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Work continues to frustrate.
I paid the month's bills today. I then sat down and tried to break the "phone" bill apart into "phone", "cable TV", and "internet (ie 2nd phone line)". Eventually managed it, with much reference to the pricing plans on the TelstraClear website.
During this I also checked Internet usage for the last month. For the first time in quite a while we topped 300 hours. They've also started showing the amount of data transferred since I last looked at my account details. ~0.7 gig in that month.
I did the maths and worked out that I could shift to "high speed" (256kps, 10gig cap) internet through the phone company (currently on 56k dialup through an independant ISP) and save about $10 per month into the bargain. However, I have recently heard many bad things about the level of service from the phone company wrt net connections and I quite like my current ISP so I don't think I can be bothered with the hassle of switching (redirecting emails, etc, etc). The dial-up is fast enough for most of my needs and there is also a certain level of security associated with it.
Silly penguin game. http ://junk.dawnshadow.se/yp010.swf My high score is 311.
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Went to the drinkies, stayed a couple of hours, had fun. It was still going strong when I left.
Now going to bed.
I paid the month's bills today. I then sat down and tried to break the "phone" bill apart into "phone", "cable TV", and "internet (ie 2nd phone line)". Eventually managed it, with much reference to the pricing plans on the TelstraClear website.
During this I also checked Internet usage for the last month. For the first time in quite a while we topped 300 hours. They've also started showing the amount of data transferred since I last looked at my account details. ~0.7 gig in that month.
I did the maths and worked out that I could shift to "high speed" (256kps, 10gig cap) internet through the phone company (currently on 56k dialup through an independant ISP) and save about $10 per month into the bargain. However, I have recently heard many bad things about the level of service from the phone company wrt net connections and I quite like my current ISP so I don't think I can be bothered with the hassle of switching (redirecting emails, etc, etc). The dial-up is fast enough for most of my needs and there is also a certain level of security associated with it.
Silly penguin game. http ://junk.dawnshadow.se/yp010.swf My high score is 311.
[Edit 2017 dead link]
Went to the drinkies, stayed a couple of hours, had fun. It was still going strong when I left.
Now going to bed.
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Date: 2004-01-23 02:39 pm (UTC)From:Moving from dial-up to a permanent connection is in many ways a much more significant change than the increase in speed.
I'm already permanent...
Date: 2004-01-23 03:31 pm (UTC)From:I don't have the time to spend downloading high-bandwidth stuff - or more to the point time to view it if I did download it. I've got multiple directories of downloaded files to sort through as it is, some dating back a year or more.
If I seriously consider High Speed I'd also probably tend towards the 2Mbps option which would cost $19 more per week (and according to the webpage only has a 1Gig cap. I'd expect it to be the same or higher than the 256kbps???).
Also my current ISP is investigating wireless high-speed - I'm quite interested in that option if they get it going. I just wish they'd hurry up about it :)