Date: Sat, 19 Apr 1997 17:04:07 +0800 (WST) From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@obiwan.psinet.net.au> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: imp@village.org, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: WhistleJets (was Re: Another Linux Religious war) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970419170024.9125A-100000@obiwan.psinet.net.au> In-Reply-To: <199704180303.MAA21085@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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> > a major ISP in Perth is marketing the "Phoenix" server which does > > basically the same as the WhistleJet, but with Linux instead. > > Heh, and we all know who they are, right? > *grin* Ahh, you're from adelaide.. NOW I know why you know. :) > I've been trying to talk Whistle into selling into the Australian > market; there are a lot of people in the 'right' places here who, > IMHO, would consider something like the WJ _exactly_ the right thing > to have. > Yes. Trouble is, lots of companies want to do it themselves. (I know mine does, along with a heap of other ISPs). > In most particular, Telstra have pulled some interesting stuff that > means that a business could have a full-time 'net connection for $500 > once-off and less then 20c/MB. For an org with a network of Mac/PC ^^^^^^^^^---- you're talking about their perm modem connection pricing? > system (common), something like the WJ would just become the "Internet > machine" in conjunction with this. I have been _itching_ to be able > to sell this to people; I haven't dared try to put together something > as complex single-handed though 8( > Yes it would be nice. :) Adrian
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