update: It turns out the reason my connection was dropping out was due to a corroded connector in the main pit just on the footpath in the street. I'm glad it's all sorted and that's all it was....now back to 'hopefully' problem free cable.

Just to add, cable is way faster than adsl as most adsl providers have shocking contention ratios which means you have to fight for bandwidth with other users.

Thanks everyone for your concerns, cable all the way baby! (just hate having problems that last more than a day or so)

PS. Can't get ADSL at all due to exchange situated to far from the residence. Can't get Optus Cable due to no overhead power lines. Telstra cable is the only method of getting connected to the internet in my area. Bullshit I know!

Thanks again peeps.

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spacetribe!

how far from the exchange are you ?

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quote:

Originally posted by Lanithium actually it is (where available) http://www.iinet.net.au/fast_transfer.html

hehe yeh my bad, $39 if you're churning to iinet. one day iinet is in with churn, next day they're out then back in again haha

roughly 5kms.....too many line errors when Telstra does the provisioning for the ADSL.

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spacetribe!

Who ever said they would swap Cable for ADSL? Because I dont think anyone did.
ADSL sucks compared to cable.

ANd no wonder Christos the Telstra guys had no idea. It was a corroded cable under the ground on your footpath! You know that's the first thing that comes to mind whenever my internet goes down!

So as much as i hate telstra, i dont think they can be blamed for that. I mean seriously.

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there was a big fuckup at telstra recently. Somehow their system for checking distance from the exchange was goign haywire, people who were 6-7km's away from the exchange were getting accepted. Hence their was heaps of customers who couldnt work out what the problem with their line was (and us). We explored every option from new modems to different routes on our side of things only for telstra to turn around and say 'oops, our bad'

fkn wankers, i hate em

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Originally posted by christos Can't get Optus Cable due to no overhead power lines. Telstra cable is the only method of getting connected to the internet in my area. Bullshit I know!

spare a thought for those of us on DIAL UP
u know that aincient method of getting online :P

(too far from the exchange to get adsl)

you guys realise that ADSL kicks the crap out of cable, but not in australia, thanks to the fucked up plans they give us.

ADSL is actually faster @ 10mbit speeds, because it's not shared with anyone else. cable is shared with all other users...

but as it stands, cable is still heaps better than adsl here

and that really shows how far behind we are in the swing of things

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Originally posted by Matt P spare a thought for those of us on DIAL UP u know that aincient method of getting online :P (too far from the exchange to get adsl)

dial up alliance!

im just poor

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Originally posted by Philby dial up alliance! im just poor

http://www.aanet.com.au/a_plan_pricing_new.htm

my company offers 256k adsl from $25 monthly if your interested

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