Computers and Related Hardware/Software

Tu_triky wrote:
how unfortunate for an advanced, civilized society/nation such as Australia

Tell me about it :bonk:

Anime Dad wrote:

Tell me about it :bonk:

i'm pretty surprised given australia's stature relative to other countries.

^^ I underestimate what telco providers here in the US provide for their subscribers, it's like a free for all. I heard from some of my friends in the phils that there is total monopoly over the limit of broadband speed.

littlemissfab wrote:^^ I underestimate what telco providers here in the US provide for their subscribers, it's like a free for all. I heard from some of my friends in the phils that there is total monopoly over the limit of broadband speed.

of course...it's america not the third world...you can't compare the two....by a long shot....i even heard in the UK broadband sucks or is over the top expensive.

Dunno about that.

I pay $40.00/month for 512/128k with 12G downloads/month. Downloads between midnight and 12pm (ie 12 hours/day) are not counted in this, but there is a 30G limit in this period/month. If I go over 12G, I am charged $3.00/Gig

It's a pretty good deal, I am with Exetel and they are the best company to deal with. Never any problems.

Anime Dad wrote:Dunno about that.

I pay $40.00/month for 512/128k with 12G downloads/month. Downloads between midnight and 12pm (ie 12 hours/day) are not counted in this, but there is a 30G limit in this period/month. If I go over 12G, I am charged $3.00/Gig

It's a pretty good deal, I am with Exetel and they are the best company to deal with. Never any problems.

my friend lived in London for the summer....while interning at Deutsche Bank.....he paid a little over 50 pounds for broadband....that's about 120 US Dolllars...that is the most bullsh*t thing i've heard.....

i pay 27 US dollars a month for 6Mb/sec down/650k up......no quota.

*groan* that's 12 x faster for less with no limits. Australia sucks!

Anime Dad wrote:*groan* that's 12 x faster for less with no limits. Australia sucks!

as i stated earlier...i rest my case. :beaten:

Okay, my DSL is up and running... :woot:

Turns out that a filter was attached on my phone line box... Once the tech snipped it off, my line was good to go. :D

bmwracer wrote:Okay, my DSL is up and running... :woot:

Turns out that a filter was attached on my phone line box... Once the tech snipped it off, my line was good to go. :D

i just thought of pets being neutered and spayed.

that or lorena bobbit just happened to pass by.

littlemissfab wrote:i just thought of pets being neutered and spayed.

that or lorena bobbit just happened to pass by.

That's off topic... Post it in the Pets thread. :beaten:


Now I've gotta make some system adjustments for the DSL (antivirus, firewall, etc.)...

We have a pets thread? It won't be of interest since i do not have a pet.. unless you count my hubby.

What software do you have with you to make you safe from the bad people in the dsl world?

bmwracer wrote:Okay, my DSL is up and running... :woot:

welcome to the highspeed digital world.

littlemissfab wrote:What software do you have with you to make you safe from the bad people in the dsl world?

I just have to reconfigure my antivirus program and enable the firewall... There's some other things too, but I can't remember them at the moment. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
I just have to reconfigure my antivirus program and enable the firewall... There's some other things too, but I can't remember them at the moment. :sweat:

and after all that jazz is done.....download bitTorrent and a bitTorrent client.....let the good times roll! :dancing:

WOW, no suprisingly, Windows Sux.

i told my coworker to set a hotcorner to disable the screensaver, so it doesn't interupt a process, but there isn't an option for that in the default screensaver.

Weak sauce i tell ya.

I haven't heard hotcorners in screensavers since After Dark.

dochira wrote:I haven't heard hotcorners in screensavers since After Dark.

what's that? the last dorama, you've seen, doch? ;)

Tu_triky wrote:
what's that? the last dorama, you've seen, doch? ;)

Haha. Unlikely, since the spindles have rusted themselves shut. :sweat:

dochira wrote:
Haha. Unlikely, since the spindles have rusted themselves shut. :sweat:

The spindles you use are so old that they're metal...wow, what a revelation. :nut: