Michael <michael@yahoo.com> wrote
> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
>> Alan Parkington <patriot@iheartaustralia.com.au> wrote

>>> From
>>> http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/...2830_news.html

>>> INTERNET users in Geelong and the Surf Coast can now tap into
>>> high-speed broadband in a major breakthrough for the region.

>> Bare faced lie. Nothing even remotely resembling anything
>> like a 'breakthru', let alone anything like a major one.

> Corse it is.

Nope.

> The availability of ADSL2 in this country has multiplied by say, 100 times, in the last four months

Pity that most dont even bother to pay for faster than 256K with adsl1.

They clearly care much more about the reliability and always
on that they get with adsl than they do about the speed.

In spades with the ripoff prices telstra is charging for adsl2+

>>> "As well as being able to do everyday online activities a whole lot faster,

>> Lie.

> ADSL2 isnt faster than ADSL1?

It aint A WHOLE LOT FASTER. Just faster.

>>> Optimal ADSL2+ speeds are up to 350 times faster than a standard 56kbps dial-up connection,

>> Irrelevant.

> Then dont choose to connect to it.

Irrelevant to that complete pack of lies about any purported
'breakthru' when adsl1 has been available for years now.