Re: [LINK] GPON OLT emulation

On Thu, Aug 27, 2020, 05:18 Fernando Cassia wrote: > > Can anyone recommend any low-cost GPON OLT for a lab? > I guess not. :-( FC ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

[LINK] GPON OLT emulation

Dear list, Can anyone recommend any low-cost GPON OLT for a lab? I'm surprised most I found by googling cost several thousand greenbacks. While a ONT is just less than a hundred bucks. GPON optical transceivers can be had for less than $15 and gigabit ethernet to fiber media converters for

Re: [LINK] Security cameras can tell burglars when you're not home, study shows

On 7/8/20, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote: > The risk is that "someone who is specifically targeting an individual > household rocks up outside with a device to try and start passively > monitoring traffic," he said. Or he could just walk by regularly at different times until he sees the target

Re: [LINK] All German petrol stations must offer electric car charging

On Fri, Jun 5, 2020, 06:24 Stephen Loosley wrote: > FRANKFURT, June 4 (Reuters) - Germany said it will oblige all petrol > stations to offer electric car charging as part of a sweeping 130 billion > euro ($146.26 billion) economic recovery plan, boosting electric vehicle > demand which has been

Re: [LINK] Propose Video Bandwidth Limit During COVID19 Emergency

On Fri, Mar 20, 2020, 03:09 Paul Brooks wrote: > > > Actually, videoconferencing systems (unlike one-way streaming media like > youtube) > don't adjust to use all the bandwidth, and I'm not convinced its a problem > these days > except for people forced to use older, slow links. In a zoom call

Re: [LINK] Adobe will kill Flash by 2020

On 7/25/17, Stephen Loosley wrote: > Adobe will kill Flash by 2020 .. > > By Shaun Nichols in San Francisco 25 Jul 2017 > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/25/flash_nahuh_internets_screen_door_gone_for_good_by_2020 > > > Adobe has officially set a kill date for its

Re: [LINK] Telstra is lying to customers

On 2/17/17, Jan Whitaker wrote: > I got a call from Telstra this morning telling me I had to make an > appointment for THEM to come install NBN asap because they are > decommissioning the phone lines in my area. At first the caller didn't say > this was because of NBN, not

Re: [LINK] No dead cats please

On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 11:07 AM, Stephen Loosley < stephenloos...@outlook.com> wrote: > It was this math that recently prompted the US to actually lift the de > minimis level from $200 to $800. Hi Stephen, I'm interested in this USA angle. Source? / Link? When was this? Thanks! FC --

Re: [LINK] Computer scientists urge Clinton campaign to challenge election results

On 11/23/16, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote: > Computer scientists urge Clinton campaign to challenge election results > By Dan Merica, CNN > November 23, 2016 > http://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/22/politics/hillary-clinton-challenge-results/index.html Old Man Yells at Cloud

Re: [LINK] BASIC

On 11/20/16, Andy Farkas wrote: > In a discussion about acronyms on IRC this weekend we brought up the BASIC > computer language. This link was posted, a great read, and brings back many > memories: "Fifty Years of BASIC, the Programming Language That Made > Computers >

Re: [LINK] Off Topic: The Election

On 11/9/16, Andy Farkas wrote: > On 08/11/2016 16:15, Stephen Loosley wrote: > >> Donald Trump cannot be president of the United States. >> > > Seems the American people disagree. I will only quote a handful insightful tweets here and call it a night... I'm trying to

Re: [LINK] What is Mircosoft trying to do?

On 7/4/16, David Lochrin wrote: > QUOTE > Windows 10 is a completely new and very different Windows. Nothing like > anything you have used before. > > It is primarily an advertising/sales vehicle. That probably explains the "Star Wars" screen lock image with "Like what you

Re: [LINK] Fibre signal losses and wireless

On Sat, Jul 2, 2016 at 2:37 AM, David Lochrin wrote: > > Jan, the light pulses still consist of electromagnetic radiation and the > fibre is, effectively, a waveguide. Hence the pulses become "smeared out" > because the glass doesn't handle the frequency spectrum equally

Re: [LINK] Fibre signal losses and wireless

On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 10:08 AM, David Boxall wrote: > Fibre has a 50% loss on every split(its a shared fibre to around 22 homes) > so it becomes less viable and cost effective the further residences get > apart. Where do you get that from? residential GPON is _always_

