Re: [WAMUG] FTTP and ISPs…not Apple

2023-07-14 Thread Neil Houghton via WAMUG
hareholder!! Cheers Neil -Original Message- From: WAMUG on behalf of Stephen Chape via WAMUG Reply-To: WAMUG Date: Thursday, 13 July 2023 at 09:50 To: WAMUG Cc: Stephen Chape Subject: Re: [WAMUG] FTTP and ISPs…not Apple Hi Rosemary. I have had ongoing issues with Telst

Re: [WAMUG] FTTP and ISPs…not Apple

2023-07-12 Thread Stephen Chape via WAMUG
available to go faster on their network. And NBNCo who do say the upgrade is available, in the “small print” - it’s only with some ISPs. This is the same sort of thing I’ve found. Because I’m signed up to NBNCo newsletter and info for my area, I got an email from saying “faster

Re: [WAMUG] FTTP and ISPs…not Apple

2023-07-12 Thread Rosemary Spark via WAMUG
s with access to these upgrades. So when they look it up, in the iinet/Westnet/TPG system, your area probably isn’t available to go faster on their network. And NBNCo who do say the upgrade is available, in the “small print” - it’s only with some ISPs. This is the same sort of

Re: [WAMUG] FTTP and ISPs…not Apple

2023-07-12 Thread Daniel Kerr via WAMUG
print” - it’s only with some ISPs. This is the same sort of thing I’ve found. Because I’m signed up to NBNCo newsletter and info for my area, I got an email from saying “faster internet is available” But iinet tell me,..no I can’t get faster internet. So they’re both actually correct. As far as

Re: [WAMUG] Fttp and isps …not an Apple question

2023-07-12 Thread Pete Smith via WAMUG
Hi Rosemary. I got a similar flyer a while ago too. I’m with Internode - who got taken over by iiNet and then TPG too; although they are still maintaining a separate existence. Anyway, when I rang them all excited, they said they were not yet able to provide it at my address but hop

Re: [WAMUG] FTTP and ISPs…not Apple

2023-07-12 Thread Daniel Kerr via WAMUG
print” - it’s only with some ISPs. This is the same sort of thing I’ve found. Because I’m signed up to NBNCo newsletter and info for my area, I got an email from saying “faster internet is available” But iinet tell me,..no I can’t get faster internet. So they’re both actually correct. As far as

[WAMUG] FTTP and ISPs…not Apple

2023-07-12 Thread Rosemary Spark via WAMUG
Hi there, I received a glossy flyer in the mail saying that FTTP fibre to premises is available in my area, listing various isp to contact about the upgrade. I checked on the nbnco website and it indicated my address was able to be upgraded. We’re with Westnet (taken over by iiN

[WAMUG] Fttp and isps …not an Apple question

2023-07-12 Thread Rosemary Spark via WAMUG
Hi there, I received a glossy flyer in the mail saying that FTTP fibre to premises is available in my area, listing various isp to contact about the upgrade. I checked on the nbnco website and it indicated my address was able to be upgraded. We’re with Westnet (taken over by iiN

More re ISPs

2010-06-17 Thread Severin Crisp
I am with Westnet. in Albany, like Neil, not on ADSL 2, and I estimate 2km from the exchange. My plan states 1.5Mb/s down and 256kb/s up. Speednet a little while ago gave 610k down and 180k up. These are significantly down from a couple of weeks ago. I find Neil's quoted speeds confus

ISPs

2010-06-16 Thread Peter Meyer
Test Date: 17/06/2010 9:51:54 Connection Type: WiFi Download: 6001 kbps Upload: 155 kbps Ping: 93 ms This is on the Cottesloe exchange (2+km away) and by far the slowest upload I've seen (usually about 800); download is about average. Westnet informed me last night there was maintenance schedu

Re: Best value broadband ISPs for Wembley?

2007-12-19 Thread Susan Hastings
at the Wembley address, so I'm not overly keen to get tied into long term contracts. Anyone have suggestions for other ISPs I should explore? Cheers, Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelin

Best value broadband ISPs for Wembley?

2007-12-19 Thread Steven
y a 2GB download limit without extra charges, plus requires a home phone. The other consideration I have is that I'm not sure how long I'll be at the Wembley address, so I'm not overly keen to get tied into long term contracts. Anyone have suggestions for other ISPs I should explor

Re: SMTP blocking by ISPs at the moment?

