September 12, 2006
Raging against the ghost in the machine
There are lots of far more interesting things I COULD be blogging about, and God knows, I've probably only got 15 seconds online to write all this down, but I just wanted to say that if anyone out there is contemplating getting Optus Broad-(hahahahaha)-band then don't be suprised if as you reach for the telephone to make that call I suddenly appear and launch myself across the room self-sacrificingly hurling myself in slow-motion between you and the phone with one of those echo-enhanced "Noooooooooooooo!"s that you hear in the movies.
God knows there were entire days in the Netherlands where KPN and their damned Hoofdorp server-park held the country to ransom with no internet access nationwide at all, and from what I've heard, you might be hard-pressed in Australia to find anyone more reliable than Optus, BUT for what its worth I just want it on record that I have now been using Optus Cable Broadband for 8 months and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone this side of the industrial revolution.
And DON't get me started on what they call broadband in this country........... There are underground eastern european poet societies powered by paper clips with faster internet access than us.
Phew! Now I can stop pedalling and go and pump some water outback from the well.
Posted by Faith