Re: [LINK] A non-sensationalist look at Australian internet speeds

On 3/25/16, JanW wrote: > I would just like to know why YouTube vids stop every 5 minutes. It's not my > network connection/provider because it doesn't happen with other streaming > services like Netflix. It's just Youtube. And of course if Youtube > recognises there's a

Re: [LINK] nbn forgets to renew its radio assignments for over half a year

On 3/9/16, JanW wrote: > Keep this mob away from chook raffles, whatever you do Friendly note to clue-in the non-Australians on the list... ;) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chook_raffle FC ___ Link mailing list

Re: [LINK] nbn forgets to renew its radio assignments for over half a year

On 3/9/16, David Boxall wrote: > >> Assignments at almost a thousand fixed wireless s ites have disappeared >> after 2.3 GHz licence renewal in July last year. Maybe they planned to move those sites to

Re: [LINK] Fwd: Telstra's ADSL 'Fair Go'

Isn't this the country of the NBN? And isn't it 2016 now? why are people still on ADSL? VDSL2 should be it, in areas where last-mile is still copper https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very-high-bit-rate_digital_subscriber_line_2 FC On 2/25/16, JanW wrote: > >>>the problem

[LINK] Huawei GPON ONT support is a joke. In .AU too?

If you buy a Huawei consumer device, things are relatively normal with regards to the availability of fiwmare updates. If, however, you have a device that Huawei thinks is for business use (despite the fact that GPON optical network terminators can be and ARE installed at homes!), then things are

Re: [LINK] Any one else suffering Adobephobia?

On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 10:12 PM, Rick Welykochy r...@vitendo.ca wrote: that requires the most updates. Besides that, their update app for Macs running Mtn Lion is broken, and one has to engage in a near fruitless and time consuming search through their tortuous website to find a direct

Re: [LINK] NSW Transport for Internet Explorer only

On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 11:48 PM, Linda Rouse li...@databasics.com.au wrote: Here is how to get started: ... Please note that a minimum browser version of Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) is required to successfully access the portal. Firefox and Chrome are not compatible. They didn't even

Re: [LINK] Is it true??? HFC can carry 100MBS ...

On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 6:53 PM, Jan Whitaker jw...@janwhitaker.com wrote: Can HFC carry 100 Mbps and later 1 Gbps? That's what Malcolm Turnbull just said on ABC radio. Can it do it without degradation or is it still a shared delivery system that dies the more people you put on it? DOCSIS

Re: [LINK] Firefox Browser, full HTTP/2 support

On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 12:43 AM, Stephen Loosley stephenloos...@outlook.com wrote: It could be a real bonus, the first global communications system built directly into browsers Why does everything have to be built into the browser?. I though the guys at the Mozarella Foundation had ditched

Re: [LINK] Wyvern

On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 5:55 AM, Stephen Loosley stephenloos...@outlook.com wrote: Wyvern is not yet fully engineered, Omar noted, but is an open source project that is ready for experimental use by early adopters. More information is available at http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~aldrich/wyvern/. I

Re: [LINK] Wyvern

On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 7:02 AM, Fernando Cassia fcas...@gmail.com wrote: the back then was the same Apologies, I meant to type the back-end was... FC -- During times of Universal Deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act - George Orwell

Re: [LINK] Wyvern

On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 7:29 AM, Roger Clarke roger.cla...@xamax.com.au wrote: I'd have thought that a melange of evils like Basic this, Basic that ('poison for the mind' was it, Edsgar?), C+++ (bastard child of multiple fathers), et al., would have multiplied evils to the point of not just

Re: [LINK] Flash drives in the sea?

On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 10:35 PM, Jim Birch planet...@gmail.com wrote: It seems unlikely that any retrofit to would be justified in terms of opportunity costs for improving flight safety. http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/6/5686572/easa-black-box-upgrade-proposal --- 5 inShare The notoriously

Re: [LINK] Flash drives in the sea?

On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 7:50 AM, Jan Whitaker jw...@internode.on.net wrote: Good question. Answer: the same reason they didn't switch to long-life batteries after the French crash in the Atlantic - cost. Most airlines are broke and running on the smell of an oily rag. Add anything to the cost

Re: [LINK] Flash drives in the sea?

