[plug] ADSL in Perth-unknown, but driver modem news

[Leon Brooks]

daniel at iinet.net.au wrote:

>> Has anyone had any experience with ADSL connections in Perth?

>> Specifically, iinet, bigpond and iprimus are all offering static IP 
>> ADSL connections. However, from what I have heard, there have been 
>> some problems with reliability and continuity of service over in Sydney.

 > Hi Anthony, I don't know anyone connecting to ADSL with Linux

I do, two through iiNet and one through Telstra. They all use the little 
dark-grey box (which iiNet refers to as a `home modem') with a UTP 
socket on the side. What drivers?

Telstra route *all* of their ADSL through either Sydney or Melbourne 
(forget which, most likely Melb) (as in, the raw signals go to ES, are 
decoded there and hit the Internet there). Centralisation gone 
completely troppo.