Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 09:55:56 +0800 From: "Michael Slater" <mikey@iexpress.net.au> To: "Greg Lehey" <grog@lemis.com>, "Jim Mock" <jim@triax.com>, <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Australian backbone providers Message-ID: <008601bd3ffe$2e7c8f00$172226cb@support1.iexpress.net.au>
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I have found Telstra's Network to be quite good They do however require a lead time of 40 (or more) working days to do almost anything...which i find to be almost unbearable, when im in a hurry to get something done. Michael -----Original Message----- From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Jim Mock <jim@triax.com>; freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Date: Saturday, February 21, 1998 9:15 AM Subject: Re: Australian backbone providers >On Fri, 20 February 1998 at 10:15:25 -0800, Jim Mock wrote: >> Anyone know any good backbone providers in Australia? Particularly the >> Wagga Wagga area.. I know Telstra's there and Optus as well, but I was >> curious about any others. We're considering going international and I need >> to get info on pricing etc, and would like to explore as many options as >> possible. > >You should be aware that Telstra has several operations. The backbone >operation works quite well, except that they insist on assigning one >of their IP addresses to your gateway, and they assign a silly name to >go with it. The service has been pretty good in the 7 odd months I've >been connected. Check out http://www.telstra.net/. Don't confuse >this with their toy network at http://www.bigpond.com, which is very >bad. > >Greg > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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