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  1. You're welcome, I wish I could watch movies on my PC.
  2. Originally posted by drewhiggins:I watched it via U2.com and even that was slow - on 24M/bit. But Telstra for an ISP???

    And all while the US complains about Comcast introducing 250GB download limits!! There probably is a way around it by hacking the firmware, depending on your modem and ISP; I haven't heard of a way yet - but it would be interesting if the ISP detected full-speeds while imposing the speed caps on the public.

    I just noticed the folders inside that download and yes, it is a Mac download. The resource.pkg file were the first signs of that.


    [..]

    Did you update the browser and / or the operating system recently? Or something in the coding changed on this site and caused the problem.

    It always happens - one thing works and another goes belly-up.


    Yup, Telstra ADSL2+ 12GB of downloads (and uploads as well, the bastards) all for just $70 a month.
    My mum signed up for daylight robbery see, we're on a Telstra bundle with landlines, mobiles etc. included and the contract is for at least a couple of months more, so switching isn't an option at this time. (don't want to have ti set everything up again either)

    Apparently the way they cap you, is by getting your modem to download a config file everytime it connects to the net (and gets an IP address etc) which limits the speed to 64 kbps. I tried asking for help on the whirlpool forums, but they're all sticklers and closed the thread down.
  3. Originally posted by vanquish:[..]

    Yup, Telstra ADSL2+ 12GB of downloads (and uploads as well, the bastards) all for just $70 a month.
    My mum signed up for daylight robbery see, we're on a Telstra bundle with landlines, mobiles etc. included and the contract is for at least a couple of months more, so switching isn't an option at this time. (don't want to have ti set everything up again either)

    Apparently the way they cap you, is by getting your modem to download a config file everytime it connects to the net (and gets an IP address etc) which limits the speed to 64 kbps. I tried asking for help on the whirlpool forums, but they're all sticklers and closed the thread down.


    Bargain!




    Internode, TPG, IiNet, any of those give you three times as good a deal, yet at the same price as Telstra ever could. My uncle was gonna sign up with Bigpond - he would have gotten 1GB at 7.2Mbps for $69.95 per month over 36 months. Instead he went for 10GB, $49.95 per month at 24Mbps and shaped back to 64Kbps when he goes over.

    I think that file is called Hosts. But it would have to be a .txt or .ini file for Windows / Linux and possibly an Info.plist for the Mac - so I'm not so sure if that's how it would be done, unless that file is initialized via the modem or router.

    You won't get much chop from the Whirlpool folks - I wouldn't expect any less, especially now the guys from the Telstra support team and other ISPs hang out over there.




    So being capped to 64Kbps is great, I take it.
  4. Yup, 64 kbps is great, you don't even need these new fangled multitab browsers, cause you can only load one page at a time, and even that takes 1 min.

    The config file is received and stored on the modem. So you would need to interfere with the firmware somehow, by either custom firmware or a hack/exploit.
  5. Originally posted by vanquish:Yup, 64 kbps is great, you don't even need these new fangled multitab browsers, cause you can only load one page at a time, and even that takes 1 min.

    The config file is received and stored on the modem. So you would need to interfere with the firmware somehow, by either custom firmware or a hack/exploit.


    Which I honestly wouldn't have a clue of how to do anything hackable with a modem.
  6. Some more prodding over at whirlpool, and I have found out that the method I posted above, is not how Telstra implement's their caps, apparently it's all done over at the ISP (unless they're lying to me). Which sucks because I got into my modem's service & advanced config menu hoping I could change the speed to something higher.
  8. theonion is filtered here, so no see for me

    Anyway...if anyone's interested to help, I'll hopefully be getting a new laptop next week...any suggestions on any specific issues?
    I was interested in getting a mac, but most of my uni software will probably not work with it...there aren't many different brands here, there is dell, toshiba, acer, asus and A LOT of Sony Vaio...and I'm probably going with the Vaio...but still, any suggestion as to which series to choose, what specifications...etc?
  9. Originally posted by Ali709:theonion is filtered here, so no see for me

    Anyway...if anyone's interested to help, I'll hopefully be getting a new laptop next week...any suggestions on any specific issues?
    I was interested in getting a mac, but most of my uni software will probably not work with it...there aren't many different brands here, there is dell, toshiba, acer, asus and A LOT of Sony Vaio...and I'm probably going with the Vaio...but still, any suggestion as to which series to choose, what specifications...etc?


    Why not the Mac?

    You can run Windows on it if you'll absolutely have to. Pre-installed with Boot Camp or you can get hold of Parallels to avoid re-booting each time. It will even partition hard-drive for you.



    http://www.apple.com/uk/mac/

    Go on, you know you want to

    Mine is lovely......



  10. aaaaah...damn you Dan...it's effing expensive


  11. It won't monumentally fuck up on you every third day. It all runs together like clockwork. It's a thing of beauty. It's f-ing fast.

    I promise you would not regret it.

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