Archive for July, 2009

Site News: Still no internet access living in the middle of Melbourne

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Alrighty guys, this is a quick update on the status of the website. I realise that updates have not been as regular as they should have been, and that is a killer with a blog site, however my constant lack of internet access is something I can’t overcome for at least another 2-3 weeks.

So, if you are in the USA and complaining about your net connections, think about this:

I now live 10km away from the CBD of Australia’s 2nd biggest city and not only can I not get Naked ADSL2 (ADSL that doesn’t require signing up for a phone line), but I can’t get ADSL2 and can only get cable at a ridiculous price of around $140/mth for 60gigs download. As it turns out, I can’t even get connected for a phone line for 2 weeks. That’s right, it will take two weeks for a Telstra technician to physically come to my house to check the phone line to see if they can connect it, which will let me pay $20/mth justfor the privilege of even being able access to slower, more expensive internet with less download limit than ADSL2.

Australia is a technological backwater :(

More updates soon, hopefully!