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Copper is aging but we’ve heard that doom and gloom about copper for over ten to fifteen years then ADSL and ADSL 2 took on and the same copper keeps going and going, every new home and townhouse and office keep getting copper connected … so it can’t be all that bad to upkeep or expand. I admit though that technically I’m out of my depth a bit on that – just observing what keeps happening and works. Cable was the main thrust on my post. I thought that cable is way cheaper and easier to upgrade and maintain than copper. Read the rest of this entry »

A guy came to my door with I think these Defender plans, and I was happy with them, so decided to go through with it. I sat down with the guy and gave him all my details and got the ball rolling (he was at my house for nearly half an hour). I then got told to wait for a confirmation call from the head office. That came through and then I was told that I actually cant get these plans as they are only meant for people in an Optus cabled area — I got fired up as no one in my suburb, or even the next two suburbs has Optus cable… why the hell are these morons selling plans to people that they can’t get!? Anywho, I cracked it and stayed with my current ISP.

Moral of the story: Telstra and all their reps are either liars or thieves – or both!

Mynetfone the australian voip provider will soon launch naked dsl. With Voip naked dsl will replace the need of pstn phone. Mynetfone also announced NP(number portability) for all its naked dsl users that means the existing traditional number will be ported unchanged to voip. Comapany has not yet announced any data plans however is promising the voip+dsl combo will be priced as low as 39.95$/ month.

Some other benefits company is promising are:

*Get ADSL2+ Super Fast Broadband
*No Longer pay for expensive line rental fees
*No Landline phone service required
*Got loads of FREE local and national calls included every month
*Benefit from low mobile and International rates
*Chose freedom: No Contract Plan Available

New plans are called You Cap Plans