Why on earth would anyone use Big Pond for their phone and/or intenet access?

At Church, we used to use Telstra for both.
We had a fax line which cost us $30 a month for line rental, and which we used maybe once every two months.
We paid $36 a month for dial up intenet
Whenever there was a problem it took literally hours to get an answer

I switched over to AAPT
They gave us a “duet” line for the fax, which costs us $5 a month
I pay $39 a month for Broadband (512k download speed and 12, 00o Mb allowed)
They gave me a free modem and everything I need to set up.

Most impressive of all though is the service. I get through quickly, and everytime the person has been friendly and helpful.

I dont understand why anyone goes with Telstra, they are so expensive and so unhelpful.

Bidding for Nicael Holt’s life has hit $30, 000

See post below for more details, but this was interesting,
“A friend owes me $20. Another friend owes me a six-pack of beer which you can redeem upon winning the bid.
– The winning applicant should probably shout the next $20 worth of weed.
– Will need to become vegetarian. This can however be changed in the future.
– There is some tension with a former ex from a painful breakup which must be inherited.”

“THIS IS A SERIOUS BID FOR SERIOUS BIDDERS ONLY. The winner of this eBAY auction enters into a legally binding contract. The final bid will be enforcable by law. I have been in contact with ebay and they will be assisting in the transaction once bidding has closed

Ebay Link

Here’s an amazing story, this could not have happened 50 years ago, we live in a strange world!!

A baby boy who as a frozen embryo was saved from the flood spawned by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 has been born in a hospital in the New Orleans area and named for Noah, who safely navigated the biblical flood.
After the hurricane, authorities saved his embryo and others stored at a hospital where they had been in danger of thawing amid the flood engulfing the area.”

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Maybe they should have called him Moses? Afterall, Moses survived floating on the water when he was a baby!

NEED to get a life? Nicael Holt, a 24-year-old man from Wollongong, is selling his to the highest bidder.
All of Mr Holt’s worldly possessions, including his name, bed and clothes, are up for grabs on internet auction site eBay.
Bidding started at $1 on Monday and by 8pm yesterday had risen to $310.
Under the heading “New Life For Sale”, Mr Holt’s eBay site boasts of the skills, friendships and flirtations the new Mr Holt will be entitled to.
“Will introduce to all my friends and potential lovers (around eight which I have been flirting with),” he said.
“I have around 15 close friends and around 170 other friends. Friends will treat you exactly as they have treated me.
“This includes friends who take me surfing, running, climbing and cook for me. All of these features will be transferred over to the winning applicant.”
But there is a downside.
“I have two nemeses,” Mr Holt said.
And a disclaimer: “Please note winning bidder does not receive ownership of the following: degrees/qualifications, drivers licence, passport, future inheritance and formal/legal identity,” Mr Holt said.
On the upside, the winning bidder will take possession of 300 CDs, Mr Holt’s childhood photos, surfboard and a bike with wonky handlebars.
The new Mr Holt will also get a four-week training course including “training in becoming me”, “piercings to the value of $180” and “lessons in my personal history (the good and the bad stuff)”.
Bidding, by men or women, ends on Tuesday.
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Although this is reported in the press, I cant find any trace of it on ebay
Man…… if you cant make a sermon illustration out of that, your not trying

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