On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 09:29, howard blomfield wrote: Ummm, have you looked at yoboo.co.nz (Wireless internet - think it�s the right spelling).
They have got a broadband offering via the website. Similar prices to telecon i think and i think they have got people out at oxford using it (anyways see the area coverage map on the site too). my 2c worth. bye. > Ross Drummond wrote: > >On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 22:49, Chad wrote: > >>For linux if you download the ocasional iso and the updates 1GB isn't > >>really enough. 5GB is alright but the best option at the moment is > >> probably what orcon, maxnet and other similar ISP's are offering at the > >> moment. > >> > >>256K/dl 128K/up Unlimited $49.95 a month. > >>Has a conection fee of ~$100 and you need to buy your own router or ADSL > >>modem. Still it's only $10 more a month for unlimited data. So no > >> worrying if your've gone over and you'll never have to pay any more than > >> that. > >> > >>256K works out to about 8hours per 700MB ISO which isn't to bad. > >> > >>Chad > > > >Download restrictions, ha! > > > >Dial up is the answer. No limits on download, just patience required. It > > will be a cold day in hell before I knuckle under to the monopoly abuse > > by telecom of the asdl sector. > > > >Big ISO to download? Just leave your modem running all night with wget > > and go off line when you get up. It may take several nights to get the > > ISO, but who rings in the middle of the night. > > > >If everyone on my ancient coal fired exchange did the same thing maybe it > >would blow up and we could get a decent replacement > > > >Theresa will have to get some other sucker to contribute to her large > > salary. > > > >Cheers Ross Drummond > > this is sort of getting back on topic for linux. I'm stuck out at oxford > & use freenet with a dial up connection. I'd like to stay connected but > they drop me off after a few hours online, is there a way (use a > script?) of redialing automatically once a connection is dropped? > a novice extremely happily using suse 9.1 with no problems otherwise. > cheers...howard -- Dave Lilley
