[H-GEN] Telstra and Linux

[Hilton Travis]

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Hi Sandra,

On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 06:41, Sandra Milne wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 21:15:50 +1000
> Marco Grigull <kni501ss at optushome.com.au> wrote:
> 
> 
> > Im on the 3G plan, Ill probably switch to adsl with 3gig peak 6gig offpeak and
> > free mirrors when my contract runs out.  I hear inet offer this service for what 
> > I am currently paying.
> 
> We just finished our contract and are about to finish our first month on download cap. Whilst looking for information for a TAFE Assignment the other day, I noticed that TPG Internet offers unlimited ADSL 256/64 for $69.95. After much discussion in the household, we've decided to go with that. Significantly slower than cable, but at least we don't have to worry about how much we're downloading.

VERY carefully read their contract and T&C.  This sounds like their
"unlimited Internet, except that we block all video, augio, games and
other stuff that uses bandwidth" connexion.  Makes it nigh on useless
for 99% of the population.

> And BTW, there is no 'free traffic' with optusnet. Last I heard mirror.aarnet was on optusnet, and they promote it, but still no free traffic. that's one of our main reasons for quitting. another is, who the hell wants the speed of cable so that they can download only 3gig? we couldnt' even find out if the game servers are free traffic (I suspect they're not, and I've not heard anything good about them in any case)

Correct.  This is one thing that sux - not as much as fscking 20,000
bps, but it *does* suck.

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