Re: Big Pond Broadband, again

2004-02-16 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 13/02/2004, at 3:23 PM, Chris Burton wrote: Hi all have gone through the process of signing up to bigpond cable 2 days ago. A reasonable plan over 2 years with free installation and 2 months free over 24. I rang them about 10 minutes ago to ask a few questions and mentioned I had a mac

Re: Big Pond Broadband, again

2004-02-13 Thread Chris Burton
Hi all have gone through the process of signing up to bigpond cable 2 days ago. A reasonable plan over 2 years with free installation and 2 months free over 24. I rang them about 10 minutes ago to ask a few questions and mentioned I had a mac with OS 10.3.2Well, hold the bus!!! 'could

Re: Big Pond Broadband, again

2004-02-13 Thread Stephen Atherton
Chris, Launch will be fine with 10.3.2. I'm using it on an eMac at home. The latest version is aware of the unlimited plan works well. You should go for an ethernet modem which they'll most likely supply. Cheers On 13/02/2004, at 5:23 PM, Chris Burton wrote: Hi all have gone through

Re: Big Pond Broadband, again

2004-02-13 Thread Craig Ringer
On Fri, 2004-02-13 at 15:23, Chris Burton wrote: Hi all have gone through the process of signing up to bigpond cable 2 days ago. A reasonable plan over 2 years with free installation and 2 months free over 24. Just a heads-up: Telstra, like any other internet provider, reserves the right

Re: Big Pond Broadband, again

2004-02-13 Thread Shay Telfer
I've been bitten by term contracts with ISP can change the terms at any time clauses. Avoid them like the plague - they're not worth it. Even worse, they might *not* change the contract and you might wind up being stuck paying the prices that were current 2 years ago! Have fun, Shay --

Re: Big Pond Broadband

2004-02-10 Thread Stuart Elvish
Hi everybody, Telstra are responsible for providing a large number of ADSL services, however the statements recently uttered about Telstra supplying most (if not all) ADSL services is incorrect. To begin with, the internet service market is now divided into retailers (the people you as a

Re: Big Pond Broadband

2004-02-10 Thread Greg Pennefather
. Cheers Greg From: Stuart Elvish [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 17:16:11 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Big Pond Broadband Hi everybody, Telstra are responsible for providing a large number of ADSL services, however the statements recently

Re: Big Pond Broadband

2004-02-08 Thread logrythm
On 06/02/2004, at 1:19 PM, Bob Jackson wrote: At 11:26 AM 6/2/04, Matthew Healey eloquently proclaimed... On 06/02/2004, at 10:49 AM, Bob Jackson wrote: Generally, the WAMUG list is not a good place to get advice about Bigpond ADSL or cable because not many members are on Bigpond

Re: Big Pond Broadband

2004-02-08 Thread Onno Benschop
, let me provide some feedback to, and comment on, some of the messages. On Fri, 2004-02-06 at 12:51, Rick Armstrong wrote: Switching from iinet Explorer dialup to Big Pond Broadband ADSL Telstra say plug and play using USB port, they supply free modem and self installation kit It appears

Broadband Survey (was Big Pond Broadband)

2004-02-08 Thread Bob Jackson
As Onno has previously commented, there are no statistics concerning broadband use by WAMUG members so I am volunteering to conduct a survey of such usage. It would be appreciated if broadband users could advise (to me direct and not the list) the following information - *name of ISP

Re: Broadband Survey (was Big Pond Broadband)

2004-02-08 Thread Chris Burton
Bob great idea. But also, perhaps include those who would like to be on broadband, but cannot because of non-accessibility to an exchange etc? Me for one, and I live in Perth, the suburb of mullaloo. I went onto telstras' web site and they have a link for people to register their interest

Re: Broadband Survey (was Big Pond Broadband)

