[plug] [OT] Looking for broadband

[Chris Caston]

On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 12:21, Ben Jensz wrote:
> TPG don't have the best reputation in regards to quality of connection 
> (e.g. being able to get near your connection's max speed) and other 
> things such as latency... people have reported 200-300ms to local 
> Australian sites in the same city as them.  Just check the Whirlpool forums.
> 
> That plan is also making a clear loss.  They are charging less than the 
> port costs them to buy from Telstra... so wait for TPG to change their 
> plans again once they've signed up a bunch of customers.
> 
> 
> / Ben
> 

I tried configuring a Billion 5100 for TPG once and it was a lot of
stuffing around with no luck. Lots of non-standard settings like their
encapsulation and needing to configure most of the IPs.


> 
> Kev wrote:
> 
> > Hi Tim
> >
> > I just went ADSL last week.  My Billion BIPAC 5100 ADSL 
> > Router/firewall/4 port switch worked 110% straightout of the box.  ie 
> > I plugged it in and there was the internet in Linux, OS/2 and Windows 
> > (I have all 3 on my network)
> >
> > I went with TPG (http://www.tpg.com.au/) who satisfy all of your 
> > criteria except 1 which may not be a problem.
> >
> > 1.5M/256K
> > 20G limit (no peak/off peak times)
> > shaping to 64K after that
> > 5 email addresses
> > $49.95/month
> > Only problem is no free WAIX, but with 20G/mth you may not need it.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Kev Downes
> >
> 
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