Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-15 Thread Ross Drummond
I suspect that Telstra Clear is being cleaned up for sale. Why do I think this? o The Aussie Govt wants to sell the part of Telstra Aussie that it still owns and will want some quick runs on the board (balance sheet). o The new CEO of Telstra Aussie has a history of selling off peripheral

Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-15 Thread Andrew Errington
On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 11:55, you wrote: I suspect that Telstra Clear is being cleaned up for sale. snip I would go along with that, but my other theory is that they have released a poor set of offerings on cable to drive people away. There is only a small cable system in the *whole* of New

Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-15 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 12:15, Andrew Errington wrote: On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 11:55, you wrote: I suspect that Telstra Clear is being cleaned up for sale. snip I would go along with that, but my other theory is that they have released a poor set of offerings on cable to drive people away. There

OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Andrew Errington
Hi, Although this is probably relevant only to those using Paradise cable from TelstraClear I would like to hear from others for recommendations for a new broadband ISP. Firstly, as you are no doubt aware, Telstra have made new cable plans available. AFAIK the old plans are definitely no

Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
Although this is probably relevant only to those using Paradise cable from TelstraClear I would like to hear from others for recommendations for a new broadband ISP. Same boat here. The adsl plans from actrix and maxnet looked good to me, being the closest to what I'd be after. Does any

Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Paul Swafford
Just to repeat IMHO the best offering currently is ihugs .. 40G for $90 they have a bunch of offerings a less speed than 2G .. there is a 256K true uncapped http://www.ihug.co.nz/products/broadband/ regards Paul reminder I'm not affiliated with ihug ... and am not a current customer.

Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 11:52, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: Does any cheap adsl offer static IPs? Orcon. -- CS

Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Olwen Williams
I'm on the old ihug Bliink 256K lite. A few weeks ago I phoned and asked about a static IP address. They said It's yours in 10 minutes/On 11/15/05, Christopher Sawtell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 11:52, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:Does any cheap adsl offer static IPs?Orcon.--CS

Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Carl Cerecke
Maxnet have free national traffic (upload and download). It doesn't say so on their website, but I rang and asked. I have the 1GB 1Mbit deal, and am quite happy with that. Cheers, Carl. On 15/11/05, Andrew Errington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The not-so-apparent disadvantages: The 1:10

Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Nick Rout
What is National Traffic these days anyway? With all the de-peering going on, who knows what sites will be international and which will be national. On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:25:25 +1300 Carl Cerecke wrote: Maxnet have free national traffic (upload and download). It doesn't say so on their

Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
Does any cheap adsl offer static IPs? Orcon. Hm. That's $40 to telescum and $50 to Orcon (assuming I want to use their calling rates), plus setup costs and modem. Not far short of Telstra's $102. And Orcon support telecom's the local loop is just fine as is. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann

Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Hadley Rich
On Tuesday 15 November 2005 12:03, Christopher Sawtell wrote: On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 11:52, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: Does any cheap adsl offer static IPs? Orcon. I've been with Orcon for around a year. I was originally on 256Kb Jetstream then 256Kb Bitstream which were fine. I am now on

Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Steve Holdoway
What does a static IP address give you that no-ip or dyndns can't? I certainly wouldn't pay for one! Steve On Tue, November 15, 2005 12:35 pm, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: Does any cheap adsl offer static IPs? Orcon. Hm. That's $40 to telescum and $50 to Orcon (assuming I want to use their

dyndns Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
What does a static IP address give you that no-ip or dyndns can't? I certainly wouldn't pay for one! Not much, but you might care about it. You can't run a mail server on dyndns without risking to lose mail or have it delivered to someone else while your DNS catches up with your new IP. You're

Re: dyndns Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Steve Holdoway
fatal It's never happened to me, and I do run one. /fatal Good point, although you'll only lose mail if the new owner of your old IP also runs a mail server. I'm updating no-ip every 5 minutes - you can screw that down to 1 minute if you wish. I think I may run the update process on my mail server

Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Robert Fisher
On Tue Nov 15 12:03 , Christopher Sawtell [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 11:52, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: Does any cheap adsl offer static IPs? Orcon. I have a static address with Orcon but I think that it was only because I got in when they had a window of opportunity when UBS

Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 14:21:18 +1300 Robert Fisher wrote: On Tue Nov 15 12:03 , Christopher Sawtell [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 11:52, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: Does any cheap adsl offer static IPs? Orcon. I have a static address with Orcon but I think that it was only

Re: dyndns Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Olwen Williams
>From my point of view I asked about a static IP address because I was looking at doing some scripting for someone who required a static IP address. I think that allowing access to another server could much more easily be done by IP address, than other means. On 11/15/05, Steve Holdoway [EMAIL

Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Tue, November 15, 2005 2:25 pm, Nick Rout wrote: My Orcon IP address has never changed, as far as i know. however it is not necessarily a static ip unless they guarantee not to change it. Also, as we all know, it is possible to give the same IP address to a subscriber every time he logs

Re: dyndns Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Steve Holdoway
tongue firmly in cheek Given that IPV6 is about to burst onto the scene[1], typing in a domain name is going to be a lot quicker than an IP address! /tic Steve [1] And has been since before the millenium! On Tue, November 15, 2005 2:35 pm, Olwen Williams wrote: From my point of view I asked

RE: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Craig FALCONER
Mind you - how would you all access horse if it didn't have a static IP ? -Original Message- From: Steve Holdoway [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] There's little if anything to be gained sending mail from your own server in preference to that provided by your isp, and, as you point out, much

Re: dyndns Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 14:35:59 +1300 Olwen Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From my point of view I asked about a static IP address because I was looking at doing some scripting for someone who required a static IP address. I think that allowing access to another server could much more

Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 14:45:30 +1300 Craig FALCONER [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mind you - how would you all access horse if it didn't have a static IP ? set up a dynamic dns service? -Original Message- From: Steve Holdoway [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] There's little if anything to

Re: dyndns Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Olwen Williams
It was the other server that needed my IP address to allow me access. I think I worded that badly.On 11/15/05, Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 14:35:59 +1300Olwen Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From my point of view I asked about a static IP address because I was looking

RE: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Craig FALCONER
3:33 p.m. To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Subject: Re: OT: Leaving Paradise? On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 14:45:30 +1300 Craig FALCONER [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mind you - how would you all access horse if it didn't have a static IP ? set up a dynamic dns service? -Original Message

Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread bossman
just in computer world ... telstraclear going to wholesale it's cable network. this is problably the driving force behind these changes so you maybe able to keep cable but use another ISP as your supplier. And as telstra has been bemoaning about telecom holding back b/band take up

Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 11:32, Andrew Errington wrote: I also want to know who is responsible for this new pricing regime so I can write a formal complaint. Ultimately, I suspect the majority shareholder, which is the Australian government. See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4437812.stm --