On Thu, Dec 16, 1999 at 08:51:28PM +1100, Andrew Macks wrote:
| On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, Anthony Rumble wrote:
| > > yep saw this on the aussie-isp list and I've already emailed
| > > them asking lots of questions like "linux support?"
When I asked a few months ago they were using DHCP and Linux was working with
that just fine.
| > "The Optus @Home cable is in your neighbourhood but unfortunately our
| > records show that your home is currently not serviceable."
| > Huh?? What does not serviceable mean?
They have to do some upgrading of their boxes to transmit stuff upstream
(TV is of course downstream only).
| Same message here. Very interesting considering people across the street
| use Optus Local Phonelines :)
I gather that doesn't have the same bandwidth requirement (and probably
different data format?) We've now reached the edge of my knowledge.
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