broadband with linux mirror

[Matthew Rossi]

Hello Sebastian.

On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 1:18 PM, Sebastian <sebastian.spiess at gmail.com>
wrote:

> well,
> it seems that internode has many loyal customers out there.
> I think I'll have a look if there is a suitable plan for with them.
> When I am correct they even have a sourceforge mirror now.
> Do I have to pay phone line rental to telstra when I sign up for phone
> and net with internode?
>

You would need a form of line rental.  One of the great things about cable
broadband is that you don't need line rental :)

What phone company are you with?


>
> And what about DSL and DSL +2 can I use the same router? or does it
> need to be DSL +2 capable?
>

You could use a DSL router for +2 internet, but i think the net will be
faster if u use a +2 capable router.


>
> 2008/7/1 Matthew Rossi <matthew.penguincentral at gmail.com>:
> > Bigpond runs their bigpond file service (files.bigpond.com) where you
> can
> > download your linux ISOs from.  They even have an ubuntu repository
> > (excluding multiverse i believe), which you can find more info at
> > http://penguincentral.unixpod.com/node/14
> >
> > Personally, if you are after value for money in terms of download quotas,
> > steer clear from bigpond, but if you like fast downloads and you're in a
> > cable area, it's pretty good.
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Daniel Mons <daniel.mons at iinet.net.au>
> > wrote:
> >>
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> >> I use iiNet for myself and some of my clients, as well as Internode.
> >> Both are of equal quality IMHO.
> >>
> >> What sets them both apart from Telstra/Optus is the fact that you can
> >> call up tech support and get an English-speaking human being within
> >> three rings.  And for both companies I find the tech support are
> >> understanding, and willing to work around "unsupported hardware" issues.
> >>
> >> Telstra and Optus on the other hand offshore their support, and blindly
> >> refuse to assist if you run "unsupported" hardware (say, a different
> >> brand of ADSL modem) or OS (eg: non Windows/MacOSX/RedHat/SuSE).  Worse,
> >> ~ both have a shocking habit of blaming the end user at any cost, and
> >> telling them to do very silly/dangerous things like completely disabling
> >> firewalls in an attempt to get things to work.
> >>
> >> iiNet and Internode have been my recommendation to all of my clients for
> >> the last 5 years now, and if they keep up their quality service, will
> >> stay that way.
> >>
> >> Oh, and both have regularly refreshed Ubuntu mirrors. :)
> >>
> >> - -Dan
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