The issue here is that cable internet in Western Australia can ONLY be provided by Telstra. When you have an option of moving to broadband, it's either ADSL (1.5Mbps max) or Cable (5Mbps max). At the same cost for each at those speeds, it's easy to see why cable is considered the ultimate internet accessory.
Having used both, and currently using cable, ADSL has definate advantages in terms of market potential but appears to lack in areas of speed and reliability.
Telstra even had issues with their usage meter - yes, we Aussies have a certain amount of traffic that we can use before being charged per Mb! Try getting that last Mb out of your account at the end of each month when the usage meter is saying 2890Mb used, 110Mb available; is there really that much quota still left? If not, that'll be AUD$0.20 per Mb please!
Still, this sort of regulation will ensure that our internet network connectivity should remain viable, with minimal speed degredation for sow time to come. I'd like to know how fast the cable and ADSL services work at is other countries, particularly the US.
The only thing we have to deal with then are the contracts that many people fall victim to when installing broadband. 12, 18 or even 24 months is a long time for people trying out these services, only to make the choice that they really don't need that sort of speed.
At least it costs the spammers money to send an SMS - not like email being free.
I'd get a spam SMS every couple of days.
Come to think of it, I might switch off my computer and phone, go hollow out a tree trunk and live in that for the rest of my life. At least no-one would find me!
I offered them $2mill, cash - but they didn't take my offer.
They wanted to know where the money came from because I offered them cash; I wouldn't tell them, so they refused!
Pity; I'm an avid Gilligan Island watcher - my own mobile island!
Peace...
Okay, so now I have your credit card details - am I really gonna get the stuph delived to my batchelor pad?
I don't think so!
So-called exploits in security are going to be around until the day we stop using computers. Being realistic about using most of them is a whole-nuther thing.
Stay cool...
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I think this percentage of the web sites that Iv'e developed over the years are obsolete. It's nothing to do with bad design - the owners of the site don't bother to use them effectively any longer and content becomes... obsolete.
AUD$90 per month for 3Gb traffic. At least the speed is uncapped - although 500Kps transfers swallow up my quota fairly swiftly.
You guys have been on too much of a good thing I say. Nah, just joking, but really - doesn't it have to come to this because of the juarez junkies creating so much darn warez-spam every second of the day?
As soon as Linux is taken up by the general business population, we'll see it infiltrate the general home desktop scene. That won't be for years. Windows has too much of the market share at this point for that to happen and whilst Microsoft are offering software such as Windows XP which is essentially 'eye-candy', Linux won't take hold.
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Over here, but you'll have to agree to the terms of my AUP ;)
Speaking of dodo's, we've (in Australia) actually got an ISP called Dodo! www.dodo.com.au - st00pid bloody tune as well!
Or virii, or is it viruses, or, wha?!
You will be assimilated - resitance is futile. Oh dang, that's the Borg!
The issue here is that cable internet in Western Australia can ONLY be provided by Telstra. When you have an option of moving to broadband, it's either ADSL (1.5Mbps max) or Cable (5Mbps max). At the same cost for each at those speeds, it's easy to see why cable is considered the ultimate internet accessory.
Having used both, and currently using cable, ADSL has definate advantages in terms of market potential but appears to lack in areas of speed and reliability. Telstra even had issues with their usage meter - yes, we Aussies have a certain amount of traffic that we can use before being charged per Mb! Try getting that last Mb out of your account at the end of each month when the usage meter is saying 2890Mb used, 110Mb available; is there really that much quota still left? If not, that'll be AUD$0.20 per Mb please!
Still, this sort of regulation will ensure that our internet network connectivity should remain viable, with minimal speed degredation for sow time to come. I'd like to know how fast the cable and ADSL services work at is other countries, particularly the US.
The only thing we have to deal with then are the contracts that many people fall victim to when installing broadband. 12, 18 or even 24 months is a long time for people trying out these services, only to make the choice that they really don't need that sort of speed.
At least it costs the spammers money to send an SMS - not like email being free.
I'd get a spam SMS every couple of days.
Come to think of it, I might switch off my computer and phone, go hollow out a tree trunk and live in that for the rest of my life. At least no-one would find me!
If it's like the reality TV show Big Brother count me out!
I offered them $2mill, cash - but they didn't take my offer. They wanted to know where the money came from because I offered them cash; I wouldn't tell them, so they refused! Pity; I'm an avid Gilligan Island watcher - my own mobile island! Peace...
Okay, so now I have your credit card details - am I really gonna get the stuph delived to my batchelor pad?
I don't think so!
So-called exploits in security are going to be around until the day we stop using computers. Being realistic about using most of them is a whole-nuther thing.
Stay cool...
European or African?
Remembering that African ones are non-migratory!
I think this percentage of the web sites that Iv'e developed over the years are obsolete. It's nothing to do with bad design - the owners of the site don't bother to use them effectively any longer and content becomes... obsolete.
Try cable here in Oz.
AUD$90 per month for 3Gb traffic. At least the speed is uncapped - although 500Kps transfers swallow up my quota fairly swiftly.
You guys have been on too much of a good thing I say. Nah, just joking, but really - doesn't it have to come to this because of the juarez junkies creating so much darn warez-spam every second of the day?
As soon as Linux is taken up by the general business population, we'll see it infiltrate the general home desktop scene. That won't be for years. Windows has too much of the market share at this point for that to happen and whilst Microsoft are offering software such as Windows XP which is essentially 'eye-candy', Linux won't take hold.