Re: [LINK] Australian households, businesses on NBN slam +�unreliable+� connection

2017-03-16 Thread rene
On Thu, 16 Mar 2017 17:59:39 +1000, Andy Farkas wrote: > On 16/03/2017 17:33, rene wrote: [...] >> that even if NBN Co. supplies a perfect service to some area, if an >> ISP retailer in that area skimps on provisioning/contention ratio, >> then their customers will not receiv

Re: [LINK] Australian households, businesses on NBN slam �unreliable� connection

2017-03-16 Thread rene
On Tue, 14 Mar 2017 11:49:18 +1100, JanW wrote: > At 11:20 AM 14/03/2017, David Boxall wrote: > >> [News Corp article said...] >>> "Others here in town are complaining about speed, but I've >>> discovered lots of complaints are caused by incorrect self- >>> install of equipment such as ADSL filter

Re: [LINK] Of Fossildom and Other Ailments

2015-09-13 Thread rene
On Sun, 13 Sep 2015 18:53:47 +1000, JanW wrote: > At 06:40 PM 13/09/2015, JanW you wrote: > >> Palemoon loads really quickly. I'm going to give it a go. >> > Netflix still doesn't work in it. Seems that's probably caused by Netflix's user agent sniffing. Apparently Netflix was working in Pale Mo

Re: [LINK] Of Fossildom and Other Ailments

2015-09-12 Thread rene
On Sun, 13 Sep 2015 11:51:39 +1000, Andy Farkas wrote: > On 13/09/15 11:32, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote: >> On 13/09/2015 11:23 AM, Andy Farkas wrote: >>> Time to stop using Firefox too: >>> >>> http://www.zdnet.com/article/mozilla-gets-built-in-firebox- >>> advertising-rolling/>> >> What's a goo

Re: [LINK] Age website

2015-08-16 Thread rene
On Sat, 15 Aug 2015 10:28:24 +1000, Jan Whitaker wrote: > Hi all > I noticed that some(?) pages fromt The Age online aren't resolving > completely due to 'waiting for p.jwpcdn.com' . That domain is part of, or associated with, JWPlayer, which is what most of the Fairfax sites use to play videos.

Re: [LINK] An Overhead NBN

2013-11-09 Thread rene
On Sun, 10 Nov 2013 08:59:33 +1100, Tom Worthington wrote: [...] > On a visit to Samoa, I saw ordinary blue "Ethernet" cable stung from > power poles in the capital city. This was deteriorating after a few > years in the tropical sun: Well, that's not what NBNCo use to aerially connect houses. Th

Re: [LINK] Coalition announces internet filter ... and immediately backs down

2013-09-05 Thread rene
On Fri, 06 Sep 2013 12:27:05 +1000, Jan Whitaker wrote: [...] > Update with explanation of who is behind this in case you are in > their electorate: http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/federal- > election-2013/how-malcolm-turnbull-was-ambushed-by-the-coalitions-own- > internet-policy-20130906

[LINK] Coalition announces internet filter ... and immediately backs down

2013-09-05 Thread rene
http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2013/coalition-a nnounces-internet-filter--and-immediately-backs-down-20130905-2t7nb.html#ix zz2e12wv9NB ---quote --- Two hours later, Mr Turnbull took to Twitter to say that: "The policy was in error - I would never support a mandatory

Re: [LINK] Not so smart Cybersmart.gov.au

2013-09-03 Thread rene
On Fri, 30 Aug 2013 16:01:02 +1000, James Collins wrote: > According to the Protected Network, netalert.gov.au tested down on > 2013-02-13 19:51:12 - Which means it had been down for at least a > week at that time. FWIW, I'm pretty sure the domain web site disappeared about 2 years before 2/201