[LINK] Do It Yourself?

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

> > I've been thinking of multi-homing. Two accounts, two phone lines & 
> > two modems, all true, though it's not hard to set-up. So, maybe ...

Thanks muchly, David, TomK (private email) and Michael. Appreciated.

Great suggestions. Have certainly overlooked ISDN, assuming that the
present physical line wouldn't cope .. ie, never connects over 50kps,
and 48kps is normal. And although my neighbours and i, are on normal
suburban block sizes, apparently, we are just too far from my town's
one exchange for anything but dialup and with nil wireless available
and the satellite co going belly up, (flakey anyway), simply did NOT
consider ISDN etc. Will certainly check further. Thanks again for yr 
heads up on this and other suggestions, (eg, isp multi-linking) guys.

Hayes is zero problem, although the bell sounds a little tricky, but
no fear, certainly will investigate, and if reasonable $$$ will grit
teeth & get into it. Can't compete with respected Linker oldish fart
experience, but it does remind one of when i set up the first school
dial-in bulletin board in Aussie. (Talk about file-sucking, haha) Ah
well, hayes commands and arcane/buried win box settings here we come.  

Quote, "As with most things involving Telstra, patience & persistence 
may be required (& probably a touch of mongrel)" haha, no problem :-) 

It would be really great if Telstra chased us with a bit of promotion
regards what they might be able to do for we country folk  (eg, ISDN)

Not only do they NOT do anything for us, also, they don't even bother 
telling/reminding us what they MIGHT be able to do for us. How's that
for being ignored. haha.

Cheers,
Stephen.


> If you're considering that sort of bother & expense, ISDN Home 
> <http://www.telstra.com.au/customerterms/home_isdn.htm> might be a 
> better solution. You'd end up with two 'phone numbers and, potentially, 
> 128kb/s. When I used it, ISDN Home worked out cheaper than two standard 
> phone lines. You only need one account and Telstra provides the Network 
> Terminator, so you don't need a second modem. The Telstra NT1 Plus II 
> box uses an extended Hayes command set, it's no mystery to anyone who 
> can set up modems. The only gotcha I found is that the NT1 has no bell: 
> any calls to the bell crash the box, so you need to check the software 
> configuration carefully.
> 
> Your current ISP might support ISDN. Failing that, search at 
> <http://bc.whirlpool.net.au/bc/?action=search> (you'll need to uncheck 
> everything except ISDN and select "no minimum speed" for both upload 
and 
> download).
> 
> Unfortunately, as far as I know, Telstra is your only option if you 
want 
> ISDN. As with most things involving Telstra, patience and persistence 
> may be required (and probably a touch of mongrel). My experience is 
> detailed at <http://david.boxall.id.au/ISDN.html>. Since that time five 
> years have passed and, by all accounts, extracting service from Telstra 
> has grown no easier.
> 
> Anyway, whatever you decide to try, good luck.
> 
> -- 
> David Boxall                         | ignorance more frequently
>                                      | begets confidence than does
>                                      | knowledge
>                                      | --Charles Darwin (introduction
>                                      |   to 'The Descent of Man' 1871)
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