-=> Quoting Kris Roebuck to Meng-Shi Lim <=-

 KR> Meng-Shi Lim.  All.  Telecom lines.  You know the drill.
 
 ML> I was told by the Telstra service person that my home phone line has
 ML> lead cable to the first socket and a split copper extension to the
 ML> next socket. Is the lead line ancient? I can hardly get 26.4k or
 ML> 28.8k connections. How can I get Telstra to change to a better line
 ML> :-)? There is a small Telstra manhole-thing (Can't actually fit a man
 ML> in) at my front doorstep literally. I'm on an AXE exchange.

 KR> You could always try damaging it slightly.  The trick is to make it
 KR> look like their fault otherwise you'll have to pay for the
 KR> modification.  Otherwise, just save up and ask them to change it.

It seems the neighbour's cat did me a favour by chewing on one of the
joints. Telstra rejoined the line by putting a connector box within the
house. Cut down line noise quite a bit.

 KR> You could always wait for Optus local to start hanging phone lines
 KR> from your power lines and change over to them.  They also run an
 KR> Internet gateway.

According to the latest PC Week, the Optus broadband service is an
additional $100 per month not including the lease/purchase of the cable
modem. The cable TV service is $40 per month. They hope to bring the
broadband cost down to $40 which I think is the critical price point.


mslim{at}ne.com.au


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