Anyone have any recommendations for an ISP providing competitive ADSL2
and VOIP services in Perth?
So far I have dismissed...
Telstra

I have the Motorola Phone Tools program, and I dislike it.  A lot!
MPT is very slow on my computer, and the phone book maintenance section
is laid out so that very little of the useful information is on the
screen, while the editing section is full of fields that aren't in the

Legal battleground
The G9 proposal relies on the Government confiscating Telstra's copper
network, and then forcing Telstra to pay G9 to connect to it.
This ACCC sponsored confiscation of assets on such a scale will inevitably

Rod Speed
You are the self-appointed mediator and arbitrator of what is right and
wrong in postings to the usenet. I challenge you to list your credentials
and experience to do so, else be cast aside as another piece of dog sh.t 

How come we have US citizens at the head of Telstra Australia?
They should take the Australian Nationality?
How come we have these very powerful Americans trying to set backward
the Australian Internet networks?

The Telstra #100# USSD service which allows pre-paid top-up,
available balance query, credit transfer to another user, etc
has been down for several days (since the weekend at least).
Dialling #100# results in "Unfortunately this service is

My Dopod 838Pro was stolen today.
The number has already been transferred to another SIM card, but the bastard can
still put in another SIM card and make phone calls.
Who do I ring here in OZ to get the IMEI registered as a stolen phone?

Is it possible to connect an Optus CDMA phone on a Telstra account? I
know Telstra won't allow Orange phones, but i don't remember ever
seeing anything about Optus ones, as Optus uses the Telstra network
anyway...

I am looking to purchase a pager - preferably an Apollo 924, Apollo A25 or
an ATI Corporate. Has to be in the low VHF range and compatible with POCSAG
(not FLEX).
There are a couple on eBay in the US, but does anybody know any retailers in

Anyway I can use it? Asks for a passcode to start which I don't have.
Am I screwed?

My sister's currently honeymooning in Thailand. She took her phone with
her. She can send and receive SMSes but cannot place any voice calls to
Australia. She can receive them, though.
Just wondering if there's something specific that needs to be done, or

G9 prices not what they seem
We have deciphered the SingTel Optus - G9 pricing "menu" for their
high-speed broadband scheme for Australia. They claim wholesale high-speed
broadband prices will be $20 to $50 a month.

Get it into you, fantastic news.
WiMAX for the bush will blow Telstra's white elephant LastG network out
of the water. ADSL2+ will be rolled out to long suffering country folk,
as Telstra couldn't give a f.ck about Australia (even though all their

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/anger-at-clipping-of-telstras-gripe-line/200
7/06/12/1181414305862.html
THE scrapping of a service enabling MPs to directly pass on complaints about
Telstra has angered the federal Minister for Education, Julie Bishop.
The system allowed ...

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