Re: [SLUG] Net Slowness... Telstra Dirty Tricks?

[Terry Collins <terryc@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Malcolm Tredinnick wrote:

..snip...

> rerouting the traffic via other parts of their network. This has led to
> those parts becoming saturated and a general slowdown for everybody.
> 
> In particular, the Telstra <-> Optus gateway(s) yesterday had
> particularly spotty performance (if you got through at all, you may
> still have been losing 80 - 90% of the packets).

Thanks for the info. 

I can only hope that Optus and/or Ozemail have a major share in the
Southern Cross cable and that it comes into play very fast for internet
connectivity.

I keep hoping that someone with a Satellite service will put a dial-in
pad into 0246. (A lot of my downloads kick off okay, but later stall).

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