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| From | Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | aus.computers |
| Subject | Re: Telstra cancelling dial up services |
| Date | 2015-08-29 18:31 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <d4ec4fF13k5U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
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Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> On 28/08/2015 10:06 AM, felix_unger wrote:
[...]
> > many ISP's used to provide a dial-up service as a backup for when the
> > broadband went down, but most ppl now can just just use their mobile as
> > a hotspot
>
> I had that with Optus many moons ago. Mainly for when I was out and
> about. Since then I have purchased a mobile 3G wifi router and that is
> far more useful. Hell, I have even used it on a bus trip to Sydney
> recently. Try doing that with your shitty old dialup.
As long as you realize that instead of "shitty old dialup", you're now
using non-shitty *new* dialup. I.e. your mobile 3G wifi router 'dials'
('*99#' for Telstra) your provider and even uses the stone-age (1981)
AT-commands (Hayes command set [1]). So it's effectively still 'dialup'
instead of 'always on'.
Of course all of this with a dash of smileys.
[1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayes_command_set>
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