Telstra's selfishness and greed is the sole reason that Australia lags so far behind the rest of the Western world when it comes to broadband...
I possibly hate Telstra more than any other company, which is saying a LOT..
Apparently there is a new way of getting broadband being tested in rural QLD at the moment when u connect via the power lines - finally something that doesn't have to touch Telstra's overpriced network....can't wait
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Aug-27-2002 11:46
mrbernie
tranceaddict
Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Brisbane, Australia
I guess the only thing we can really tangibly do is sit and wait for the best.
Hopefully these new technologies will bloom, and hopefully this opens up new doors for broadband access.
*crosses fingers*
Aug-27-2002 12:52
Itchy
zero tolerance biatch....
Registered: Jul 2002
Location: Sydney
Oh yes, I couldn't agree more.......
follow in the footsteps of webby
p-w
Aug-27-2002 14:23
hey cheggy
like a tiger
Registered: Aug 2002
Location: Sydney, Australia
Telstra's even worse. I started off with an unlimited account. Then, they slapped a 3GB limit on it, then they raised the price by 20 bucks a month and said you can still pay the original monthly fee but you have to go down to a 1GB limit. WTF am i gonna do with 1 GB
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1 out of every 4 people in this country are mentally disturbed. Look at your 3 closest friends. If they seem okay, then you're the one.
Aug-29-2002 07:52
Xavier
DISILLUSIONED IN TRANCE
Registered: Jan 2001
Location: Sydney, Australia
550 MB a month now
OPTUS CAN OFFICIALY EAT A DICK AND SUCK ON IT!
This is getting ridiculous, what is the point of getting optus cable?
when yer cable speed wont last long.
"Burn down the disco, hang the blessed dj, because the music that they constantly play,
it says nothing to me about my life..." The Smiths - 'Panic'
Nov-01-2002 23:25
webmeister
beats that go thump
Registered: Mar 2002
Location: Sydney Australia
550 megs a month on cable?
fuck me! i download more than that in a week on dialup!
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Nov-02-2002 03:11
InSoMnIa^
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Jul 2002
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Broadband internet in Australia is fucking shit, even bill Gates had a go at Telstra for them being such tight arses with the internet, i mean the least they could do is give free traffic within australia, or within the specific state, there is plenty of bandwidth just sitting there not being used which will cost them nothing to transfer. But I don't see that happening, the only people that have utilised that is Netspace with their ADSL plans, they give free traffic between all netspace users, so it doesnt count toward their download limit.
Nov-03-2002 08:39
Chuck Norris
milfhunter in training
Registered: Apr 2002
Location: Missing In Action
Yeh i've had this cap on for about 3 months, and always 10 days in i get capped, right now i've had it for 3 days and i've gone passed the 500mb mark. It's just not enough, Telstra + Optus = Money Grubbing Bastards
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HURRR
Nov-03-2002 08:45
dj_helen_k
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Nov 2001
Location: Aus
i have recently converted to cable.
optus..
GRRR
i was silly enuff to take the 550mg limit
haha
withing 3 days
I figured it out its 96 megs a day if with the 3 gig cap, a question for you guys , does streaming radio shows count on your download limit ?
Nov-03-2002 15:31
Philby
Statement: Die, meatbag!
Registered: Dec 2001
Location: Melbourne, Australia
quote:
Originally posted by S_madis
I figured it out its 96 megs a day if with the 3 gig cap, a question for you guys , does streaming radio shows count on your download limit ?
well if it downloads data then yeah....
i think the only free downloads is with a couple of providers who have free traffic b/w users
Registered: Jul 2002
Location: Melbourne, Australia
quote:
Originally posted by S_madis
does streaming radio shows count on your download limit ?
any incoming data that is transferred from the internet to your computer is considered as 'downloading' so if you were to listen to streaming radio stations, whether its a shoutcast server, real media stream... etc. It is all counted as downloading, even chatting on irc and msn and icq and programs alike, are all counted as download traffic, even though they are very small packets of data.
