ADSL!!!! Definitely worth the wait......

just watch your limits sonny...costs an arm n a leg if you go over

Willem
Great to hear your on ADSL , When I was on a 500mb limit I kept going over , it didn't cost me anymore but things were so slowed down I couldn't be bothered , I;m now on 5gb per month and 256 kb downloads,
It shines over dial up and you can use the phone at the same time.

G'day Willem,

mate, make sure that your techies secure your wireless network. Last week I was at Harvey in WA and the motel I was staying at didn't have broadband. I jumped in the car with my laptop on and all of a sudden HEY PRESTO! it connected to an unsecured wireless network. I downloaded the files from my Server that I deperately needed and then I drove off.

Now I know what I did was wrong and, believe me, if I could have pinpointed the source of the signals I would have offered to secure their network for them, but all the same, I had to get that data and I took advantage of the situation.

Even if you live in the middle of nowhere, someone could still find and access your network. My laptop is always in my vehicle and turned on as it is my GPS display. It picks up wireless networks as soon as it is in range of them. It connects to unsecured networks automatically and I often find that my anti-virus program has updated itself and I didn't even realise it was happening!

My mobile phone does exactly the same thing - it too picks up and connects to unsecured networks. The thing is, my devices are secured so that anybody whose network I connect to, doesn't even know I'm there.

Hope this helps.

Wow Gee !!..you may even have decimal currency down there soon... :-)

That's great Willem.

Some people are lucky. But for those of us that live way out in the sticks in suburban Adelaide and broadband is not always available. Telstra skimped when they were developing the area and there are not enough lines in with most users on pair gain systems. That and 7km to the exchange means ADSL is not an option.

Oh they did offer a wireless modem and connection to the 3G network, but the prices would have made Henry Morgan blush! My kids can rack up over 1Gb a month on ISDN dial up!

Pete, gigabyte poor, Adelaide

S'pose it will be traffic lights next in the 'Borough..........LOL LOL

-and if you get wireless does that mean I can sit outside your place and download heaps of stuff...........

Cheers
Michael

Yep . that's about it , Yongala might get some too, but what ever don't let em knock down the Belalie

256 speed. Ahhhhh the memories. It will be like greased lightning for you mate. I'm on ADSL2 which claims to have speeds up to 24000 but all i seem to get is about 7-8000. :)

If you love 256k ADSL wait until you try 1.5MB and then ADSL Plus 2 or Extreme..! ADSL Plus 2 can run up to 24MB.! Thats thousands of times faster than 256k. They say speed is a drug and I tend to agree with them, as does Ben Cousins..! LOL

oh great now we just get more cr@p quicker lol
cheers mate

congratulations willem

steve

Willem,

When your guy comes to install the Wireless, make sure that

1) SSID broadcast is turned off

2) MAC address filtering is turned on

3) Encryption is the highest level available on your device

This way,

1) People driving down the street won't see your network

2) only your PC with its MAC address can connect to your router

3) makes your connection as secure as possible.

I only use 1 & 2 on mine and have never had anyone hack in.

Be wary also - 400 Mb sounds a lot, but many of the links on here are to videos which you will enjoy now, but you can easily go over and they can charge like wounded bulls as many have said.

It's nice