hmmm, i hope you asked him to turn off call monitoring :)

my understanding is that it is possible to connect a LAN to Big Pond Cable -
however it is a condition of the Flat Rate plan that you don't.

has anyone mentioned the bandwidth threshold (400kbps down, 64kbps up IIRC).


On Thu, Feb 17, 2000 at 06:44:35PM +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> > The guy we contacted said "no one else would be able to use the
> net
> > through the link even with something like Wingate."
> 
> 
> That's strange... Before all of this hoopla (a month ago), the
> *guy* I spoke to (who also told me there are absolutely no women
> working in tech support) said they were happy for people to be
> using proxy software, and whispered that they were secretly very
> happy to be providing the service to Linux users...
> 
> "I don't know why we don't support it - actually, yes I do - but
> the Linux users rake it in. Upstairs are happy with the numbers,
> but scared of the name I think. We've told them that most Linux
> users are less likely to be doing stupid things, but no one's
> listening. Yet. That's not the company line though, and you've
> forgotten my name, okay?"
> 
> 
> So are they changing their agreements?
> 
> - Jeff
> 
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