Is there electricity in Australia?
Jul 26th 2006, 12:08 pm
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Re: Is there electricity in Australia?
Originally Posted by wmoore
We've got plenty of power (sorry 
) but we only have phone sockets in the kitchen and master bedroom 
Our house is 7 years old, clearly built before people wanted to plug computers into phone lines.
) but we only have phone sockets in the kitchen and master bedroom Our house is 7 years old, clearly built before people wanted to plug computers into phone lines.
Jul 26th 2006, 1:23 pm
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Re: Is there electricity in Australia?
Originally Posted by Amazulu
A wireless network is the answer.
Jul 26th 2006, 2:17 pm
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Re: Is there electricity in Australia?
Originally Posted by thatsnotquiteright
How do you arrive at 50!? Not having lived in a new house I wouldn't know how to make an assessment.
Jul 26th 2006, 10:23 pm
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Re: Is there electricity in Australia?
Originally Posted by jayr
You can now buy a device that you plug into a power socket and it has an inout for a telephone line. Works by sending signals thru the power lines or something but means you can just plug in a phone at a powerpoint and not need to run telephone cable all around the house. Dick Smith do them apparently.
http://www.foxtel.com.au/accessories/4753.htm
http://www.foxtel.com.au/accessories/4753.htm
Jul 26th 2006, 10:25 pm
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Re: Is there electricity in Australia?
Originally Posted by Amazulu
A wireless network is the answer.
Just signed up for Bigpond wireless to use on oyur travels actually. It's a bit slow on CDMA (slow than I'm used to at least) but I haven't connected to EV-DO yet.
Jul 27th 2006, 2:24 am
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Re: Is there electricity in Australia?
Originally Posted by jayr
You can now buy a device that you plug into a power socket and it has an inout for a telephone line. Works by sending signals thru the power lines or something but means you can just plug in a phone at a powerpoint and not need to run telephone cable all around the house. Dick Smith do them apparently.
http://www.foxtel.com.au/accessories/4753.htm
http://www.foxtel.com.au/accessories/4753.htm
if you don't have to many of those either.A
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