Disconnected
Here we are again. New home no internet. We have no link to the outside world via the super internet highway. Technologic advancements which we have become so dependent on are now a necessity to have in your home, broadband is the fourth utility along with water, electricity and gas.
We had a telephone line connected with Telstra (BT equivalent) just so we could have ADSL broadband but Telstra said the infrastructure has not been installed in Craigieburn just yet and they do not know how long it will take. So not having the option of ADSL we decided to go to the latest method of data transferring. G3 network, this enables you to access the internet via a SIM card which connects to your computer with the use of a modem (usually the size of a USB flash drive) again we do not get coverage from Vodafone or Optus.
We’ve built a beautiful home here in Craigieburn but I think we might as well have dug a hole and lived in a cave! Telstra have a huge monopoly here and they have the government over a barrel. They are taking their time with building new data infrastructure and updating existing lines. Australia really is about 10 years behind the UK when it comes to broadband. Until we catch up we have to be prepared to pay many hundreds of dollars for a slow connection speed and limited bandwidth.
Luckily, Dal and I will have access to the web at work to quickly check our mail whilst looking over our shoulders to see if the boss is watching ? So you won’t hear from us until we do get a connection at home and there won’t be much happening on the blog. Sorry guys but we are officially disconnected from the planet.
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THATS REALLY BAD NEWS!!!!!! It’s times like these when you realise just how much we rely on technology to communicate via web cams, e-mail, web page etc. We will have to revert to good old fashioned writing letters and telephone!!
Love Ranbir, Bally and Amrun
I’m at work today and its great to be online once more! Took me 1hour 15 minutes to get here, so thats another thing to look forward to on a daily basis
I’ll get used to it… used to catch 2 buses to school everyday and that wasn’t too bad.
Hoping you all had a fantastic Christmas.
Telstra won this one, we have decided to get a telephone line put in. All we need now is a internet service that only rip us off a little.
Well I have just about had enough. We were so close, called another Internet provider, went throught the set up, activation was to be in one day… and we get an email telling us there are no ports available. They don’t even know when they will be! AAAAAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHH.
I have disconnected my Telstra mobile, brought a none Telstra phone for the house and no longer want anything to do with them. I’m afraid we won’t be webcamming with everyone back home anytime soon
Could it be true? have Telstra done something about the lack of ports in our area? Watch this space we may have Broadband by the end of the week. Fingers crossed