Thread: Who said Microsoft was bad for download patches?

Originally Posted by tombraider

Its working fine on Mac now!

I have Internode DSL2+M at home
Next G on my mobile
and Next G wireless Express card in my Mac for out and about moments!

Nothing like sitting at a roadhouse, having a coffee and chatting on the net!

Or pulled into a roadside stop, Mac on the guard, looking up whatever....

So what's the coverage of this NextG , same as the mobile phone network?
Are you charged per mb?
if so what are the costs approx?

Originally Posted by HangOver

So what's the coverage of this NextG , same as the mobile phone network?
Are you charged per mb?
if so what are the costs approx?

Coverage is theoretically the same as the mobile coverage, but I understand speed drops markedly when the signal is weak. Costs I can't remember, but I thought they were outrageous - Telstra pointed out to me that the service is aimed to be a premium service for mobile computing, not fixed, and is priced accordingly - aimed at executives whose tab is picked up by their employer.

John

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Coverage is theoretically the same as the mobile coverage, but I understand speed drops markedly when the signal is weak. Costs I can't remember, but I thought they were outrageous - Telstra pointed out to me that the service is aimed to be a premium service for mobile computing, not fixed, and is priced accordingly - aimed at executives whose tab is picked up by their employer.

John

I thought NextG was also to do all of the country broadband coverage as well and get rid of all the dial-up, isdn, and HBIS Sat problems.

Cheers
Simon

Originally Posted by abaddonxi

I thought NextG was also to do all of the country broadband coverage as well and get rid of all the dial-up, isdn, and HBIS Sat problems.

Cheers
Simon

Only if they can persuade the government to pay for it - and at present that does not seem likely. Of course this is the reason I have not been pushing too hard for broadband, since the situation is, shall we say, fluid.

I expect that eventually, if it is not selected as the favoured channel for providing broadband outside metropolitan areas, competition will force the price down, at least to only a small premium.

John

JD, after spending several years on the $7/hr dialup waiting for broadband and now being one of the lucky few (town's run out of connections at the exchange or something) I know all to well about remote area comms issues.

That said even in the USA they don't all have great DSL comms and I truely wonder where these software vendors think everyone lives.

Now as for the election con by both major parties about supplying 98% (or what ever) of the population with internet. As soon as anyone quotes the ninety=something percent of the population thing to me I know their talking about nothing smaller than major regional centres.

I think everyone should spend at least a year in a remote region and learn how big this country really is.