Hello Andrew, On 8/20/17, Andrew McGlashan via luv-main <luv-main@luv.asn.au> wrote:
On 18/08/17 19:23, Erik Christiansen via luv-main wrote:
On 18.08.17 15:00, Mark Trickett via luv-main wrote:
When Telstra discontinued dial-up, I had to move to a 4G broadband mobile modem, and pay for 4G when I only get 3g from the local mobile phone tower. Since that is about 500 meters by copper pair, it is well within ADSL range, but the equipment there is ISDN, no longer available, and voice and mobile phone. Now I pay $40 a month for 4Gig. Extortion.
That is scary, as I'm planning to build and move out to half way between Sale and Bairnsdale, and that's all that's on offer out there. ATM I have 30Gig/month for $29.95/month here in Melbourne. A tenfold price hike is horrific.
I pay $59.99 for 50GB of 4G Plus data, just as a hotspot. Check out Optus network for your location. I never have problems.
There are a few places where my Telstra mobile has no signal, but another person with Optus has coverage, but that is rare, it is not uncommon for the reverse. I have two towers nearby, the second being Optus, but I am not happy with Optus as a business.
In fact, my "calling" mobile has 1.5GB of data, but most of the time it connects via the hotspot when I am out and about; that plan gives me unlimited AU calls/sms/mms as well. It is just $14.99 per month (12 month contract, byo plan).
There is a profusion of plans, I actually have two mobile services when I only want one. The phone and the modem. Combining the two with the right equipment would help on prices, but i am not satisfied with what is on offer. An Android device, yes, but running Lineage from the start, and supported by Telstra, with timely updates. The other thing would be for them to provide ADSL, or better still DSL, it is under 1000 meters or so to the base of the mobile only 500phone tower, and enough customers who would use. The mobile modem reboots at times while I am using, nothing I am doing, and it did not do at first. Given that it gets fed a bad configuration now and then, I think it is done to try to fix those symptoms, but it just makes it worse. I have lost faith in how they all manage their networks, they are looking tlo maximise revenue and minimise costs, that is consumerist capitalism.
In terms of mobile data, just use a router that does the job -- although it might be better to plug it in to a computer directly if you need the public IP address on an interface -- then it is much like a plain old 56K type modem setup, but via 4G instead (still PPP). So, yes, do not over complicate things more than you need to.
For my situation, I am cursing that NetworkManager will prioritise the wired connection over the wi-fi as the default route. It is also that I will want wired network connections to the printers. It is assumptions, assume makes an ass out of you and me. I am looking at what could be and seeing what should be and seeing the deficiencies in the current offerings. It is aggravating that those who make such foolish decisions and provide the commercial pressures end up so well over renumerated.
Cheers AndrewM
Regards, Mark Trickett