Re: [SLUG] ADSL Query
On Sat, February 25, 2006 12:22 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 25 February 2006 09:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dunno about ISOs. Have you checked TPGs standard ADSL deals? My current one is $50 per month, 1.5Mb down (I get an average of 1.2) and 20G per month. I'm not sure if they've discontinued the deal to new ADSL members...(?) I just got an AAPT offer in the mail: 512, 12GB capped, $39/month, no fixed contract lenght -- Voytek -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] ADSL Query
At 02:09 PM 24/02/2006, Rajnish wrote: After looking at the broadbandchoice website for some weeks now, I've figured that I'd ask the sluggers. What are your suggestions for a modest $50/month commitment, minimum 512Kbps plan from an ISP that does not shy away from Linux (slackware, fedora) ? With the market the way it is, the more it seems that you get with your $50, the more restrictions there can be on the service. BBChoice is a good place to start, bearing in mind that most of the comments you will see on whingepool, are complaints :) Linux-supporting ISP's ar few and far between, simply because of the breadth of experience of their helpdesk staff. I'd guess that most users use a router which does the NATing for their LAN, as you would most likely be doing with your setup. And one other question: to avoid having long wires running across the length of the house (phone's in one corner, my computer's in another), I was considering a wireless router (?). What are the draw backs of this ? And also is it likely to interfere with a baby monitor ? Wireless routers are good, use a separate access point myself, simply because I have a cisco 1700 router As for the interference - most likely not baby monitors are usually 433 or in the 900 MHz range, Wireless ethernet is 2.4GHz Cheers, Rob -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] ADSL Query
On Saturday 25 February 2006 09:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Rajnish, Dunno about ISOs. Have you checked TPGs standard ADSL deals? My current one is $50 per month, 1.5Mb down (I get an average of 1.2) and 20G per month. I'm not sure if they've discontinued the deal to new ADSL members...(?) www.Whirlpool.net.au is a good place to check out what is available. I have a friend with iinet and he's very happy. TPG - Linux. I've stopped mentioning it to them :):) It just creates a problem where they think it's me and not them. I've had very few problems in the last four/five years or so and all but one was at their end... which they fixed. iinet are ultra arrogant, do it our way or Piss Off (literal exact words) They were making a foray 'overeast', don't know ... http://powerdsl.com.au For $59/month: 1.5M Fixed IP No restriction on server-services 20 or 30G linux friendly me 3 others I've pointed at them very happy James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] ADSL Query
I'm very happy with Internode. Their CEO is a Mac user and is very sympathetic
towards users of alternative OSs. I haven't tested out their Support yet, but
the company claims that they will try to help you no matter what OS you run.
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Re: [SLUG] ADSL Query
I haven't had any problems with iinet myself. They don't seem to mind Linux. But then I have an Ethernet modem; also I have dual boot XP/FC, so I just get their technical support to fix the XP side, and then translate to FC. On Sat, 2006-02-25 at 09:22 +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 25 February 2006 09:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Rajnish, Dunno about ISOs. Have you checked TPGs standard ADSL deals? My current one is $50 per month, 1.5Mb down (I get an average of 1.2) and 20G per month. I'm not sure if they've discontinued the deal to new ADSL members...(?) www.Whirlpool.net.au is a good place to check out what is available. I have a friend with iinet and he's very happy. TPG - Linux. I've stopped mentioning it to them :):) It just creates a problem where they think it's me and not them. I've had very few problems in the last four/five years or so and all but one was at their end... which they fixed. iinet are ultra arrogant, do it our way or Piss Off (literal exact words) They were making a foray 'overeast', don't know ... http://powerdsl.com.au For $59/month: 1.5M Fixed IP No restriction on server-services 20 or 30G linux friendly me 3 others I've pointed at them very happy James -- Regards, Martin mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] homepage: http://thereisnoend.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] ADSL Query
On 25/02/2006, at 5:40 PM, Martin Ellison wrote: I haven't had any problems with iinet myself. They don't seem to mind Linux. But then I have an Ethernet modem; also I have dual boot XP/FC, so I just get their technical support to fix the XP side, and then translate to FC. I've got nothing but good things to say about iiNet. I've been with the for a few years (both dial up and ADSL). Their tech support is great (once you get through some of the dodgy first line support guys). They offered help with Debian, OSX and Airports - none of which they officially support. Their plans are pretty good too. I've got 1500kbps/80GB/month for a fairly reasonable $90 - if only I was on an iiNet DSLAM! -- Tony Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] ADSL Query