2004-05-07 Thread Craig Ringer
On Fri, 2004-05-07 at 09:07, Trevor Lee wrote: > Hi all, > > For those iiNet customers who want to restore their port 25 function, it > is suggested to log into your toolbox (toolbox.iinet.net.au) and disable > port blocking. It's worth noting that blocking port 25 by default is probably a good

Re: SMTP blocking by ISPs at the moment?

2004-05-07 Thread Trevor Lee
Hi all, For those iiNet customers who want to restore their port 25 function, it is suggested to log into your toolbox (toolbox.iinet.net.au) and disable port blocking. See post below for comments: http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=191372 Regards Trevor Lee Highway 1

Re: SMTP blocking by ISPs at the moment?

2004-05-06 Thread Matthew Healey
On 06/05/2004, at 2:55 PM, Rod wrote: On 6/5/04 2:37 PM, "Mark Scholmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yes... in a way. Some ISP's (or all?, not 100% sure) will not allow you to send via their outgoing mail server (SMTP) if you are not logged in through their network (ie. dialup, etc). I lo

Re: SMTP blocking by ISPs at the moment?

2004-05-06 Thread Rod
On 6/5/04 2:37 PM, "Mark Scholmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes... in a way. > > Some ISP's (or all?, not 100% sure) will not allow you to send via their > outgoing mail server (SMTP) if you are not logged in through their network > (ie. dialup, etc). > > I logged on to iiNet the other day

Re: SMTP blocking by ISPs at the moment?

2004-05-06 Thread Craig Ringer
g SMTP with an authentication scheme and (usually) SSL/TLS. Many ISPs permit your mail client to log in with SMTP as well as POP3/IMAP, using the same username and password. Not all mail clients and ISPs support it, and not all will relax the IP-range sender restrictions because you authenticate. Non

Re: SMTP blocking by ISPs at the moment?

2004-05-06 Thread Mark Scholmann
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WAMUG Mailing List" Sent: Thursday, 6 May 2004 14:19 Subject: SMTP blocking by ISPs at the moment? > > Hi All! > > Does anyone know (especially any ISPs on this list) whether other smtps are > being blocked by ISPs eg smtp.mac.com does not work th

SMTP blocking by ISPs at the moment?

2004-05-06 Thread Rod
Hi All! Does anyone know (especially any ISPs on this list) whether other smtps are being blocked by ISPs eg smtp.mac.com does not work through my iiNet account, but sending a mac.com email through mail.m.iinet.net.au works fine. Just trying to troubleshoot my mac.com and ozmac.com email

Re: Cabling problems & ISPs

2003-12-22 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 22/12/2003, at 7:56 AM, Bob Howells wrote: So what Modem Initialisation string is the 30k Imac using ? Just the standard string for the built-in v90 iMac modem. The same one which provides a 56k connection in so many other iMacs of the same model. The question is pretty much moot by n

Re: Cabling problems & ISPs

2003-12-22 Thread Bob Howells
On 22/12/03 7:51 AM, "Peter Hinchliffe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 20/12/2003, at 5:55 PM, Vladimir James wrote: > >> Some may not be aware that other conditions besides ISPs may affect >> download efficiency. For example, ancient Telstra cabling

Re: Cabling problems & ISPs

2003-12-22 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 20/12/2003, at 5:55 PM, Vladimir James wrote: Some may not be aware that other conditions besides ISPs may affect download efficiency. For example, ancient Telstra cabling in my district restricts my 56k connection to about 30k, often less. Clearly some of us are more fortunate than

Cabling problems & ISPs

2003-12-20 Thread Vladimir James
Some may not be aware that other conditions besides ISPs may affect download efficiency. For example, ancient Telstra cabling in my district restricts my 56k connection to about 30k, often less. Clearly some of us are more fortunate than others. I'm waiting for some wag to tell me to mo

Wireless ISPs (was: Satellite broadband recommendations/experiences?)

