Telstra phone lines and ADSL (was Re: [H-GEN] Recommendations for a cheap internal modem which works with Linux and Windows)

[Greg Black]

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Sandra Milne wrote:

> Plus we get the 15c neighbourhood calls.... I have no idea how 
> this works and they didn't explain it to us.

It means that calls to people on the same exchange cost 15c.

> I've heard that ADSL is somewhat more exotic in the 
> settings, and although I know what PPPoE is, I've never used it.

My experience with PPPoE and ADSL using Telstra lines and some
other ISP is that anybody who can get out of bed in the morning
and successfully read the two previous lines can do it without
the least bit of pain.

Greg

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