RE Bigpond news server

[Noddy]

On 30/04/13 9:30 PM, Blue Heeler wrote:

Guess what, the Telstra Tech, who arrived onsite 2 hours late, knew
nothing about ISDN provisioning other than a vague understanding of how
to plug them in and then connect his junior woodchuck "go-no/go" tester
to them. Eventually I took pity on him and explained that the as the
network termination unit had a rock solid "connect" indication and as
his junior wood chuck ISDN test tool likewise showed a perfect system,
that perhaps if he whipped out his laptop and programmed the NTUs
correctly, we would have a telephone service. I even recalled that
there is a way to program them using a plain jane phone, but I must
admit the fine detail of how to do that escapes me now. He looked at me
blankly and said that the guy in the test centre would program them -
funny that, until they are set to terminate the correct number, the
test centre cannot see them.

Staggering.

Anyway, no phones for us until at least tomorrow when his boss, who
apparently knows about such things, will be able to attend to setting
up the NTUs correctly. Silly prick couldn't understand why I was pissed
with him - it isn't rocket science.

It is to him apparently

I was also pissed with him because whilst the silly bastard actually
managed to get the POTS line for the fax working, unfortunately there
was no DSL provisioning arranged, so no Intenet till next week.

Grouse.

Mind you, when I rang our "customer contact person" to ask why 3 months
was not enough time to get their shit together, he at least did
organise a wireless router, configured for our fixed IP to be delivered
within 30 minutes, Yay, we have email and bog slow internet......God
help us when we get sent a few 20meg file attachments.

Heh

On the other hand, the private company engaged to install the new PABX
were onsite exactly on time, unboxed the gear, plugged it in and had it
tested to the extent they could with no NTUs active in 90 minutes.

Makes you wonder that if they put half as much time and money into
getting their shit together as they do with TV and radio advertisements
telling us how great they are, then *maybe* they might actually start
acting like a legitimate communications company and do their fucking
jobs rather than looking like a sheltered workshop that runs basket
weaving programs to keep the window lickers occupied.






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[Dechucka]

"Feral" <plonked@home.ru> wrote in message
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On 30/04/2013 12:20 PM, D Walford wrote:

Also there were no mobiles or internet and a lot fewer landlines so its
possible service was better but there is no real comparison to now.
In the 50's my parents had the only phone in our immediate area so not
many phones to go wrong.

And they were *subscribers*, not *customers* and everything got fixed
promptly and free. By me.

So you're the cunt who trampled my roses in 1979. I'm still waiting for you
to come back and apologize as the complaints dept said you would

 

[Feral]

On 1/05/2013 6:26 AM, Dechucka wrote:

"Feral" <plonked@home.ru> wrote in message
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And they were *subscribers*, not *customers* and everything got fixed
promptly and free. By me.



So you're the cunt who trampled my roses in 1979. I'm still waiting for
you to come back and apologize as the complaints dept said you would

Those who grow roses are usually prickly pricks.

Were you residing in the Riverina area in '79?

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[Dechucka]

"Feral" <plonked@home.ru> wrote in message
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On 1/05/2013 6:26 AM, Dechucka wrote:

"Feral" <plonked@home.ru> wrote in message
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And they were *subscribers*, not *customers* and everything got fixed
promptly and free. By me.



So you're the cunt who trampled my roses in 1979. I'm still waiting for
you to come back and apologize as the complaints dept said you would

Those who grow roses are usually prickly pricks.

Were you residing in the Riverina area in '79?

no but weren't you everywhere according to "and everything got fixed
promptly and free. By me. "

 

[G S ng]

Hey All,

Yes, it seems there are some issues with news.bigpond.com.

I had used it exclusively through outlook express / Windows live mail since
the mid 90's, mainly for text newsgroup "forums" & the occasional binary
download.....

It had become notoriously unreliable in the past 12 months or so, and after
some frustrating phone calls with numerous Telstra "techs" I finally got on
to a fellow who knew what the hell I was talking about who was a great help
in getting the service going again (He has now moved on)

Then for last few months where the service strangely started alternating
between working on my work comp -(W7 - WLM) and home Computer - (XP - OLE) -
Yes, it would work on one comp, but not the other ... very strange...

Until now, when it doesn't work at all on either machine

I have now changed to a free server : news.aioe.org which I believe does not
support binaries and is apparently slow, but as I only browse a few text
based newsgroup "forums" these days, it seems to suit my need, and works on
both machines...

Cheers,

Gary

Brisbane Queensland Australia


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On 30/04/2013 9:50 AM, Trevor wrote:

"Noddy" <me@wardengineering.com.au> wrote in message
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On 30/04/13 6:03 AM, Trevor wrote:
Exactly. They retrenched all the staff who actually had a clue, now they
are
nearly as bad as Optus and Vodaphone! :-(
our fskup
I've had accounts with all three, and in my experience Telstra is
*easily*
the absolute worst in terms of staff knowledge and customer service, and
by a very long way. Their only saving grace is that they have the best
network coverage, which forces you between a rock and a hard place.


Well it's a long time since I could afford Telstra, but the service once
was
far better than anything I've ever had from Optus or Vodaphone :-(


If ever there was a country that needed a *massive* telecommunications
overhaul it's this one.

That's what John Howard gave us :-( Now we get to spend more taxpayer
money
to upgrade the network than it was sold for. Lost the $5B every year they
were getting in revenue *after* network upgrade costs. Seen a triplication
of networks at great expense, a loss of a hundred thousand jobs in Telstra
and support industries, and the customer service has gotten worse.
Unfortunately the government can't "fix" it now, even with an NBN.

Trevor.



