You'll be glad to know that the wireless internet has been up and running for a while now. So if you are already staying at one of the apartments or planning a visit, crank up your computer and connect to the 'sawtellbeach' wi-fi!

First of all an apology, I rather brilliantly had the contact page secured against anyone using it. Sorry to the 5 people this week who tried to use it - I'm a dill.

Having decided to go for the abysmally fastest ADSL available in Sawtell (1500/256 to us nerds), I needed a phone line. This involved chasing my tail for a few weeks trying to figure out who was responsible and who'd be paying etc. I think it is starting to move now, I have a phone engineer fixing up the phone line, once he is done I just need to get Telstra to connect the line.... urg.

Meanwhile I'm trying to figure out my final choice on the hardware to connect everyone up....

...watch this space.

Christmas and Australia day have swooshed by and now here we are well into 2007. My job at the Uni is flat out as all the students puzzle over their new timetables and the staff suddenly realise there is work to be done.

Leigh from the executive committee has asked me to find out about installing broadband in the apartments. So I have researched the hardware and the vendors am now trying to prod some people into action. Hopefully we can get some sort of Wireless LAN sharing a speedy connection up and running soon.

Tomorrow I'm going to be at the surf club helping my partner, Cheri. She is hosting the inaugural Coffs Double Helix Club Meeting. Hopefully I'll get a surf afterwards.

Divvied amongst 18 apartments:

not including phone line connection (?) and rental ($20 per month approx)

Setup Fee:
New ADSL Service $129

Hardware (Approx prices):
ADSL Modem $400
24 Port Switch $500 Or Wireless routers
Ethernet Cabling? Need to check it out. Looks good.

alt.
Wireless -
ADSL Modem $400
Wireless Antennaes $250 (will need at least two)

Monthly fee:
HOME-1500-Power20 $59.95 1500k / 256k 20 GB Shaped
http://www.internode.on.net/adsl/pricing/home.php
or
SOHO-1500-Power20 $79.95 1500k / 256k 20 GB SOHO Shaping
http://www.internode.on.net/adsl/pricing/soho.php

Internode Standard Form of Agreement (SFOA):
http://www.internode.on.net/sfoa/index.htm

need to know:
Suggested switch/router to go with ADSL modem. About 10 users at a time.
Does existing wiring support ethernet?

Summary:
$1000 initial set up ($55.55 each)
$60 (ADSL) + $20 (phone line) per month ($4.44 each)