[H-GEN] isp connection advice for temporary visitor

[Raymond Smith]

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On Wed, 23 May 2001, Paul Gearon wrote:
> On Tue, 22 May 2001, Serge Rey wrote:
>
> > i will be visiting uq for six months starting this july and am trying to
> > research options for local internet access in brisbane.

If you are visiting UQ as staff or student you can get a good deal through
UQ's ISP see http://www.uq.net.au/. I still use them as my dial-up
provider.

> ADSL is being offered by Telstra.  Other telecomms companies are
> supposedly starting up services in this space, but I've yet to hear of
> their details, so I suspect that they don't yet offer services in
> Brisbane.  However, in order to use ADSL you need to be within a few
> kilometers of an capable exchange... and again this may not be possible,
> depending on where you live (rule of thumb: if you can't get cable, you
> can't get ADSL).  Pricing for ADSL is a little more expensive than for
> cable (though comparable).

Pacific Internet is supplying ADSL in Brisbane. I have heard that iPrimus
and/or Connect may also be doing so soon. In PI's case they are reselling
Telstra services at cheaper rates. I would say that the main reason to go
with ADSL over Cable is if you want a guarenteed static IP address which
is something the cable guys won't do. You should also be aware that ADSL
support is dodgy in the inner suburbs where cabling is often not up to
scratch.

Of course, if you can't get cable or ADSL you could always go ISDN like my
work :-(

Cheers,

Raymond
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