On 19/02/2007, at 10:59 PM, Greg Pennefather wrote:
Peter
It should work if your desktop maintains the heartbeat. But, rest
assured,
the connection will drop if your desktop is switched off.
You can get broadband routers that will maintain heartbeat for you
for <
$100.
The good news is that Telstra is going to do away with it - for
this news
and other info, tips and tricks see www.ozcableguy.com
I've checked my account number, and it seems I'm still with the
heartbeat, according to Telstra's rules. It seems only new accounts
are the getting the heartbeat-free connections. The promise is that
Things May Change later this year, but I'm not holding my breath if
the time it takes to talk to a human being on their support lines is
any indication.
In the meantime. I've settled on either the Belkin FSD7230au4, or the
Netgear WGR614 as models which have the best feature/price deals from
the ones I've looked at. I've had experience with both brands, and
and have had no problems with either, but then I've never connected
them to a Cable account either. All things being equal, I'll prolly
go with the Netgear.
Thanks for the help, all :-)
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Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services
FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
Perth, Western Australia
Phone (618) 9332 6482 Fax (618) 9332 0913
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