[LINK] Seeking ADSL connection

[Jan Whitaker]

At 02:05 PM 19/07/2004, Howard Lowndes wrote:
>If there is any Linker who is Canberra based who cares to recommend a
>DSL provider, could they contact me OL pse.  I've had it up to here with
>Telstra broadband, esp as they don't want to know about Linux.  Web site
>URL referencing prices would be nice.

Speaking of ADSL, here's my latest experience.  applied through 
aanet.com.au who applied to Telstra for a line check.  Rather quickly they 
advise there is no alternate path, am out of luck until 2011. [that is what 
they put if there is no hope].  The 'demand' page [www.telstra.com/demand] 
where you can advise you can't get service says my exchange is enabled, so 
I can't register my demand. Wrote again to aanet.com.au for advice.  Got a 
nice phone call suggesting that I apply for a second phone line, all 
copper, and then drop my current line: cost in the hundreds of 
dollars.  I'm not that sold on the need for ADSL, so won't take that 
approach.  Also wrote a note to a contact at the TIO to ask advice, no 
answer from her so far.

Jan
who is one of the 15% with no hope of ADSL at the moment, living about 
35min from the Melbourne CBD.


JLWhitaker Associates
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
jwhit at melbpc.org.au  --  http://member.melbpc.org.au/~jwhit/whitentr.htm
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