Footloose posted:

Don't worry John, Telstra are just testing their new remote area setups. Broadband and 3g yadda yadda. One of the spots that may test it is Birdsville. So hopefully its coming to a location near you. (yeah, right do I hear you say ?)

Member - JohnR (Vic)&Moses posted:

F'loosie, maaate, they have two Telstra towers within close range, well 12 kms of here and one not quite line of sight so an external antenna would do that - well almost. Just that I think I should get broadband at the same cost as you.

Birdsville indeed, wow am sure some will enjoy that. Can get 2-3 bars from the office with Heather's Next G mobile. Mind you I can get as many with my digital one just by moving my head sideways. As soon as we are ready to travel a bit we will get one of the systems, my local computer doctor is supposed to be getting a USB modem and reporting back to me. That way it is able to be transported with the laptop and also be used on the server.

Member - Bradley posted:

Hey John, have you checked if you are eligible for the satellite broadband subsidy ?? A mate at lancefield has it, only pays the normal broadband access - 50 odd a month, 2 year contract - subsidy is over 4 grand i think he said !!! You just need telstra to verify they cannot supply normal broadband to you. He got it through a mob in Albury which do them statewide, great service and backup.

cheers Brad.

Member - JohnR (Vic)&Moses posted:

Brad, under the earlier proposal we certainly were eligible for the subsidy but I guess I want to assure myself of mobile broadband too. I guess that means not to carry a wacking great sat dish just so I can log in. It would be a hell of a break too for the number of people that email me to change the email addy. I know about Gmail and Fastmail and all that but I have the current box that I do rely on. I guess that means I stick with Bigpond!

Brad, I like the idea of sat for the speed but know that those things also turn their backs on earth occasionally too. I guess that means another rason why I prefer land systems.

If I go with Next G I can log in where ever there is a phone tower and those things are getting wider distribution these days. More places to camp, but I guess the remoteness is lessening too.

Thanks mate, yes have thought of one of the providers like that. I would want two way sat, and thats not so inexpensive either and a 1 gig account.

Member - Doug T (W.A) posted:

Member No 1
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Doug

Member No 1 posted:

Morning Doug.......your up early..or is that late?
i was just browsing the site you posted herein and up came that

Member No 1 posted:

just doing as you told us to do

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