>>>>> "Martin" == Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Martin> On Tue, 30 Jan 2001, Alan Lee wrote:
>> You know why it was out? If you dont know why something like this is out, I
>> dont think you have any reason to scream and yell about it. A few major
>> bits of their equipment was fried, in a storm in VICT.
Martin> People are NOT whinging about a single outage, it's just a single
Martin> example of poor service from many. Taken individually, it is probably
Martin> unfair to complain about any of them unless you know the
Martin> circumstances. Taken collectively, it's fine to whinge, because it
Martin> represents a poor service, whatever the reasons. Telstra sucks.
Actually, I find that most of the time I'm using the service (i.e.,
6.00am to around 4.00pm) it's fine. But if I need to do something in
the evening, it's awful. Any time after about 7.00pm transfers would
be faster if packets were carried by trained messenger tortoises.
Peter C
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