005 03:23:

Re: the thing that sucks bout aust

quote:
Originally posted by Drifter
the thing that really pisses me off is with cable and adsl here in aust...like it cost between 60 to 200 buck per month in aust while in the usa it's pretty much costing next to nothing, using 56k is just a bitch

open up your own ISP.

Posted by -=M=- on Mar-05-2005 03:23:

quote:
Originally posted by Nic
the US isnt that much ahead, lots of europe is much more ahead than they are. Cable internet here is pretty fast considering most of the websites/downloading comes from the US, ive seen over 900Kbytes/Sec from local servers before. The only complaint i have is that our services are overpriced, but thats to be expected with the limited competition and as someone else mentioned the spread of population.

that 900kbps is because you're downloading from something inside the telstra cable network.

Posted by [ groovypants ] on Mar-05-2005 05:52:

We're improving guys... ASDL+2 should be in full scale by next year...

There are already 12Mb and 8Mb plans from iiNet and Internode. Telstra is expected to launch it by the end of the year

But I hear Japan is just starting to get residential fibre optics?

Posted by 00soups00 on Mar-05-2005 06:40:

if thats australia's biggest gripe.. then fark

we really are just as awesome a country as we know ourselves to be

Posted by Nic on Mar-06-2005 08:59:

quote:
Originally posted by -=M=-
that 900kbps is because you're downloading from something inside the telstra cable network.

no its 900kb because its cached on optus' servers, the telstra network sucks

Posted by Dupz on Mar-06-2005 10:08:

how fast is fibre optics?

Posted by Nic on Mar-06-2005 10:38:

quote:
Originally posted by Dupz
how fast is fibre optics?

there are several different speeds, i think the most common speed is 1 gigabit

Posted by Wasted_Space on Mar-07-2005 05:13:

Any food designated 'aussie' has to involve either egg or beetroot.

ie. Pizza, Hamburgers