[H-GEN] adsl provider and modems

[Greg Black]

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Joshua Powell wrote:

| I am about to take the step of moving to adsl and wanted to get some advise.
| 
| Firstly, I'm contemplating going with pacific.net.au and was wondering if 
| anyone is with them and how good/bad you've found the service?

I have been using pacific.net.au, both for my Brisbane network
and in Melbourne for the past ten months and I have found their
service to be reliable and their responsiveness to be entirely
satisfactory.

| Secondly, the question of the modem. What would you advise for ease of 
| installation/configuration and reliability? Would the USB one work that you 
| can get from Pacific? What should I steer clear of?

No opinions on anything USB.  I prefer ethernet connections.

Greg

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