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07-26-2002, 10:02 AM #26Web Hosting Guru
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Actually I think you can scratch Davnet off that list, I'm reasonably sure they stopped their net connectivity through lack of funds and the over-riding restrictions we have in place here.
Senator Richard Alston needs to have some computer lessons I think.
*edited for typos*
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07-26-2002, 10:08 AM #27Junior Guru
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It was a joke; cogent isn't available in AU...
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07-26-2002, 10:18 AM #28Web Hosting Master
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I work for Froggy ISP most aussies would know them, we are in talks with several providers, PSInet, Sprint, XYZed so the market is full of providers, but no one can come in with the right pricing..
Sprint said 1c per mb..
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07-26-2002, 10:26 AM #29Web Hosting Guru
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I thought froggy went out of business? Didn't the guy that owns it pull a huge scam and go bankrupt?
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07-26-2002, 10:38 AM #30Web Hosting Master
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Nope, Froggy was bought out by Blue JOY PTY LTD. The company i came along with, we now have over 35,000 customers
Karl Suleman was the previous owner, yes he ran a pyramid scheme.
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07-26-2002, 10:54 AM #31Web Hosting Master
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Yes its true - Sprint are starting to move into the australian market charging around $1100 AUD for all you can eat. (1mbps)
The reason our bandwidth is so expensive (or one of) is that our land mass is so great whereas our population is very concentrated toward the coasts.
And the East coast to west coast is a very long way.
It is unlikely our bandwidth will ever be matched to that of the USA.
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07-26-2002, 11:06 AM #32Web Hosting Guru
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Unless we get ultra fast and ultra cheap satellite, or microwave or soemthing along those lines.
that would be nice i can dream right?
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07-26-2002, 11:44 AM #33Web Hosting Master
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You guys heard of PSInet?
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07-26-2002, 11:48 AM #34Web Hosting Guru
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yep heard of them a long time ago, haven't looked at them for a while though.
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07-26-2002, 11:49 AM #35Web Hosting Guru
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cogent has bought PSInet out, so I guess Cogent is technically in Australia now afterall
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07-26-2002, 11:51 AM #36Web Hosting Master
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Really? cogent owns psinet? WOW
Just had a meeting with them today, their pricing isn't really that good..
But they said they would get back to us..
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07-27-2002, 12:39 AM #37Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by edude
I work for Froggy ISP most aussies would know them, we are in talks with several providers, PSInet, Sprint, XYZed so the market is full of providers, but no one can come in with the right pricing..
Sprint said 1c per mb..
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07-27-2002, 08:00 AM #38Web Hosting Guru
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Originally posted by edude
Really? cogent owns psinet? WOW
Just had a meeting with them today, their pricing isn't really that good..
But they said they would get back to us..
http://www.psinet.com/transition.html
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07-27-2002, 08:35 AM #39Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by reseller
cogent has bought PSInet out, so I guess Cogent is technically in Australia now afterall
dunno about the australian one, though.In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday.
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07-28-2002, 08:31 AM #40Web Hosting Master
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Thats right, but we are working on a adsl product, with sprint being one of the overseas carriers, we just have to get our tail setup (local loop)
Originally posted by hosticle
But you guys have dial ports - no inhouse bandwidth
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07-28-2002, 09:18 AM #41Web Hosting Guru
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Originally posted by edude
Thats right, but we are working on a adsl product, with sprint being one of the overseas carriers, we just have to get our tail setup (local loop)
One day they will upgrade my local exchange to handle ADSl connections, but then again they said one day they will install cable throughout the area I live in, then they said they were no longer installing any new cable connections, so I'm not holding my breath for ADSL. Would be nice to have though *sigh*
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07-28-2002, 09:30 AM #42Web Hosting Master
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Nope not phone lines, but we would have to use their core switches etc.. basically we don't use much of Telstra, we will be using Broadband DSL Layer 2 technology, or hope to.
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07-28-2002, 09:46 AM #43Web Hosting Master
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Sorry Reseller...... Hope broadband comes your way real soon...
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07-28-2002, 10:05 AM #44Web Hosting Guru
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Originally posted by edude
Nope not phone lines, but we would have to use their core switches etc.. basically we don't use much of Telstra, we will be using Broadband DSL Layer 2 technology, or hope to.
Ozemail have recently put their toe into the broadband bigpond...oops i mean water , not sure what will happen to them now that worldcom have gone under. Although thinking about it, someone will buy Ozemail so I guess they will just keep on growing.
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07-28-2002, 10:07 AM #45Web Hosting Guru
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Originally posted by Dotcomsnz
Sorry Reseller...... Hope broadband comes your way real soon...
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07-28-2002, 11:33 AM #46Web Hosting Master
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Yep, thats the hard part, the former owner left froggy with a very bad reputation.. people still refer to froggy as "gone bankrupt", "no more" etc..
Also yep, with adsl very serious since our customer base keeps requesting adsl services..
Also in Australia is narrowband
Originally posted by reseller
Wow so froggy really want to be a serious player huh? They will need to shake off the stigma of the former owner though. Should be interesting to watch
Ozemail have recently put their toe into the broadband bigpond...oops i mean water , not sure what will happen to them now that worldcom have gone under. Although thinking about it, someone will buy Ozemail so I guess they will just keep on growing.
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07-29-2002, 02:57 AM #47Newbie
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All i know, is that bigpond is a great ISP, but they charge a hell of a lot of money for it (it's great knowing someone working for telstra, way cheaper ). Anyways if all these communication companys in the US came over to Australia with their prices, they would make some more money, even if they charged 5 times more, they would still get lots of customers. I sometimes wonder if it would be worth them rolling out all that cable though.
Microsoft's new advertising slogan -
"Buy a Microsoft Product, Help In The Downfall Of The Internet"
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07-29-2002, 03:18 AM #48Web Hosting Master
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Yep nothing special about bigpond - many isp's offer the same service now for a cheaper price using Telstra's megapop setup.
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07-29-2002, 04:12 AM #49Eternal Member
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We're on Netspace right now. Other than sometimes lengthy periods of downtime, they are not too bad.
AOL are starting their trials this year:
http://whirlpool.net.au/article.cfm/918?show=replies
It will be interesting to see what their free content is like. We've only just got a free Tucows mirror recently, and not much else of offer.
Cheers
Gary
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07-29-2002, 08:04 AM #50Web Hosting Guru
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I always think of Netscape when I see Netspace.
What I'd like is for our drakonian government to wake up and realise increased competition in the ISP/broadband/control of pipes is needed, if we as a anation are going to keep up