[H-GEN] cable under linux

[Daniel Quinlan]

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On Thu, Dec 23, 1999 at 11:56:41AM -0800, Darrin Mison wrote:
> I'm a redhat person currently but have been looking at Debian recently
> since I've had hassles with redhat6 and apparently 6.1 is so buggy it
> could be a M$ product.  

<grin> that should raise a few hackles 

> There's a script or something which converts debs to rpms or the 
> other way isn't there?

it's called alien, never used it personally

> Either way I'd be interested in that package you mentioned.  Was this
> with the hardware you get from telstra?

yup. they provide the cable modem and you provide a NIC

> Actually Telstra's prices just dropped a bit since Optus's plans were
> announced and the boss looked at the prices and said it looked okay
> compared to what we are getting now and what it is costing us.

aah, yes, now look closer.  _*ALL*_ traffic is charged with very few exceptions.
you _will_ pay for all email you receive. if I mail you the Encyclopaedia
Britannica three times I'll kill your quota in seconds

you pay for anything you d/l from the news server _inside_ the cable network 
but not anything you post to it. (work that out)

you also pay for traffic d/l'ed from other cable modem users. so kiss network
gaming or file sharing good bye.

if any other ISP tried charging you for email and news they'd go under
but Telstra's marketing dept seem to be taking courses at Microsoft ;)

i'm going to look into optus cable now that it appears to be coming Real Soon
Now. hopefully they'll be a little more realistic with their pricing...

cya,
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Daniel Quinlan				daniel at netwise.net.au
Netwise Australia			ph: 0417 677 377
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