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In article <8curp2FrmcU1@mid.individual.net>,
 Erik Vastmasd <erik.vastm@sd.invalid> wrote:

> I caught a glimpse of Banjo <banjo@banjo.com> on Tue, 17 Aug 2010
> 11:48:11 +0700, writing in aus.net.access:
>  
> >I had Optus cable installed about 10 years ago, and then "disconnected" 
> >about 5 years ago.
> >
> >All the cabling and connections are still there, as far as I know.
> 
> ??

What I mean is I don't think anything was physically disconnected. I 
simply told them I didn't want the service anymore and they stopped 
supplying a connection.

> 
> >A friend is now living in that house (I'm elsewhere) and has decided she 
> >wants to connect to internet via Optus.
> >
> >She's had an electrician around to arrange internal wiring (yep, could 
> >have used a wireless base-station, but anyway...), and he's connected 
> >that to the cable box.
> >
> >Now Optus has sent round a techie to connect her to Telstra's copper!!
> 
> Optus may not be able to detect the cable connection. 
> 
> See below:
> 
> >Is there any reason Optus would be selling her internet access through 
> >Telstra copper when their own cable is installed?
> 
> No reason that I can think of apart from the electrician invited around,
> while he was in the roof he may have disconnected her connection to
> Optus cable and Optus being unable to detect the cable connection
> connected her to Telstra copper. Even that seems unlikely because the
> Optus cable would be visible to technicians.

Yep, visible to all. My understanding is that the local spark was called 
in after she'd teed everything up with Optus, and he installed internal 
cabling from the cable box (on the side of the house).

> 
> >Any comments appreciated.
> 
> I use Optus cable, telephone and mobile and I'm satisfied with Optus, if
> you direct your inquiry to them you may also be satisfied.

Yep, they always seemed fine to me, too.

Thanks for getting back, Erik.