Woo Hoo After all these years !
Submitted: Saturday, Jan 12, 2008 at 19:07
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Member - Pesty (SA)
Absolutely amazing isnt it, if you wait long enough for governments, red tape and not to mention bullshoit, the wheels of time just crawl around.
Have been on the net for many years, around 7 or 8 at a guess, on this site for about 4, all of it on dialup internet.
Have been on ISDN for a couple of years, which was a little better.
Hundreds of times its been so painful to sit and wait or go have a drink or something while we wait for things to open/download.
Many links and things we didnt even bother to open, and chose to miss them altogether.
A few weeks ago the government and telstra must have come to a deal to open the adsl that has been in our exchange for a reported couple of years.
With promises that it will be on shortly, many times, we have soldiered on waiting.
Just another advantage of being in a small rural town, again!
Well as of yesterday we are now connected with adsl, so have gone from 64k to 128k to 1500k.
So now when I open a post it happens in a few seconds not up to 60. We can watch video clips when they come along and surf the net for things of interest. Still along way from adsl2, or even wireless, considering we have a
telstra tower next to our town.
But we are thankful for small acheivements.
I am now around $30 better off each month with twice the download , at about 15 to 20 times faster.
Woo Hoo after all these years ! LOL
Cheers Pesty
Reply By: Member - Vince B (NSW) - Saturday, Jan 12, 2008 at 19:14
Saturday, Jan 12, 2008 at 19:14
Petsy.
Welcome to the real word of electronics. LOL
Vince
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Reply By: Motherhen - Saturday, Jan 12, 2008 at 19:52
Saturday, Jan 12, 2008 at 19:52
Hi Pesty
I was elated when ADSL worked for me several years ago, even though we are outside of the recommended distance from town. It saved me the cost of the second phone line and all the dial ups; a bonus to have much faster Internet. Some people right in town still can't get ADSL because the old phone lines won't handle it (or couldn't a couple of years ago when i was working for an ISP agency - i doubt anything has changed).
The trouble is, we get used to it, and now get annoyed when the net is a bit slow - although still a lot faster than we had with dial up.
With the push by the Government to get everyone onto faster Internet, there are many ways of getting it. If enough people get together in a town (like around 30), some form of fast Internet can be set up. For those
well away from towns, satellite ADSL is costly, but there are Government subsidies for the set up.
Does faster Internet mean less time spent at the computer?
Motherhen
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Reply By: Bonz (Vic) - Saturday, Jan 12, 2008 at 20:49
Saturday, Jan 12, 2008 at 20:49
Same here Pesto, I was the only one in Terang with Boradband a while ago cause I had Satellite (Anyone want a 5' satellite dish?) and now 1500kbps wow its a great thing, of course I want ADSL2 now 1500 isn't fast enough hahahaha
welcome to the 21st century mate.
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Reply By: Michael ( Moss Vale NSW) - Saturday, Jan 12, 2008 at 21:08
Saturday, Jan 12, 2008 at 21:08
You think the govt is responsible for that?
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Follow Up By: Michael ( Moss Vale NSW) - Saturday, Jan 12, 2008 at 21:10
Saturday, Jan 12, 2008 at 21:10
Kevin Dudd and his cronies are stilll on holidays, they havent struck a blow since the election. Give us a break!!
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Reply By: Member - John (Vic) - Saturday, Jan 12, 2008 at 21:14
Saturday, Jan 12, 2008 at 21:14
Surprised you blokes even have a telephone out there in the outback let alone be worried about a broadband connection.
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Follow Up By: Footloose - Saturday, Jan 12, 2008 at 23:16
Saturday, Jan 12, 2008 at 23:16
John, "the outback is a state of mind."
Anyway, I'm in the city as you know, and only have adsl. I don't need to go any faster, life's too fast as it is :)
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Follow Up By: Member - John (Vic) - Saturday, Jan 12, 2008 at 23:28
Saturday, Jan 12, 2008 at 23:28
Out Back of beyond is anywhere further than the outer suburbs of a major capital city :-)
Take it easy Footy, just slow down a little it sounds like your speeding up :-))
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Follow Up By: Footloose - Saturday, Jan 12, 2008 at 23:47
Saturday, Jan 12, 2008 at 23:47
John there are days where the back of beyond is my garden shed. Out the back and beyond my enthusiasm to get there.
I can see the outback from my kitchen window, and at the moment it isn't a pretty sight.
Dunno what this speeding up business is. I was never into illegal drugz.
I always wondered how they got you back on the
farm after you'd seen "gay" Paree.
(Yes , gay didn't always mean what it does now...had to explain that to any GGN's out there...although they should know if they're
grey)
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Reply By: Member - Olcoolone (S.A) - Sunday, Jan 13, 2008 at 00:17
Sunday, Jan 13, 2008 at 00:17
Good to hear you made it to broadband.....second member tonight I have heard off.
Now the bad new......down here in the big smoke we have just gone to ADSL 4 with a download speed of 100 meg a second.
So now that the big smoke has it every wed site is updating and the say anything below 50 meg per second you wont be able to surf the web opps looks like the country ones loose again.
So seeing you are on broadband and the computer can stay connected all the time does this mean less work and more play and more time in the office....LOL
All you have to do now is get Next G and then you will be a Hightech guru.
Regards Richard
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Reply By: Member - Roachie (SA) - Sunday, Jan 13, 2008 at 00:22
Sunday, Jan 13, 2008 at 00:22
Ok, so if you're $30- a month better off, I guess you can afford to bring a slab of brown lemonade to every club meeting from now on....Thanks ol' mate; that's very generous of you to offer!!! ;-))
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Reply By: stocky - Sunday, Jan 13, 2008 at 08:11
Sunday, Jan 13, 2008 at 08:11
So you have finally joined the TWENTEITH century LOL!!!
:-)
hehe!
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Reply By: Sand Man (SA) - Sunday, Jan 13, 2008 at 11:04
Sunday, Jan 13, 2008 at 11:04
Pesty,
Hate to rain on your parade mate, but even with ADSL, things come to a grinding halt at times. Most frustrating.
Even ExplorOz suffers at times when you least expect it.
Anyway, welcome to the 21st Century mate.
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Reply By: Member - Luke (SA) - Sunday, Jan 13, 2008 at 14:03
Sunday, Jan 13, 2008 at 14:03
Now you've "upgraded" to broardband and are now $30- a month is it possible to "upgrade to a Nissan hehehe
Maybe for the first week you could bring a carton to the meeting :)
Cheers Luke
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