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Cerberus wrote:
> "EnjoyDialup" <EnjoyDialup@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I always enjoy a good work of fiction.  You probably should have
>> started your research on my site if you were trying for non-fiction.
>
> Now there's a good bellylaugh!
>
>> You have the dates, facts, and actual events wrong.   Let me help
>> you put the *real* facts into the *correct* order.
>
> This should be good.
>
>> * In 2002. Whirlpool leaked Optus' plan to go to a monthly 3gig
>> download cap.  Many people signed a new 12 month contract to avoid
>> it.  I was one of those people.  I planned to go ADSL the moment my
>> Optus contract expired.
>
> Irrelevant. Not included in the story.
>
>> * June 2003. True to my word I signed up for ADSL a month before the
>> Optus contract I signed the previous year was due to end.  I
>> advertised my Nortel Cable modem as being for sale with a pickup
>> date after the Optus contract's expiry date.  There was also a 29th
>> of June deadline for the Optus email reply address.
>> http://groups.google.com/group/aus.net.access/msg/504310fd5f0c40cf
>> After advertising the modem I found out that I was unable to get
>> ADSL at that address.  This was well documented in the Optus groups
>> by my complaints and declaration that I would consider moving house
>> to get ADSL.
>
> Irrelevant. Not contended in the story.
>
>> * Aug 2003. After enjoying the delights of being capped at 20kbps I
>> began to investigate how Optus are able to cap/uncap modem speeds.
>> I found documentation and patches that permitted a Surfboard modem
>> to be uncapped. I decided to get hold of as SB4100 or SB5100 to try
>> it.
>> http://groups.google.com/group/aus.net.access/msg/52dabc6ff2b28efe
>
> Confirmed in the story.
>
>> Aug/Sep 2003.  I posted to an internal Optus forsale newsgroup that
>> I wanted a Surfboard modem to test some uncapping patches that I had
>> gotten my hands on.  Many people including Nigel told me it could
>> not be done.  When I would not back down Nigel became particularly
>> aggressive, but we all know what he is like.  It is also interesting
>> to note that Tony Burns began his stalking of me in that same
>> thread.  He was put back into his box by Andy back them too.
>> http://www.stupididiot.info/users/~hyperoz/stalking%20ebay/index.html
>
> Confirmed in the story.
>
>> * 5 Sep 2003.  I purchased a Surfboard Modem on eBay.  No record of
>> the purchase exists outside the eBay feedback for the sale.  It was
>> in fact a second hand modem with a damaged plastic case that I got
>> for a dam good price!  The modem was not purchased from a wholesaler
>> or retailer. I connected the SB4100 modem to Optus without any
>> issues, as it was specifically chosen for it's ex-Optus status.  It
>> was used for two months until I moved house in Nov.  It would be
>> unwise to admit running it uncapped on the Optus network. So I'll
>> just say that the uncapping instructions did work.
>
> Irrelevant. Not contended in the story.
>
>> * Sep 2003 Nigel and I berried the hatchet over that issue in about
>> a week. However during that week we were fighting I had also
>> complained to Optus about a fake post made using my name.
>> http://www.stupididiot.info/users/~hyperoz/nigel%20howe/evidence1.htm
>> ( I consider this post to be the catalyst for Nigel stalking me.
>> Note the date on the post!  Spooky!  )
>
> Irrelevant. Not included in the story.
>
>> * Oct 2003 A month after Nigel and I had returned to friendly
>> terms,Optus acted on the complaint about the faked post.  In a
>> complete laps of their privacy policy, Optus attached my original
>> complaint to the reprimand they sent Nigel.
>> http://www.stupididiot.info/users/~hyperoz/nigel%20howe/evidence3.htm
>> This gave Nigel access to my real name and other private details.
>> Information that he previously didn't have, as he was not an Optus
>> Cable Newsgroup member when I posted under my real name.  Nigel
>> proceeded to use that information in a way that is all too familiar
>> to all of us by now.  The rest of Nigel Howe's Stalking is well
>> documented on my website. www.hyperoz.com
>
> Irrelevant. Not included in the story.
>
>> * Nov 2003.  I moved house to an ADSL, Optus and BigPond enabled
>> location. 42 Park Road in Parkville ;)
>
> Absolute bullshit.
> Irrelevant. Not included  in the story.
>
>> * Nov 16 2003  After offering to accept KFC in exchange for my old
>> Nortel modem I managed to sell it for just over two buckets of
>> chicken.  I also made mention of the fact I had moved house too, and
>> that the chick would come in handy while I am unpacking the kitchen.
>>  In fact the whole point of selling the modem for chicken was the
>> fact my kitchen was being packed and unpacked due to moving house.
>> http://groups.google.com/group/aus.ads.forsale/msg/a25b1ad33b421e09?h
>> l=en
>
> Confirmed in the story.
>
>> I currently still have to modified SB4100 modem that was legitimatly
>> used in the eBay auction which Nigel disrupted in another of his
>> stalking attempts.
>> http://www.stupididiot.info/users/~hyperoz/stalking%20ebay/index.html
>
> Allegation included in the story.
>
>> So would you like to reconstruct your story with all the correct
>> facts and the events in the correct order?
>
> What did he get wrong and what was out of order?
>
>> I got everything here from google, so what is your excuse for the
>> shoddy job at putting the facts together?
>
> ROFL!
>
> You reposted Echidna's links and referred to your webpage for all the
> irrelevant stuff.
>
> Keep pedalling Eric, keep pedalling.


Like anybody really cares about the story anyway.
The best part is the fun that has grown from it all.

Here we have a modern day Aesop entertaining the masses with his creativity, 
Eric and Nigel are mere characters in that fable.
Unfortunately it may never be a seller like "The Tortoice and the Hare". :)