[plug] adsl opinions

[Kai]

Ben wrote:

 > Darren wrote:
 >
 > >I want to upgrade my dial-up account  to adsl ,im interested to hear
 > >others opinions,good-bad experiences with  their or other isp's.
 > >cheers  Darren
 > >
 > >
 > Personally I'm with WestNet for ADSL at home (512K) and ADSL at work
 > (1.5Mbit).
 >
 > Only problems I've ever had have been related to Telstra faults, which
 > have affected all ADSL users statewide (irrespective of ISP - they all
 > have to use Telstra).
 >
 > If you need a highly reliable connection (well, as much as possible),
 > I'd steer clear of D-Link ADSL client equipment.  I have had a few
 > problems with my D-Link DSL-500 dropping out for no reasons for a couple
 > of seconds, which then reconnects by itself which can be rather annoying
 > (it seems to be an error quite a few people seem to get).
 >
 > But at work I got us a Cisco 827 ADSL router and now that its up and
 > running it works great, but I did have a few problems getting it up and
 > running (which were related to the Cisco - not the ISP or Telstra at
 > all).  They are about ~$1300 if I remember correctly, probably a tad
 > overkill for a home user though. :)
 >
 >
 > / Ben
 >

WestNet are now selling Alcatel modems with ADSL too, could be 
interesting with what happens with them although so far I haven't heard 
any complaints.
I'm still interested to hear from anyone who's got a Billion modem and 
care to share their opinion ?