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On 7 Jun 1997 03:58:52 GMT, dbromage@metz.une.edu.au (David Bromage)
wrote:

>Chris Bitmead uid(x22068) (Chris.Bitmead@alcatel.com.au) wrote:
>>
>>Telstra Cable internet seems like a good deal to me. I added up what I
>>spend at my ISP ($25 per month + $25 in calls, separate phone line).
>
>Think again. It's a small-medium business priced service with features
>only basic home Internet users will use.
>
>It's a totally firewalled service. Most streaming services are nlocked
>except for RealAudio and telnet. You can only access mail and news from
>Telstra and you can't run your own server. All FTP access appears to be
>done via MS Internet Explorer going through Telstra's proxy. 
>
>Their software checks for the latest version of everything when you login,
>so if you do not have the latest version of, for example, Internet
>Explorer a connection is made and the package downloaded and any
>registration fee is added to your bill. Telstra gets a commission on this
>from the software company. 
>
>>But I use Linux, not MS. I couldn't bear to change my web surfing
>>habits to Windows.
>>
>>Is anyone using Linux or Unix with Big Pond Cable?
>
>The HFC modems also use a modified form of DHCP to boot, which means it is
>difficult to use a Linux or any other Unix system. Somebody has created a
>package to do it, but you can only use Telstra's software with Big Pond.
>Even if you were really clever and managed to interface it, they use a
>hacked version of Kerberos authenticate to the proxy server, so you can't
>use Netscape.
>
>You can download your free first 100Mb in just over a minute. A "real"
>internet user (not just a basic "home" user) running the link flat out
>would be clocking up a bill of over $1500 per hour. That's only a bit over
>$1 million per month! You also pay for any junk email.
>

Gee all mighty i think thats a bit rich !!! :-)

>Big Pond is basically a local version of America Online or the dreaded
>Microsoft Network running over fast cables.
>
>However, all is not lost. Optus will be offering cable Internet from about
>September. They will offer everything Telstra doesn't, including static
>IP, DNS, no firewall, etc and (so I have been told) and lower fees. My
>brother was quoted a flat fee of $5000/year for a dedicated 10Mb
>"business" line.
>

Is that for unlimited transfer or is there still a transfer fee
attached to it !!!

>Cheers
>David
>