This is a fairly expensive way of doing things. Telstra Wholesale charge ISP's a fee for a new connection. That is, patching an existing line into the ADSL network. This fee is usualy passed onto the customer in the form of a setup fee (incidently, www.bit.net.au is offering free setup on new DSL connections until the end of this month. disclaimer: I do some work for them). This involves a Telstra tech actually visiting your exchange and making the patch.
If you CHURN (sometimes known as "rapid transfer") your connection, this simply involves Telstra changing the NK code on your DSL records and rerouting the L2 part of your connection to your new ISP. This costs *much* less and some ISP's even absorb the cost of "churning" to them from another provider. So it's probably best to "time" your churn so it ends just near the end of your current access period that you have paid for with your current ISP. You will be given a date the churn will occur on from your new ISP and it just happens. When you notice you are offline, reconfigure your router/modem with your new username/password and you should be away! Don't forget to check your contractual obligations with the ISP you are churning from, and send them a fax/letter to say that you are churning on X date and wish to discontinue your service as of then. Regards, Jon P.S If anyone is after a BUSINESS grade *DSL service with SLA's and 99.99% uptime, drop me an email and I can let you know what you are looking at. On 4/21/05, Chris Velevitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As soon as my contractss up with big-poo-pond, i'm going iiNET..oh > > wait they can't as Telstra are screwing with there new customers by > > having their techos drag their feet. > > Probable the best to do in that case is order a second phone line, > which of course will take a while and when it's up and running, order > your new iiNET adsl service on that line before your other expires so > that you have some continuity in service around the time your current > contract expires. Yes, it'll cost a bit extra, but that's the price > you have to pay for a level of service continuity. --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/
