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So, Telstra won't refund me the $400 for the modem they sold me, which they said would upload 2 GB in 15 min, and it took 10 hours. Do any aussies know if my next step is trade practices, or if it's the telecommunications ombudsman ?
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"Billabong, bonza, barbie". That's the only sense I could get out of the only Aussie I know, and strangely enough he wasn't drunk.
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"Billabong, bonza, barbie". That's the only sense I could get out of the only Aussie I know, and strangely enough he wasn't drunk.
martin_hughes wrote:
he wasn't drunk
? Are you sure he was Australian?
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"Billabong, bonza, barbie". That's the only sense I could get out of the only Aussie I know, and strangely enough he wasn't drunk.
He didn't say 'sheila' ? Could he be a New Zealander ? They tend not to make sense. Ask him where the pavlova was invented, if he says NZ, he's not an Aussie, he's a liar.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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martin_hughes wrote:
he wasn't drunk
? Are you sure he was Australian?
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
Well he does wear an ill-advised hat, that's for sure.
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So, Telstra won't refund me the $400 for the modem they sold me, which they said would upload 2 GB in 15 min, and it took 10 hours. Do any aussies know if my next step is trade practices, or if it's the telecommunications ombudsman ?
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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He didn't say 'sheila' ? Could he be a New Zealander ? They tend not to make sense. Ask him where the pavlova was invented, if he says NZ, he's not an Aussie, he's a liar.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
He said, and I quote, "Ah billabong, mate, if I were a sheila kiwi it'd be bloody kiwi, but since there's other things a foot, barbie and where's me beer, it'd be some bloody limey". No idea what any of that means.
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I can't believe Christian has grown sooooo older! :-D
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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So, Telstra won't refund me the $400 for the modem they sold me, which they said would upload 2 GB in 15 min, and it took 10 hours. Do any aussies know if my next step is trade practices, or if it's the telecommunications ombudsman ?
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
Christian Graus wrote:
the telecommunications ombudsman
I am pretty sure that he will suck too :). You may have to go all the way to the prime-minister, I guess.
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So, Telstra won't refund me the $400 for the modem they sold me, which they said would upload 2 GB in 15 min, and it took 10 hours. Do any aussies know if my next step is trade practices, or if it's the telecommunications ombudsman ?
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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So, Telstra won't refund me the $400 for the modem they sold me, which they said would upload 2 GB in 15 min, and it took 10 hours. Do any aussies know if my next step is trade practices, or if it's the telecommunications ombudsman ?
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
Christian Graus wrote:
which they said would upload 2 GB in 15 min
That needs about 18 Mbps upload - extremely unlikely that you'd get that. Maybe they meant download speeds?
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He said, and I quote, "Ah billabong, mate, if I were a sheila kiwi it'd be bloody kiwi, but since there's other things a foot, barbie and where's me beer, it'd be some bloody limey". No idea what any of that means.
we don't say limey, we say pom.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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Christian Graus wrote:
which they said would upload 2 GB in 15 min
That needs about 18 Mbps upload - extremely unlikely that you'd get that. Maybe they meant download speeds?
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com linkI was explicit, I don't care what their reason for lying was.
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we don't say limey, we say pom.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
£10 ticket or a free passage?
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I was explicit, I don't care what their reason for lying was.
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Christian Graus wrote:
I was explicit, I don't care what their reason for lying was.
Yeah, I got that but don't expect to get 18 Mbps upload on a home connection any time soon, even with a different ISP! Unless you move to Tokyo, Japan where that's probably an entry level home ISP starter account!
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Presumably this is the modem you posted in the thread below? If so, have a look at http://www.legislation.act.gov.au/a/1954-15/current/pdf/1954-15.pdf[^]. You may find items of interest there.
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Yes, I did, and I emailed the store manager with an excerpt, thank you.
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Christian Graus wrote:
I was explicit, I don't care what their reason for lying was.
Yeah, I got that but don't expect to get 18 Mbps upload on a home connection any time soon, even with a different ISP! Unless you move to Tokyo, Japan where that's probably an entry level home ISP starter account!
Regards, Nish
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My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com link*grin* yeah, it seemed huge when he offered it, but I'd not done the math. He did, he used a calculator and double checked on my request.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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So, Telstra won't refund me the $400 for the modem they sold me, which they said would upload 2 GB in 15 min, and it took 10 hours. Do any aussies know if my next step is trade practices, or if it's the telecommunications ombudsman ?
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
It is communism at work. Monopolies never work.
Watch the Fall of the Republic (High Quality 2:24:19)[^] Sons Of Liberty - Free Album (They sound very much like Metallica, great lyrics too)[^]
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*grin* yeah, it seemed huge when he offered it, but I'd not done the math. He did, he used a calculator and double checked on my request.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
But are you sure he knew up from down. Is there actually anyone at Telestra that knows up from down?
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It is communism at work. Monopolies never work.
Watch the Fall of the Republic (High Quality 2:24:19)[^] Sons Of Liberty - Free Album (They sound very much like Metallica, great lyrics too)[^]
