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  1. Re: no Mac software? utter BS by frankie · · Score: 1 · on Compare and Contrast: Linux and Apple
    How do you ping something from a mac? erm. there's a COMMERCIAL PACKAGE that can do it.. sheesh.

    First off, how many ordinary end users ever need PING? Definitely less than 5%, possibly less than 1%. I use it, but I'm a web geek & spam hunter.

    Second, you don't know Mac. Among many other freeware options, WhatRoute does Ping, Query, Whois, Finger & Trace.

    Sounds to me like the article was written by a mac advocate trying to get linux users to use macs.

    Umm...no. The quote you grabbed in order to make that bogus assertion was an interview snip from 'Clif Marsiglio, a musician and self-described "pseudo-geek" who uses both platforms', not from the article's author. Why are you trying to twist words? Sounds to me like you're an irrational Mac hater.

    The point of Linux is that you can customize everything, but at the expense of convenience. The point of MacOS is almost the opposite. The comparison isn't even close to apples & oranges, it really is more like apples & penguins.

  2. For those not fortunate enough to be NZers... by mountain · · Score: 2 · on Telecom NZ proposes 2c/min Modem Tax

    This is how it looks to me..

    1. Telecom introduced a flat rate to its ISP, Xtra . As a means of killing off the rest of the ISP's that have had flat rates for years. eg, iHUG, Sinesurf etc..

    2. They then complain that their exchanges are overloaded with all the extra traffic all the other ISP's are causing. Given that they are the largest ISP in the country. They shoot themselves in the foot by going flat rate. And now they want a way to make money out of it.

    Pretty straight forward to me.. Although there's more to it than that. And this article in the New Zealand Herald is worth a read if you're intrested: Telecom spurs Internet rage .

  3. Re:The future is wireless... by acarey · · Score: 1 · on Telecom NZ proposes 2c/min Modem Tax

    Eventually, I foresee bidirectional wireless high-speed service offering ways around all the constant roadblocks to full-time access around the world.

    Actually, Wellington NZ has already taken a few steps down this path. Some enterprising ISPs have opened up some non-traditional ways of accessing the web in Wellington (mainly to get around Telecom's _absurd_ ISDN pricing [$200 per month plus 4c per minute]):

    (a) Microwave radio: Netlink offer a wireless service to anyone with line-of-sight to Wellington's University.

    (b) Satellite: Ihug offer a service made up of down-link satellite and up-link modem called Starnet.

    (c) Not wireless, but still interesting... CityLink is a 100 Mb/s fibre-optic circuit linking the entire Wellington central business district with about 7 or 8 ISPs, giving up to 100 Mb/s internet access (although the pipes out of NZ can't currently handle that much bandwidth... ;)

    Cheers
    Alastair

  4. This isn't exactly original by silver · · Score: 1 · on Helius/Caldera Satellite Router running Linux

    The company I work for in New Zealand Ihug has been offering pretty much the same thing for a year or so now. It's called StarNet. 500Kbps incoming link from a small sattelite dish, uplink via modem. It works with Linux and Windows. And can be used to route lans, schools, small ISPs, pretty much anything, depending on the setup you get.

    Silver