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Posted by Els on 06/29/05 09:08
dorayme wrote:
>> From: "Richard" <@invalid.com>
>
>> "dorayme" <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
>> news:BEE73CF0.13AFF%dorayme@optusnet.com.au...
>>
>>> Here in Sydney you can get good and reliable dialup for $20 Australian a
>>> month, and you can be on all day and generally not be kicked off.
>>
>> You do have to figure in the hidden costs though.
>>
>> If you don't want to tie up your only land line you need an extra one. If
>> you do tie up your only land line you will be tempted to use the cell phone
>> to call out for the required pizza etc. Expensive.
>>
>> If you don't tie up your land line then remember that it's 20c or so for
>> each phone call to reconnect.
>>
>> I convinced the bloke next door to move from the AU$20 a month dial up plan
>> to AU$45 a month (then) cable, basically by asking him how many phone calls
>> his daughters were making to connect. Turned out to be AU$40 per month in
>> phone calls.
>>
>
> Yes, I understand what you are saying. Depends on the case. In my case it is
> convenient to be on dial up all day, have the mobile for incoming and use
> email and text messaging online and the occasional call by leaving dialup
> (at 22c a pop and 100 free calls, it is very little). And I don't eat
> take-away - I like living on this earth and want to be around.
>
> Hey, about neighbours: may I share with you the intense irritation at the
> fellow opposite me. He was not happy with even his 1.5 MB ADSL. When he was
> away I had to help his dad do something and I downloaded Firefox in a
> minute or two or three (imagine that after being on dialup). O No! This
> connection was not goddamn good enough for the son, he announced to me he
> had a new connection now, something slightly more fancy than adsl (still on
> copper tho) and now has 5 or 10 times faster without the former pesky 10GB
> download limit. Yeah well! I have thought of two possibilities to deal with
> this situation, both probably illegal. (1) Buying him a wireless router and
> taking some of his bandwidth. (2) Killing him outright and suddenly. I
> really would hate to do latter as he is quite a nice chap.
Why not (3) Paying him a bit every month, provide the wireless, and
share his bandwidth?
(might still be illegal, but then you're stealing from the ISP, not
the neighbour)
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