All, Finally, I am jumping onto the broad-band-wagon. I am currently with TPG dialup and am generally satisfied with their service quality. After looking at the broadbandchoice website for some weeks now, I've figured that I'd ask the sluggers. What are your suggestions for a modest $50/month commitment, minimum 512Kbps plan from an ISP that does not shy away from Linux (slackware, fedora) ? My typical useage will be: remote desktop to work (will use windoze for this), general webbrowsing (news, wikipedia, cricket). I also intend to download linux distros (for experimentation - in the early days at least), some internet radio etc etc ... with bandwidth to burn ... who know what more I might end up doing. (Any ISP that mirrors the distros and don't count them in ones download limits ?) And one other question: to avoid having long wires running across the length of the house (phone's in one corner, my computer's in another), I was considering a wireless router (?). What are the draw backs of this ? And also is it likely to interfere with a baby monitor ? As always, any suggestions/recommendation/thoughts will be most appreciated. Thanks in advance. -- Regards, Rajnish -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] ADSL Query
Internode offer all you want and then some. ISO's are unmetered from their server. Very happy with them, been with them for over 3 years now on ADSL. http://internode.on.net/ On 2/24/06, Rajnish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All, Finally, I am jumping onto the broad-band-wagon. I am currently with TPG dialup and am generally satisfied with their service quality. After looking at the broadbandchoice website for some weeks now, I've figured that I'd ask the sluggers. What are your suggestions for a modest $50/month commitment, minimum 512Kbps plan from an ISP that does not shy away from Linux (slackware, fedora) ? My typical useage will be: remote desktop to work (will use windoze for this), general webbrowsing (news, wikipedia, cricket). I also intend to download linux distros (for experimentation - in the early days at least), some internet radio etc etc ... with bandwidth to burn ... who know what more I might end up doing. (Any ISP that mirrors the distros and don't count them in ones download limits ?) And one other question: to avoid having long wires running across the length of the house (phone's in one corner, my computer's in another), I was considering a wireless router (?). What are the draw backs of this ? And also is it likely to interfere with a baby monitor ? As always, any suggestions/recommendation/thoughts will be most appreciated. Thanks in advance. -- Regards, Rajnish -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- Menno Schaaf aka ginji irc.austnet.org #gentoo #linux-help -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] ADSL Query
check out http://www.netspace.net.au free downloads off their peers (ie mirror.pacific.net.au) ppc, amd64 (probably i386) debian updates all free data! Dean Rajnish wrote: All, Finally, I am jumping onto the broad-band-wagon. I am currently with TPG dialup and am generally satisfied with their service quality. After looking at the broadbandchoice website for some weeks now, I've figured that I'd ask the sluggers. What are your suggestions for a modest $50/month commitment, minimum 512Kbps plan from an ISP that does not shy away from Linux (slackware, fedora) ? My typical useage will be: remote desktop to work (will use windoze for this), general webbrowsing (news, wikipedia, cricket). I also intend to download linux distros (for experimentation - in the early days at least), some internet radio etc etc ... with bandwidth to burn ... who know what more I might end up doing. (Any ISP that mirrors the distros and don't count them in ones download limits ?) And one other question: to avoid having long wires running across the length of the house (phone's in one corner, my computer's in another), I was considering a wireless router (?). What are the draw backs of this ? And also is it likely to interfere with a baby monitor ? As always, any suggestions/recommendation/thoughts will be most appreciated. Thanks in advance. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] ADSL Query
On 2/24/06, Rajnish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: that I'd ask the sluggers. What are your suggestions for a modest $50/month commitment, minimum 512Kbps plan from an ISP that does not shy away from Linux (slackware, fedora) ? If you are willing to sign up your home phone with them and you are in an enabled area, you can get ADSL2+ through iinet, who offer quota free mirrors (ubuntu are there - probably other linux distros too) and gaming. If you dont transfer your home phone you get the same package on ADSL1. I pay $40 a month for 4Gb on- and 4Gb off-peak, and see 1 megabyte/sec to the iinet mirror :D Ten dollars more gets you 10Gb/10Gb http://www.iinet.com.au/ And one other question: to avoid having long wires running across the length of the house (phone's in one corner, my computer's in another), I was considering a wireless router (?). What are the draw backs of this ? And also is it likely to interfere with a baby monitor ? I use the iinet branded wireless router from Belkin, which works very well and has VOIP builtin. No help for you on the baby montor front though :D Cheers, Rob. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
