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Channelling CG here - woke this morning to no internet connection. We have had NBN connected for 2 day, fabulous speed, amazing but 2 days in and we have our first outage.
Fire up the mobile hotspot to see what is what. No NBN outages reported for my area, go the the Telstra website and they have an online test function, NBN tests fine, the line test however times out after 20 minutes. They supply a toll free number to call.
After going through their automated system I am finally told there is a 20+ minutes wait and if I stay on the line (hint hint) they will require a whole bunch of information to fix the problem.
And here is the kicker - they play the most horrendous music while waiting the 20+ minutes.
Meanwhile they have fixed the connection, I only found out by trying to connect again.
I'm not sure if I should be bitching about the outage or praising them for the rapid repair/reconnect.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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We've had the NBN crews in the street for a few days. We had been told connection in May but they now seem to be ahead of that estimate. In the meantime my copper broadband has slowed to a crawl. Telstra seem to have acknowledged this by sending me an email telling me that my plan now has unlimited data. I hope the future is bright.
Mycroft Holmes wrote: they play the most horrendous music while waiting the 20+ minutes
Who comes up with these ideas?
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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pwasser wrote: sending me an email telling me that my plan now has unlimited data
Yah we got one of those a few months ago, I figured because we never go anywhere near our limit they might as well make it unlimited.
Going from 1-3mb to 45mb is great, it is almost as fast as the standard speed in Singapore  .
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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pwasser wrote: Mycroft Holmes wrote: they play the most horrendous music while waiting the 20+ minutes
Who comes up with these ideas?
You know Aussie Broadband plays a loop of dad jokes instead of playing hold music..
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You're in the steaming tropics of the lucky country... food that isn't dangerous (in that it doesn't try and kill you) is pretty scarce - so pretty much all of the wildlife (from fire ants to crocs and cassowarys) have developed a taste for anything else the dopey bipeds stick in on or above the ground - fiber is always good (even women's magazines agree with that one).
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: woke this morning to no internet connection.
I wake up from the noise of my kids so I'm wondering what noise does no internet actually make?
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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The sound of the internet outage - discreet cursing from the other side of the bed as SWMBO can't get the tennis scores 
I'll swap the noise of kids for Curlews making their strange "wailing" calls - YouTube[^]. These noisy bastards carry on all through the night.
The dawn chorus on the other hand consists of kookaburras and magpies, beats the roar of the city every day.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Using Docker just so you can tell management that you are is probably the weirdest use for it. What do you think? Take our 30 sec Docker survey and help us reach our charity goal of $1500. And feel free to share your own weird uses; we could use a good laugh. Vote today!
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After a couple of death of major important people in Québec (Lise Payette and Gilles Pelletier), Burt goes.
I'm gonna smokey tonight.
I'd rather be phishing!
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Long live the Bandit! ![Rose | [Rose]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
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R.I.P. another legend gone but not forgotten!
Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright
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I have always liked him. Will be missed. RIP Bandit! ![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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One of the few 70's early 80's actors to rock a moustache (like Tom Selleck) and not be considered camp!
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I don't know who the f**** Stan Brock is, but I sure as hell know who the Bandit was. Just saying...
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is this your way of saying that there is something wrong in the world, because people know more actors than philanthropists?
if that's the case, please read some soft skills books.
I'd start with something like How to Win Friends and Influence People Book by Dale Carnegie.
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Do big bang layered software re-architectures projects always end in tiers?
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Hmmm, I'd have said tears rather than tiers...
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It'll all come together in the end...
Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer.
The End
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Layers and tiers are logical extensions of structured programming.
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Layers may also indicate sedimentary processes at work 
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Then you can start with a fresh slate.
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How can you tell Obi Wan Kenobi was married? "May divorce be with you."
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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