2003-10-13 Thread Martin Hill
G'day Shay, yes I've previously investigated FreeNet and found a contact fairly close in Kardinya, but from what I've been able to gather there is no connection from FreeNet to the wider Internet unless anyone knows of some wireless ISPs that service the metro area (at reasonab

Re: Country ISPs

2003-05-28 Thread J Philippe Chaperon
on 27/05/2003 10:30 PM, James&Rosemary Rutherford at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > To All, > I am living in Karratha and have to get a new dial up ISP. > > Usage would be low (e-mails, travel research etc.) probably only an hour or > two a day average. > > Does anyone have any suggestions? > > So

Country ISPs

2003-05-27 Thread James&Rosemary Rutherford
To All, I am living in Karratha and have to get a new dial up ISP. Usage would be low (e-mails, travel research etc.) probably only an hour or two a day average. Does anyone have any suggestions? So far I am looking at Starwon or Chariot or Kisser or OzzieNet. I would appreciate any comments

Re: Overseas ISPs

2003-03-26 Thread Rob Phillips
When I went overseas last year, I just set up my OzEmail account for global access. There is an extra fee, but most major ISPs allow connection to ISPs all over the world. In many countries there is a single country-wide number to ring. I found this out after ages trying to connect directly

ISPs and Macs

2003-03-12 Thread chesnutt
There used to be a fair number of people on this list using the Cygnus service available through UWA. Has anybody made the switch to vApp? Can you indicate how good (or otherwise) their Mac support is, and what the overall quality of their service is like? Thanks, Bill Chesnutt

Re: webcam and Geraldton ISPs

2002-08-28 Thread sonic_echidna
Westnet are great here in Perth, and since they're a Geraldton based company, I imagine they'd rock up there :-) Cheers, Meg --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Phillip Arena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My brother in Gero has been with Westnet for years with no problems. > > Cheers > > Phil > > >Hi,

Re: webcam and Geraldton ISPs

2002-08-27 Thread Phillip Arena
My brother in Gero has been with Westnet for years with no problems. Cheers Phil Hi, Thanks to those who replied to my queries about iBot and firewire web cams. Also, anyone knows a good ISP to sign up in Geraldton? Steven Tan [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List

webcam and Geraldton ISPs

2002-08-27 Thread Steven Tan
Hi, Thanks to those who replied to my queries about iBot and firewire web cams. Also, anyone knows a good ISP to sign up in Geraldton? Steven Tan [EMAIL PROTECTED]

FYI: Aust. Consumer Information on ISPs

2002-08-05 Thread god
Hi All, There is an article on ISP's on the Age: http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/08/05/1028157902653.html for those who want to cut to the chase: http://www.aca.gov.au/consumer/isp/index.htm Hope that helps someone! Should be interesting to see what the results are. Richard

Re: ISPs and ADSL

2002-03-29 Thread Shay Telfer
On 27/3/02 3:45 PM, "Shay Telfer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: er because not everyone needs 3GB - they have a 1GB residential plan, with phone preselection for just over $50. It looks like the Telstra 1Gb plan is $76.95 and the 300Mb plan is > 59.95 (both with preselection. However the 300Mb p

Re: ISPs and ADSL

2002-03-28 Thread Stephen Chape
On 27/3/02 3:45 PM, "Shay Telfer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> er because not everyone needs 3GB - they have a 1GB residential plan, >> with phone preselection for just over $50. > > It looks like the Telstra 1Gb plan is $76.95 and the 300Mb plan is > 59.95 (both with preselection. However the 3

RE: ISPs and ADSL

2002-03-27 Thread Kathy Quinlan
sday, 27 March 2002 15:45 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: ISPs and ADSL > > > >er because not everyone needs 3GB - they have a 1GB residential plan, > >with phone preselection for just over $50. > > It looks like the Telstra 1Gb plan is $76.95 and the 300Mb plan is

Re: ISPs and ADSL

2002-03-27 Thread Daniel
Just ask how I feel about the $100 I was slugged by iiNet for last month when I went over their limit (doubled their 500meg limit on Cable)! And stop laughing Daniel! Seeya Rod! Geez I always get blamed for everything!!! :o)) So Rod, what DID you download with your 500MB limit?? Email??