You really are a fckwitt , we all know JH's response was to solve the

massive debt Keating created , another labor fskup

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[Feral]

On 1/05/2013 8:24 AM, Dechucka wrote:

no but weren't you everywhere according to "and everything got fixed
promptly and free. By me. "

Ahah - a picky, prickly prick.


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[Feral]

On 1/05/2013 9:55 AM, Jason James wrote:

Yep,..it's recent recall that starts to go,.with age apparently :-(

LIFO


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[Noddy]

On 01/05/13 8:24 AM, Dechucka wrote:

no but weren't you everywhere according to "and everything got fixed
promptly and free. By me. "

As long as he thinks you're handing out back pats. For shit sandwiches
refer to someone else.



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[Noddy]

On 01/05/13 9:54 AM, Feral wrote:

Ahah - a picky, prickly prick.

Init funny how whenever you're put on the spot you either turn into a 5
year old or become incredibly gay all of a sudden?





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[Dechucka]

"Feral" <plonked@home.ru> wrote in message
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On 1/05/2013 8:24 AM, Dechucka wrote:

no but weren't you everywhere according to "and everything got fixed
promptly and free. By me. "

Ahah - a picky, prickly prick.

I remember asking one of the managers at the old PMG how many people worked
there, he said on a good day about 25%

 

[Dechucka]

"Jason James" <5sfe22l@hotmail.com.au> wrote in message
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On Apr 30, 3:42 pm, Feral <plon...@home.ru> wrote:

On 30/04/2013 12:30 PM, Jason James wrote:

OTC trainee technicians used the DCA school for the first couple of
years [due the basic electronics being taught], then they switched to
dedicated OTC curriculum for the final 2 or 3 years..

Us older bastards still have good memory eh! ;-)

Yep,..it's recent recall that starts to go,.with age apparently :-(

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Are you sure? I think I read an article on it yesterday

 

[Feral]

On 1/05/2013 10:55 AM, Noddy wrote:

On 01/05/13 8:24 AM, Dechucka wrote:

no but weren't you everywhere according to "and everything got fixed
promptly and free. By me. "

As long as he thinks you're handing out back pats. For shit sandwiches
refer to someone else.

Maybe if you weren't so anal and read it as being fixed promptly and
free by me - as opposed to some others - you could grow half a brain.
Hang on ..........


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[Feral]

On 1/05/2013 10:56 AM, Noddy wrote:

On 01/05/13 9:54 AM, Feral wrote:

Ahah - a picky, prickly prick.

Init funny how whenever you're put on the spot you either turn into a 5
year old or become incredibly gay all of a sudden?

Got your work cut out for you today, hey dumbo.


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[Feral]

On 1/05/2013 11:04 AM, Dechucka wrote:

"Feral" <plonked@home.ru> wrote in message
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On 1/05/2013 8:24 AM, Dechucka wrote:

no but weren't you everywhere according to "and everything got fixed
promptly and free. By me. "

Ahah - a picky, prickly prick.

I remember asking one of the managers at the old PMG how many people
worked there, he said on a good day about 25%

1. They were Supervising Technicians, not Managers.
2. They were the 75% that stood or sat around all day doing nothing.
While the TA's, Technicians and Senior Technicians carried the load.

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[Feral]

On 1/05/2013 11:06 AM, Dechucka wrote:

"Jason James" <5sfe22l@hotmail.com.au> wrote in message
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Yep,..it's recent recall that starts to go,.with age apparently :-(

____________________________________________

Are you sure? I think I read an article on it yesterday

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[Jason James]

On Apr 30, 3:42 pm, Feral <plon...@home.ru> wrote:

On 30/04/2013 12:30 PM, Jason James wrote:

OTC trainee technicians used the DCA school for the first couple of
years [due the basic electronics being taught], then they switched to
dedicated OTC curriculum for the final 2 or 3 years..

Us older bastards still have good memory eh! ;-)

Yep,..it's recent recall that starts to go,.with age apparently :-(

Jason

 

[Dechucka]

"Feral" <plonked@home.ru> wrote in message
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On 1/05/2013 11:04 AM, Dechucka wrote:

"Feral" <plonked@home.ru> wrote in message
news:klpldh$krb$1@dont-email.me...
On 1/05/2013 8:24 AM, Dechucka wrote:

no but weren't you everywhere according to "and everything got fixed
promptly and free. By me. "

Ahah - a picky, prickly prick.

I remember asking one of the managers at the old PMG how many people
worked there, he said on a good day about 25%

1. They were Supervising Technicians, not Managers.
2. They were the 75% that stood or sat around all day doing nothing. While
the TA's, Technicians and Senior Technicians carried the load.

Not sure about. He told me about an incident when he was a 'worker'. It was
a big job and when they got there they found they'd forgotten the shovels.
There was great panic till the Supervising Technician told them that this
was covered by SOPs and they were to lean against each other till the
shovels arrived

 

[Feral]

On 1/05/2013 11:43 AM, Dechucka wrote:

Not sure about. He told me about an incident when he was a 'worker'. It
was a big job and when they got there they found they'd forgotten the
shovels. There was great panic till the Supervising Technician told them
that this was covered by SOPs and they were to lean against each other
till the shovels arrived

That sounds typically like a few Line Formen I knew. ;-)

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[jonz]

On 5/1/2013 11:17 AM, Feral wrote:

On 1/05/2013 10:56 AM, Noddy wrote:
On 01/05/13 9:54 AM, Feral wrote:

Ahah - a picky, prickly prick.

Init funny how whenever you're put on the spot you either turn into a 5
year old or become incredibly gay all of a sudden?

Got your work cut out for you today, hey dumbo.
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[Noddy]

On 01/05/13 11:17 AM, Feral wrote:

Got your work cut out for you today, hey dumbo.

Have I? Can I borrow some putty?



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