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| 75763 | 2002-09-02 07:10:00 | Hi, We are seriously contemplating moving to the onyl form of Broadband available in most of Nelson - Wireless... Unfortunately this means paying through the nose for international traffic. The only thing we use a lot of international bandwidth for is downloading MP3 files. Does anyone know of a server in New Zealand which hosts a lot of MP3s? What about one in Nelson!!?!?!? - That'd be awesome - we get free local traffic. How about an international file-sharing program which has the option of uploads/downloads ONLY for NZ residents? Anything else that would fit the requirement? Cheers, Erin |
Erin Salmon (626) | ||
| 75764 | 2002-09-02 07:33:00 | http://www.p2p.net.nz completely NZ based. Though if you're on satellite it may not work. But could be worth a try. |
-=JM=- (16) | ||
| 75765 | 2002-09-02 08:01:00 | which "wireless" service? -=jm=-s recomendation is great.. i was using it for ages, only stopped because it didn't seem to work with my linux box between PC and the world..... bloody good programme! |
Chris Wilson (431) | ||
| 75766 | 2002-09-02 08:23:00 | Hmm, sounds too good to be true. I'll give it a try. robo. PS Hi Erin, how's tricks? Saw your ad on TradeMe the other day for a gaming machine. |
robo (205) | ||
| 75767 | 2002-09-02 09:47:00 | Awesome! That program kicks arse! Thanks guys...! I highly recommend it for anyone with per MB net access, and it has as many files as WinMX - as far as useful purpose is concerned. It's also faster, as stuff only has to come from across NZ, so there's no unnecessary jiggery-pokery... - Say that out loud, then say - "Shubbery", "Rumage", "Squelch", "Slump", "Wiggle" Neat huh? Anyway - Tricks are good Robo, I'm in the middle of a stack of exams at the moment, so business is running at a little below parr, not assisted by my website's email not working properly either! If anyone knows the finer points of why ASP's CDONTS.NewMail function might not be working, I'd appreciate some help! Aside from which, I have my eye on two very nice peaks I want to climb - Tapaeanuku (Inland Kaikouras - 2885m) & La Perouse (Southern Alps - 3085m)!!! I'll send you a pick from the top if I make it to either! Back to the topic... Which Wireless? The one in question is run by ThePacific.net (www.thepacific.net), it's heinously (there's another neat word) expensive, with a 2GB cap on national, and 500MB on international, but it'll do for email, web hosting, tinkering, and light MP3 downloading. Aside from which it's about as fast as an AthlonXP 3000+! The average speed is supposed to be 11Mbits, but the chaps who tested it out here we're getting between 19 and 22Mbits! Admittedly a little wasted with only 2.5GB of data, but damn fast all the same... (And I'm not paying for it!) You say (Chris) that you had trouble with it when you had a Linux box between you and the rest of the net... I was planning to do something similar, but there would be a hardware firewall with the setup, so I could run my linux box as another PC. ie, not between me and the net. You know what else is neat about this p2p system? Orcon DONATED the hardware - yes DONATED! Two 100Mbits lines! Damn, vote for them as ISP of the year will you guys, they deserve a bit more business for that kind of generosity! :) Have fun all, Erin |
Erin Salmon (626) | ||
| 75768 | 2002-09-02 10:16:00 | I'd want to make sure that it will work with that service though. As that DC hub is actually not wired into the international backbone at all. There is no way that it international traffic can get in. I've heard that services such as iHug Ultra may not be able to use it as they are regarded as international because of the going up to space thing. 11Mbps sure would be nice at the door. But I can do over 4GB with my dial-up and second line. |
-=JM=- (16) | ||
| 75769 | 2002-09-02 10:48:00 | Hi, Yeah, 2.5GB is a little oppressive, but the frustration of 56K is starting to outweigh the disadvantages of such mingy data limits - Besides, between the PCs here, there is already well over 8GB of MP3, enough to keep us happy for a while! Although the setup costs a lot more than dial-up, when we worked everything out, it was about double the cost of dial-up, once the ISPs (I'm going to run my own mail server) and second line have been eliminated. When you figure in the value of time of the people who use the system here (my dad works from home), it figures out economical. We're sick of trying to send 15+ MB .Tiff images across town at 8MB per hour. With wireless sending that kind of thing to the office in town is free, and a matter of seconds. No frustration, no wasted time. Wireless is also synchronous - unlike ADSL, so things go as fast as the came - so to speak. That is to say, if I can download at 20Mbits, I can upload at that speed too, which is great for web-hosting. Plus, I'm often the one who fixes my Dad's Laptop when he has issues, so getting rid of dial-up sounds like a good idea, it's one less problem to deal with, as wireless is much more fool-proof once it's going. As an aside, what do you think a SCSI RAID controller with 3x Ultra2 Channels (7 devices per channel) with RAID 0,1,5,6,7 and standard disk geometry would be worth in couple with 2x 7200rpm 9.1GB Ultra2 SCSI Disks? This is all second hand, but in perfect condition. I'm fairly new in SCSI RAID systems, and I'm weighing up the benefits of selling it, or sticking it in my own PC. I need a second machine now, as I now live 50/50 in two different houses. 18GB SCSI RAID sounds like a nice hard drive setup, but I'm wondering if it might be better to sell up and use IDE... Suggestions? :) Erin |
Erin Salmon (626) | ||
| 75770 | 2002-09-02 11:33:00 | Well it's always nice to have a SCSI RAID system. Depending on how well the system performs you may be better off with some of the WD "JB" drives. *looks at own WD800JB* |
-=JM=- (16) | ||
| 75771 | 2002-09-02 19:58:00 | I had all three drives on a SCSI RAID array fail the other day. Turned out the cable got fried in the heat of the machine. Never seen that before. robo. |
robo (205) | ||
| 75772 | 2002-09-03 06:06:00 | I don't think that IDE cables have a higher temperature rating, robo. :D That box must have been quite warm, though. Was there much smoke? There should have been a bit of "silicon smoke" too. SCSI is very nice, because it is independent of the CPU. But the drives cost more. If the price is right, would be a nice unit. |
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