2004-02-08 Thread John Taylor
On 8 Feb 2004, at 2:36 PM, Chris Burton wrote: Bob SNIP great idea. kind regards chris On 08/02/2004, at 1:12 PM, Bob Jackson wrote: It would be appreciated if broadband users could advise (to me direct and not the list) the following information - *name of ISP *broadband type:

Re: Broadband Survey (was Big Pond Broadband)

2004-02-08 Thread Rod Blitvich
Chris and Bob I can't get ADSL in Sorrento either! Sob, sob. I was hoping to sign up with iiNet's Blink, but: iiNet is contacting you regarding your Bliink application under the username rblit. A full Service Qualification has now been conducted on your nominated phone line. Unfortunately your

Re: Big Pond Broadband

2004-02-08 Thread Craig Ringer
A few comments... On Sun, 2004-02-08 at 11:36, Onno Benschop wrote: * Reports on USB modems in my experience have not been too favourable, least reason being that they require drivers installed on the computer to which it is connected. This generally means that

Re: Broadband Survey (was Big Pond Broadband)

2004-02-08 Thread Robert Howells
w On Sunday, February 8, 2004, at 04:38 PM, Rod Blitvich wrote: Chris and Bob I can't get ADSL in Sorrento either! Sob, sob. I was hoping to sign up with iiNet's Blink, but: iiNet is contacting you regarding your Bliink application under the username rblit. A full Service Qualification has

Re: Big Pond Broadband

2004-02-07 Thread Brett Carboni
I must admit (sheepishly) that I have Bigpond Broadband ADSL. Yes, it is expensive, but I was able to cancel one of our office phone lines by having it. As well, by having all plans, ie. mobile, landline, long distance calls etc. with Telstra, I get 15% off all bills. So pricing should be

Big Pond Broadband

2004-02-06 Thread Rick Armstrong
Switching from iinet Explorer dialup to Big Pond Broadband ADSL Telstra say plug and play using USB port, they supply free modem and self installation kit (I will probably have to install an additional Ethernet interface as existing ethernet is networked on a hub to other devices). I am going

Re: Big Pond Broadband

2004-02-06 Thread James Mandy
If it's plug and play USB, then it's a USB adsl modem. so you wont have to do anything with ethernet. - Original Message - From: Rick Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 10:21 AM Subject: Big Pond Broadband Switching

Re: Big Pond Broadband

2004-02-06 Thread Craig Ringer
On Fri, 2004-02-06 at 10:21, Rick Armstrong wrote: Switching from iinet Explorer dialup to Big Pond Broadband ADSL Telstra say plug and play using USB port, they supply free modem and self installation kit (I will probably have to install an additional Ethernet interface as existing ethernet

Re: Big Pond Broadband

2004-02-06 Thread Bob Jackson
At 10:21 AM 6/2/04, Rick Armstrong eloquently proclaimed... Switching from iinet Explorer dialup to Big Pond Broadband ADSL Telstra say plug and play using USB port, they supply free modem and self installation kit (I will probably have to install an additional Ethernet interface

Re: Big Pond Broadband

2004-02-06 Thread Matthew Healey
On 06/02/2004, at 10:49 AM, Bob Jackson wrote: Generally, the WAMUG list is not a good place to get advice about Bigpond ADSL or cable because not many members are on Bigpond broadband. That statement on it's own should throw up a big red flag! - Matt --

Re: Big Pond Broadband

2004-02-06 Thread Bob Jackson
At 11:26 AM 6/2/04, Matthew Healey eloquently proclaimed... On 06/02/2004, at 10:49 AM, Bob Jackson wrote: Generally, the WAMUG list is not a good place to get advice about Bigpond ADSL or cable because not many members are on Bigpond broadband. That statement on it's own should

Re: Big Pond Broadband

2004-02-06 Thread Greg Manzie
Hi Everyone I must admit (sheepishly) that I have Bigpond Broadband ADSL. Yes, it is expensive, but I was able to cancel one of our office phone lines by having it. As well, by having all plans, ie. mobile, landline, long distance calls etc. with Telstra, I get 15% off all bills. So pricing