Re: ISPs and ADSL

2002-03-27 Thread Keith Palmer
An Airport does the job nicely! On Wednesday, March 27, 2002, at 07:42 PM, Andrew Nielsen wrote: At 15:45 +0800 27/03/2002, Shay Telfer wrote: It does also look like you can have the 4 port modem with professional installation as an option. And Telstra only support connection of individual c

Re: ISPs and ADSL

2002-03-27 Thread Rod Lavington
Andrew Nielsen wrote: > At 15:01 +0800 27/03/2002, Peter N Lewis wrote: > >At 14:42 +0800 27/3/02, Doug Wilson wrote: > >>[a nice summary of Telstra/iiNet ADSL services] > > > >Do either of these have static IPs and allow a C class to be routed down > >them? > > No, that's where you start paying

Re: ISPs and ADSL

2002-03-27 Thread Andrew Nielsen
At 15:45 +0800 27/03/2002, Shay Telfer wrote: It does also look like you can have the 4 port modem with professional installation as an option. And Telstra only support connection of individual computers to their service EVEN with the 4-port modem. So you end up having to install their Entern

Re: ISPs and ADSL

2002-03-27 Thread Andrew Nielsen
At 15:01 +0800 27/03/2002, Peter N Lewis wrote: At 14:42 +0800 27/3/02, Doug Wilson wrote: [a nice summary of Telstra/iiNet ADSL services] Do either of these have static IPs and allow a C class to be routed down them? No, that's where you start paying more. iiNet's non-home offerings offer

Re: ISPs and ADSL

2002-03-27 Thread Andrew Nielsen
Telstra offer a 3 month contract... iiNet's home services are well priced but require a 12 month contract. I anticipate some changes to DSL offerings in the next few months. -- Andrew Nielsen Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd ACN 076 426 714

Re: ISPs and ADSL

2002-03-27 Thread trevstalee
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Peter N Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 14:42 +0800 27/3/02, Doug Wilson wrote: > >[a nice summary of Telstra/iiNet ADSL services] > > Do either of these have static IPs and allow a C class to be routed down them? > > Thanks, > Peter. Not sure, but we "Highway 1"

Re: ISPs and ADSL

2002-03-27 Thread Shay Telfer
er because not everyone needs 3GB - they have a 1GB residential plan, with phone preselection for just over $50. It looks like the Telstra 1Gb plan is $76.95 and the 300Mb plan is 59.95 (both with preselection. However the 300Mb plan is 256/64Kbps.

Re: ISPs and ADSL

2002-03-27 Thread Peter N Lewis
At 14:42 +0800 27/3/02, Doug Wilson wrote: [a nice summary of Telstra/iiNet ADSL services] Do either of these have static IPs and allow a C class to be routed down them? Thanks, Peter. --

Re: ISPs and ADSL

2002-03-27 Thread Keith Palmer
er because not everyone needs 3GB - they have a 1GB residential plan, with phone preselection for just over $50. We've had ADSL for about a year and the support from Telstra has been brilliant. They've even sent people out when there has been a problem - same day. He has ADSL (in Busselton)

Re: ISPs and ADSL

2002-03-27 Thread Doug Wilson
on 27/3/02 11:04 AM, Keith Palmer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Talk to Robin Belford. > > He has ADSL (in Busselton) being connected with Telstra on Tuesday. > You'll also find this much cheaper than iiNet. They'll also give you a > modem that incorporates a 4 port ethernet hub. Telstra Downloa

Re: ISPs and ADSL

2002-03-27 Thread Andrew Nielsen
At 11:04 +0800 27/03/2002, Keith Palmer wrote: He has ADSL (in Busselton) being connected with Telstra on Tuesday. You'll also find this much cheaper than iiNet. They'll also give you a modem that incorporates a 4 port ethernet hub. The 4-port hub solution is only available for "self-installat

Re: ISPs and ADSL

2002-03-27 Thread Keith Palmer
Talk to Robin Belford. He has ADSL (in Busselton) being connected with Telstra on Tuesday. You'll also find this much cheaper than iiNet. They'll also give you a modem that incorporates a 4 port ethernet hub. On Wednesday, March 27, 2002, at 11:00 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been wa

ISPs and ADSL

2002-03-27 Thread edesign
I have been waiting a long while for Telstra to update the exchange in Busselton so I can access ADSL. My ISP (iiNet) has always encouraged its clients to upgrade to ADSL. Nowhere on the iiNet home page amongst its advertising does it mention or hint that ADSL is not available to iiNet customers ou