Many thanks to one and all for the suggestions. Will take a decision over the next couple of days to upgrade,
David On 23/04/2012, at 7:01 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi David, Just a thought but - if you are going to change your router, think about whether you might want to change your phone to VOIP and, if so, whether you want to look at a router that incorporates VOIP - Billion is one manufacturer which offers this. We did this several years ago with a Billion router and Internode's NodePhone VOIP service and it was all pretty easy to set-up and works well - and we too are in Albany and on ADSL1. Now Georgie can call her mum in Perth as often as she feels like and natter on for as long as she likes without running up a large Telstra bill ;o) Severin, I wouldn't hold my breath on getting NBN in Albany by 2014 - <http://www.nbnco.com.au/rollout/rollout-map.html?address=Western+Australia% 2C+6330%2C+Australia> Says: > Work to commence within three years - we will commence work in your area > from Dec 2014 in phases with last work scheduled to commence in Jun 2015*. > > It is estimated that the average time from work beginning to NBN services > being available is 12 months. So the EARLIEST start is currently DEC 2014 with the service being available (on average) a year later. So even on their own projections we could expect the NBN to be actually available in the Albany in the first half of 2016! However, if you remember when they originally SAID we would get digital TV - and then when they ACTUALLY turned it on - then it wouldn't be that surprising if they don't actually meet their schedule ;o) Time will tell! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 23/4/12 2:54 PM, Severin Crisp at sevcr...@westnet.com.au wrote: > David, I have had long and reliable, faithful service from a D-Link DSL 504 on > ADSL 1 in Albany and I can highly recommend this, or what is probably now a > later version. I am using it with an Airport Extreme. > Severin Crisp > NBN coming sometime - 2014 it seems. I would rather stick with what I have > than have our planted verge dug up for a fibre cable and speed I do not need. > Fibre to the node I would be happier with! > > On 23/04/2012, at 2:40 PM, David Wood wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> I currently have a very old ADSL router supplied free when I first joined >> with Westnet some 8 years ago. Living in the country and 3 kms from our >> nearest "local" exchange with only ADSL 1 available currently, can anyone >> advise on a replacement router as my old one I fear is giving up the ghost. >> >> The Router is connected to an Airport Extreme with 2 x Airport Express linked >> to the wi-fi network to improve range and to run speakers. >> >> Many thanks in advance for any advice. >> >> David >> >> iMac - 3.06 Intel Core 2 Duo/ 8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 Memory - running Lion 10.7.3 >> iPad 1 & 2 >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > ________________________________________________________ > Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP > 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. > Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) > email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au > ________________________________________________________ > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
