[wellylug] new to Wgtn, mozilla problems

[Persian]

Hello again,

On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 10:33:15PM +1200, Phil O'Connell wrote:
> Welcome to Wgtn
> I also live in Elsdon behind Mana College near the North City Mega Centre
> and can confirm we do not have Saturn here in Elsdon or anywhere else in
> Porirua City yet. It covers most of the Kapiti Coast but there are issues to
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> they intend to come into the area but it isn't guaranteed in the immediate
> or near future - sort of watch this space. Paradise or Clearnet is the only
> Telstra Saturn  option available here at present - I understand you can
> still get a fast internet package from them but not the full services they
> offer in other areas and you still have to rely on Telecom for the phone


Thanks Phil, for all the info! So what can we get here that is better
than 56K modem? What do you have at your home?

Does it mean we need ana ccount with paradise or Clearnet?
Would it be ADSL and use the phone line? I am not sure how it works.

thanks for this
Persian






> > > First off... Welcome, Kia ora and G'day Oz.
> >
> > Well, thanks, we LOVE Wellington!
> >
> > >
> > > Which version of Mozilla are you using? There have been various known
> > > memory leak problems with Mozilla so maybe an upgrade is due.
> >
> > I did the About Moz and it gives Mozilla 1.0 and
> > Mozilla Debian Package 1.0.0-0.Woody.1
> >
> > >
> > > On the broadband issue, if you have Saturn running past your house
> > > (usually a big thick black cable about 1 metre below the power cables)
> > > then that is you best option as opposed to ADSL. You can get a
> > > 256Kb/128Kb connection with 5GB data for a reasonable price.
> > >
> >
> > Err well not too sure, we dont have any power cables visible.
> > We are in Elsdon near the Mega Centre.
> >
> > Also my helper tells me to do the following, but I dont very often.
> > However I did this about 3 weeks ago!
> >
> > apt-get update
> > apt-get upgrade
> >
> > thanks again
> >
> > Persian
> >
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