Advice Sought: Canberra ISP's

Ian Matters ian.matters at post1.com
Thu Oct 17 13:04:49 EST 2002


At 12:20 PM 17/10/2002, John Bell wrote:
>I've recently moved to Canberra after being overseas
>for many years with a short intervening stay in Perth.
>  Thus I'm not really up on the state of the local
>market.  I want to find an ISP for connecting up my
>Linux host.  BigPond here claims not to support Linux!
>  Whether this is because of some proprietary
>connection protocol or simply ignorance on the part of
>their technical staff I don't know.  I move about
>2Gb/month on average and was able to get a good ISP
>for $110/3 months in Perth (Iinet) who didn't charge
>any volume surplus.  Unfortunately they don't operate
>here.  Can anyone suggest a reliable service that has
>a competitive cost profilel.  I just want a normal
>modem connection, nothing snazzy as I'm not sure how
>long I'll be here.
>
>John
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I have been a WebOne customer for about a year and have found them to be 
responsive and reliable.  I haven't necessarily sought the cheapest price 
in town rather I wanted a reliable, responsive ISP.  Check out their web 
site at http://www.webone.com.au/ .


Regards, Ian
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  Mr Ian R. Matters
  Iris Technologies, Canberra, Australia

  ABN: 47 187 191 010
  Phone: +61 2 6258 3079
  Mobile: +61 414 583 079
  Email: ian.matters at post1.com
  http://www.iristech.com.au/





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