Re: [SLUG] Bigpond NextG on Linux (Ubuntu)?

2007-04-20 Thread Adam Kennedy
We have something of a special relationship with Telstra in that regard, since we're going to be buying (or causing others to buy) somewhere between 100 and 1000 of those accounts. In fact, we've gotten amazingly good service from Telstra from day 1. :) Adam K Rev Simon Rumble wrote: This on

Re: [SLUG] Bigpond NextG on Linux (Ubuntu)?

2007-04-19 Thread Robert Thorsby
On 2007.04.20 03:57 Andrew Swinn wrote: The word has got out -- no one in the bush is changing over to NextG, except those conned by Telstra. My mother-in-law received the production line 'you need to upgrade' marketing phone call, to which I advised her to wait until the CDMA service actually

Re: [SLUG] Bigpond NextG on Linux (Ubuntu)?

2007-04-19 Thread Andrew Swinn
Robert Thorsby wrote: On 2007.04.19 10:39 Sonia Hamilton wrote: > On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 06:52:40AM +1000, > Robert Thorsby wrote: > Up our way (Mid North Coast) the response has > been universal -- NextG is crap. Most who were > coerced by Telstra into "converting" their mobiles > are trying t

Re: [SLUG] Bigpond NextG on Linux (Ubuntu)?

2007-04-18 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
This one time, at band camp, Adam Kennedy wrote: > We will be paying somewhere in the vicinity of $200-400 a month for our > NextG data nodes, for (I believe) unlimited data. You'll be wanting to check the fine print. Tel$tra haven't offered "unlimited" data on any service for some time. Yes,

Re: [SLUG] Bigpond NextG on Linux (Ubuntu)?

2007-04-18 Thread Adam Kennedy
Best anecdote I have regarding data over NextG comes (second hand) from the Campervan and Motorhome Club annual rally earlier this year. "Internet on the Road" guru giving talk at rally; explains why he switched from CDMA (which used to cost him over $100 per mnth, IIRC) to NextG; then advised

Re: [SLUG] Bigpond NextG on Linux (Ubuntu)?

2007-04-18 Thread Robert Thorsby
On 2007.04.19 10:39 Sonia Hamilton wrote: > On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 06:52:40AM +1000, > Robert Thorsby wrote: > Up our way (Mid North Coast) the response has > been universal -- NextG is crap. Most who were > coerced by Telstra into "converting" their mobiles > are trying to convert back to CDMA.

Re: [SLUG] Bigpond NextG on Linux (Ubuntu)?

2007-04-18 Thread Sonia Hamilton
* On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 06:52:40AM +1000, Robert Thorsby wrote: > On 2007.04.18 00:37 Adam Kennedy wrote: > >So nothing but good things so far with the network, > >at least in areas where you get the "good" towers. > >Haven't tried in country areas yet. > > Up our way (Mid North Coast) the respo

Re: [SLUG] Bigpond NextG on Linux (Ubuntu)?

2007-04-17 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Adam Kennedy wrote: > If we're talking mobile phones on NextG, I've switched from Vodafone > (paid by me) to NextG (paid by company) and the Motorola Razr > whateveritis phones (that I'm told are the best of a bad lot) are horrid. > > It has quite possible the worst user interface I've ever see

Re: [SLUG] Bigpond NextG on Linux (Ubuntu)?

2007-04-17 Thread Adam Kennedy
Robert Thorsby wrote: On 2007.04.18 00:37 Adam Kennedy wrote: So nothing but good things so far with the network, at least in areas where you get the "good" towers. Haven't tried in country areas yet. Up our way (Mid North Coast) the response has been universal -- NextG is crap. Most who were

Re: [SLUG] Bigpond NextG on Linux (Ubuntu)?

2007-04-17 Thread Robert Thorsby
On 2007.04.18 00:37 Adam Kennedy wrote: So nothing but good things so far with the network, at least in areas where you get the "good" towers. Haven't tried in country areas yet. Up our way (Mid North Coast) the response has been universal -- NextG is crap. Most who were coerced by Telstra int

Re: [SLUG] Bigpond NextG on Linux (Ubuntu)?

2007-04-17 Thread Adam Kennedy
I'm using the CDMA as well at the moment (2 Windows machines, 1 linux machine, 6 mac-based embedded devices), and I agree, slow and semi-reliable. At the moment I have to keep a permanent ping running to prevent the connection falling off. So while Quozl's information does seem sufficient, the