could have just set a lan up and ran a cable throught he windows and charged the new resident half:P
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Gavin Cooney Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 10:30 AM To: CFAussie Mailing List Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Telstra does it again?? I was with exetel for the last year or so. Dedicated IP. 1.5mbit connection. I was very happy with them. Then i moved up one floor in my apt block. I kept my phone number. When i rang exetel to move my connection upstairs, they wanted to charge me $110 connection fee. I was stuborn and disconnected instead. No i have no internet at home. Doh! On 4/22/05, Jon Austin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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/ > --- 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/ --- 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/
