Vic Wasteland Thread

[llama_au]

im jealous

Same.

[dezz]

I'll have to sus out some cable plan prices when I get home. From memory they set it up so you either get f**k all downloads, or way more than I'll ever need at a ridiculous price, no in-between

[UNR33L]

Bigpond prices have gone down, I got 200GB plan (probably only use 100 a month) 30mbps connection with awesome latency ftw, you pay less if you have like a home phone and stuff as well I think its something like 80 bucks I just download shows rather then get foxtel or any pay tv

They have 25 - 50 - 100 - 200 plans though, and as for reliability bigpond will trump all, anyone that says otherwise is fail

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

true that.

never said its a gt3, just admiring the colour scheme

white, bronze, black is boring, stop having a boring life. /slapchop

Fk it, ill stick with my offset fail drifteks

last shot?

Yeah... Black is real boring...

mine...

i know adam has Kris' old pods on, or used to, but facebook has yielded nothing so...

gtr WITH pods:

(random one from google)

Pods looks good!

these wheels are nuts wtf are they?

FUCK!

Nathan's new wheels look awesome!

[alr33x]

Last time I checked, NBN was one of the few good bits of policy to come out of labor.

except the price tag and the fact it will be redundant techonology by the time they finish.

Just had some dero sounding kid offer me 2k and then explain why 2k is a good offer..

LOL

Wish they'd roll some cable down my street then, sick of having 1 (sucky) option

+1 fkn adsl is best can get in my area its fkn joke cant even play like counter strike 600 ping ftw

[R31Nismoid]

Ash, I meant my parents house where I live at the moment is around the corner from the exchange. My house is just inside the boundary according to some website thar was linked in the adsl thread a few weeks ago.

Not sure what other options are available to me but need decent speed, adsl minimum, and decent download limit... Splitting the bill with housemates, so might be able to spend a bit more if necessary.

What's better adsl2 or cable?

Ah i get ya.

mmm sounds like you are on the outer rim etc, you are basically fked

You also wont be able to get cable if they have not installed it - which i would doubt they have.

A mate of mine is having the exact same issue in Caroline Springs. No cable, and only ADSL1

Last time I checked, NBN was one of the few good bits of policy to come out of labor.

Based on what? The gross waste of 60mil?

Are they rolling out cable still? I thought all of that sort of infrastructure spending had pretty much stopped, especially with everyone waiting to see what happens with the NBN

Pretty much it all has stopped for the time being until everyone knows whats going on.

[dezz]

Bigpond prices have gone down, I got 200GB plan (probably only use 100 a month) 30mbps connection with awesome latency ftw, you pay less if you have like a home phone and stuff as well I think its something like 80 bucks I just download shows rather then get foxtel or any pay tv

They have 25 - 50 - 100 - 200 plans though, and as for reliability bigpond will trump all, anyone that says otherwise is fail

http://go.bigpond.com/broadband/49-plan/

50gb for $80/month without phone etc....don't really need a home phone, and 50gb would probably be enough...hmm

[dezz]

checked availability on their site, says ADSL is available, cable not available...

guess that settles that

[CrispyFries]

Pretty much it all has stopped for the time being until everyone knows whats going on.

Yeah that's what I thought

Telstra tricked me (well I tricked myself) when I moved into my house, looked like standard HFC running down the street for cable access, but it's just a big bundle of crappy phone lines.

[dezz]

why the f**k wouldn't you install the latest in brand new areas before there's even roads etc to worry about. pack of f**k wits

[paulr33]

cos there might be more to it than just running cables

infrastructure costs, pit access, etc etc

if cable is avaiable, get it, if not, go for ADSL

[R31Nismoid]

Yep, there was no proper infrastructure planning.

There are no trains, limited bus services. No decent phone/communications installs done.

Even the roads in these new estates are totally fked. I was driving through Caroline Springs last week and the roads there are worse than Hoddle St that has 1000x the volume of cars

It'll be interesting to see in a further 10yrs what happens to these new areas, im slightly worried.

[dezz]

say for arguments sake adsl2 is available through TPG for example, and my house is just inside the exchange, probably about 5km away from it... Do you think that it'd be slower than normal ADSL?

[CrispyFries]

[alr33x]

Ah i get ya.

mmm sounds like you are on the outer rim etc, you are basically fked

You also wont be able to get cable if they have not installed it - which i would doubt they have.

A mate of mine is having the exact same issue in Caroline Springs. No cable, and only ADSL1

Based on what? The gross waste of 60mil?

Pretty much it all has stopped for the time being until everyone knows whats going on.

isnt it more like 40BILLION?

[Mohsen]

Cable ftmfw

[blags]

How long does it take to become a SAU Vic member?

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

How long does it take to become a SAU Vic member?

Not long man, give it a week or 2 to get processed.

Maybe earlier...

Hey who's KE70 is this Blags?

And did u get my emailed pics of your car?

[KamikazeNinja34]

Took me a bit longer but al I think it was? Quit a few weeks earlier so ash was doing them

[paulr33]

you should be ok on ADSL2

if the speed you get on ADSL2 is too slow due to distance they wont let you use up an ADSL2 port and will kick you back to an ADSL1 port

there are minimum commitment speeds for each type before they will turn it on for you, so if your too far, they will give you the other etc

so just for ADSL2 in the hope youll get that

ie they wont let you have an ADSL2 and sync at 3mbps

theyll drop you to an ADSl1 port