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| From | felix_unger <me@nothere.biz> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | aus.computers |
| Subject | Re: Telstra cancelling dial up services |
| Date | 2015-08-31 15:42 +1000 |
| Message-ID | <d4i7r2Fto1kU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
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On 31-August-2015 6:52 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
>
>
> "Petzl" <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:07o5uadkhb2umas8mng78p230uoepljh2r@4ax.com...
>> On Sun, 30 Aug 2015 17:53:43 +1000, felix_unger <me@nothere.biz>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 30/08/2015 3:26 PM, Petzl wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 30 Aug 2015 14:15:24 +1000, felix_unger <me@nothere.biz>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 30/08/2015 4:31 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
>>>>>> 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'.
>>>>> pardon my ignorance, but why then would one get 3g/4g speed?
>>>>>
>>>> THEY MOSTLY DON'T!
>>>
>>> wrong. just tried it. getting 30 mbps.
>
>> Nothing like that any where in Sydney
>
> BULLSHIT with 4G
>
>> bit better than copper wire but not much
>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/50667687/AmaySimSpeedTest.png
>
> Much better than copper wire in fact.
Telstra cable is copper and I get 36 mbps
--
rgds,
Pete
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