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Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 19:00:53 +1000
From: Brett Caird To: aussie-isp Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19970131090053.009bd494@bit.net.au> Subject: Re: [Oz-ISP] Telstra timed local calls. |
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At 06:13 31/01/97 +1100, you wrote: >Actually, There is no need to 'rip up roads' etc.. > >In Honk Kong and Vietnam, Ericsson install wireless PSTN gear to overcome >the problem of marshlands and other general environmental problems. > >The technology is cheap (compared to digging roads) and you can roll it out >into the network very quickly. > >Only drawback (if you can call it a drawback) is the phone you normally have >plugged into the wall now is mobile and has a range of 1km. That sounds pretty cool... >Also, Telstra are launching 'on-ramp' which is their push to get ISDN into >the home...this has already started and means users get 64k ISDN (timed calls). >What's this mean to the average small isp with a 64K line when 2 users jump on? Well, I've encountered a few "ISPs" that connect to the outside world via a modem and have their users connect to them at the same speed. Caching helps, but its still not the best... >Is it my imagination or is it getting harder to run an ISP in Australia? Well yes, but as most of us are aware, if hard work doesn't scare you, we've had it pretty good so far (aside from wrestling with Telstra). If it gets harder for new players to enter the market, I look at that as a plus. Too many operations start up thinking "Wow, we can make money out of this whole Internet boom and it doesn't cost much to set up!". So you get clowns who know the technicals but have very little money and no business skills or clowns who don't know the first thing about the technicals but have money and see it as a good business opportunity because its cheap. Either way, if they don't pick up the side they are lacking quickly, it all ends in tears. >P.S. is anyone out there running a Linux ISP ? Yes! And proud of it! (most of the time). Quite a large proportion of Australian ISPs run Linux according to statistics I've seen. Though most of them are at the smaller end, I believe some larger organizations such as iiNet run it (you'd have to ask them of course). We run other OS's for specialist tasks if they are better suited. Cheers Brett ---- Brett Caird Chief Executive/Director b r e t t c @ b i t . n e t . a u http://www.bit.net.au/ Brisbane Internet Technology Pty Ltd ---- Email "unsubscribe aussie-isp" to m a j o r d o m o @ a u s s i e . n e t to be removed. |
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