On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Scott Howard sc...@doc.net.au wrote: For starters, you are understating the actual work included (for at least some planes it's more than just 2 lights), but lets let that one slide... If you actually read the Airwirthiness directive, you'll see it states :

Re: [LINK] Flash drives in the sea?

On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 4:15 PM, Scott Howard sc...@doc.net.au wrote: At the end of the day, the event that triggered this came down to a crew misinterpreting an alarm. This isn't a fault with the aircraft, Well, that´s up to discussion, having a single alarm for two purposes seems like a

Re: [LINK] NBN Satellite changes

On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 7:55 PM, Jan Whitaker jw...@janwhitaker.com wrote: Sir Malcolm is on radio this morning here in Melbourne patting himself on the back for NBN Co. adding some satellite services because the current interim services are undersized Do not forget about Nanoseconds.

Re: [LINK] NSW evoting system for next state election

On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 10:24 PM, Jan Whitaker jw...@internode.on.netwrote: Chris, does this mean the user must have Java installed on their computer? I can see this being a security and voter support nightmare. Java 8 is out and no longer runs unsigned code as earlier releases before Java 7

Re: [LINK] NSW evoting system for next state election

On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 10:54 PM, Rick Welykochy r...@vitendo.ca wrote: If Java is indeed required on the client, be very concerned. The vulnerabilities for that language keep cropping up. Advice to all users browsing the Internet: disable Java. Just say no to it. For the latest, search

Re: [LINK] OpenDNS?

On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Martin Barry ma...@supine.com wrote: So, there are a few open resolver possibilities but the two biggest and best know and Google's Public DNS¹ and the aforementioned OpenDNS. ¹https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/ Both are a way of routing around

[LINK] Tom Koltai was right

On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 2:19 AM, TKoltai t...@unwired.com.au wrote: Scientists are much closer to creating an actual light sabre then the public realise. TomK September 2013 http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/sep/30/star-wars-lightsabers-invented FC -- During times of Universal

Re: [LINK] Australia trademarks...

On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 5:59 PM, Tom Worthington tom.worthing...@tomw.net.au wrote: Haven't tried getting a trademark, but a business name was very easy to get. This can be done on-line, in a few minutes, paying $30 a year by credit card. This does not provide the protection of a Trade Mark,

[LINK] Australia trademarks...

I wonder what Link thinks about trademark registration in Australia, is it an easy process? costly? can it be done over the Internet? By people abroad too? Any Link members have ever done a trademark registration for your own business/endeavours? again, what was the experience like? Is there any

[LINK] Best Election ad site ever

http://dontbeaf**kingid**t.com/ sorry,it's the hostname.. ok, here a redirector: http://goo.gl/9pxpVL ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

Re: [LINK] Microsoft buying Nokia Mobile business

On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 11:43 PM, Jan Whitaker jw...@janwhitaker.com wrote: Whoa. Yeah, I'm sure they use Nokia's patents to go after Ubuntu's MobileOS and also Jolla's SailfishOS (also Linux based). It was a brilliant plan, after all: 1.Infect firm by planting a trojan (S.Elop) 2.Make

Re: [LINK] Microsoft buying Nokia Mobile business

On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 12:49 AM, Brendan brendans...@optusnet.com.auwrote: Nokia's CTO (Chief Technology Office) organization and patent portfolio will remain within the Nokia Group. And I'm sure Microsoft will have no influence over it. Like today, when MSFT has no influence over Nokia, it's

Re: [LINK] Brits tap cable in Middle East

On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 5:14 AM, Jan Whitaker jw...@janwhitaker.com wrote: The British base taps into underwater fibre-optic cables in the region, the newspaper said. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Jimmy_Carter_%28SSN-23%29#Ship_history Do a ctrl-F and search for splicing chamber within the

Re: [LINK] Australian CyberWarfare Battalion

On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 3:08 AM, Glen Turner g...@gdt.id.au wrote: As for computer security professionals, I wouldn't let most of them near an item of infrastructure. +1 I will print this and hang it on the wall. :)) FC ___ Link mailing list