> > The limited available plans suck, the pricing for same sucks, the fact you > can't use more than once device for the same plan sucks, the latency sucks > bigtime but it is still better than my pathetic dialup connection and frees > up the phone line. Although I still have to drive 20K to the local Online > Access Centre when I want to download really large files like Linux ISOs.
I've also got a Telstra card but have been having a better time than Jan by the sounds of things (Sydney metro). I only use it when away from the office and home, so don't rely on it for much. When I looked around at getting a mobile broadband card, for my purposes Telstra's card had the competing solutions bested by a fair bit. I've found the latency acceptable (impressive actually) for rpd remote access, but never wasted my time trying VOIP. I have a timed plan ($29/10hours) which I think is pretty cheap and paid for itself many times over. I wouldn't like to be on one of their data limited plans however. I've had no problems routing the connection from my Mac laptop to multiple computers simultaneously. A few tricks required but pretty straight forward. Coincidently, this card/service is the subject of a brief "first look" in my forthcoming November edition. It started out as a fully blown review but I had to butcher the article when Telstra announced their Next G service. I'll be impressed if the network lives up to it's potential. This and the rest of the November edition will be available online by weeks end, with the hardcopy in practices next week. Simon -- Simon James Publisher Pulse IT M: 0402 149 859 F: 02 9475 0029 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] W: http://www.pulsemagazine.com.au 3/61A Bream Street Coogee NSW 2034 _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
