Out of the Darkness

I have been trying to get ADSL or an affordable alternative for 3 or 4 years! Telstra have steadfastly refused to provision me for ADSL offering different explanations along the way, the latest being a miniscule failure of the voice SQ test (6.59db instead of 6.5) Tried npgdsl & lladsl requests, letters to Helen Coonan, local members, 2 way sat subsidies etc etc along the way. Even considered a hunger strike at one stage :)

Well I have just recently ordered and received Virgin BB@H and it is like coming out of the darkness.

No begging, no knockbacks, no hassles. Placed an online order, got the modem 2 days later, plugged it in, and it just worked straight up. Only 2 signal bars but I get HSDPA all the time (whenever something is coming down, UTMS when idle) The speedtest reports 700kb.

The phone works as advertised so far. I'll port my number at the end of the month.

Everything has just been so freaking easy...

It is hard to explain how much of a relief it is to finally have something other than dialup (that is actually reasonably priced). Unless you've been through the knockbacks and false hope and the grind of fighting telstra every step of the way (just getting them to accept an npgdsl request is a marathon of frustration) you just can't appreciate how it gets you down.

And the best part, after I ditch my landline Telstra will be getting nada from me...ever again.