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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dave Fitch
> Sent: Thursday, 13 January 2000 11:10
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [SLUG] OT: internet from telstra BP Direct
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> I know some of you guys get your internet access from BigPong
> Direct, ie permanent modem for $500 setup and 19c/Mb.
>
> Two questions:
>
> 1) can you use telstra's news-server? or do they only provide
> a newsfeed to a news-server you run? this is for work here
> and we don't want to run our own news-server, it would be
> more convenient just to point a newsreader at the telstra server.
Yes, Telstra have a news server. I use it every day.
> 2) I know there's a few people with a permanent modem link, but
> according the person I spoke to at BPD it's the same 19c/Mb
> for ISDN access too, and even the same $500 setup cost too
> (special until end of Jan then it goes back to the normal $1000).
> Of course we'd still have to pay the line costs ($225pm) but
> we'd have to pay that for ISDN whichever ISP we chose.
> Does anyone here have an ISDN link to them? what's it like?
I have two 128K ISDN links and a dialup line with BPD. Both of the ISDN
lines are being driven by Linux boxes with ISDN cards, the modem line is a
backup.
In general, I'd characterise the service as being excellent, but not
perfect. The feed seems pretty fast, and threre is very little down time.
Their DNS is pretty sucky though - it seems to forget about our secondary
delegations every so often. Also, BPD have comissioned a web proxy server
that only costs 12c MByte for downloaded data.
At one of my sites, the router seems to hiccup every so often, which causes
the Linux box to drop it's guts, but the other site has been working
perfectly for years. In fact, it's still running RedHat 4.2 (with security
ugrades, and it was installed when this distro was the absolute latest
available!
> (pity there's no cable in our area cos that'd be good - I even
> checked North Ryde cos we'll be moving there sometime soonish but
> apparently there's no cable in roads like Talavera Rd either)
I live on the NSW Central Coast. From the top of the hill behind my place I
can see the Sydney CBD. But we're never going to get cable, Optus or
Telstra. Also, it took nine months to get my ISDN connection!
Just be grateful you have a chance!
Regards,
Craig Southeren
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