[plug] Telstra Cable Modem...

[Gavin Tweedie]

things come to those who are patient.
Theres lots of cool broadband data services coming out in the next few
months, including ADSL and several broadband wireless services - in
addition to current cable rollouts.

I'd rather dsl than cable anyday.

Gav

On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, de Vries, Arie wrote:

> Received this message from another source today. You may have move to
> Ellenbrook to get cable modem service.
> 
> Sent:	Thursday, 24 February 2000 3:43 PM
> Subject:	iiNet Newsletter - February 2000
> 
> Cable Internet Access
> ================
> 
> iiNet has launched it's highly anticipated broadband cable Internet service.
> The service is available initially only in Ellenbrook, Western Australia's
> most awarded and fastest growing urban development. Further roll-out of the
> service will be dependent upon the take-up rate of the Ellenbrook project.
> For a once-off establishment fee of $299 and a flat rate fee of $40 per
> month, subscribers to the service will receive a cable modem, a permanent
> high speed connection to the Internet, unique local content developed
> specifically for Ellenbrook, a free training session and iiNet's
> award-winning customer service. A generous allocation of traffic is included
> in the monthly fee.
> 
> Regards,
> Arie de Vries.
>  (08) 9491 5193
> 
> 	-----Original Message-----
> 	From:	Kim Covil [SMTP:kimc at zydeco.ned.dem.csiro.au]
> 
> 	According to the BigPond Advance person I just talked to there is no
> 	cable service available anywhere in Perth... they are doing Brisbane
> and
> 	Adelaide next... (I am currently hunting for a new ISP myself and it
> 	looked really nice until then... *sigh*)
> 
> 	Kim
> 	
> 
>