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Hi all,

it is after due consideration that we have decided to route WA and SA users to another POP, this will give you access to WAIX via another Provider.

Sorry People we have been unable to resolve this WAIX issue up to date but this is an answer to the problem.

I will keep you posted on the details and it shouldnt be to far away.

For the purpose of understanding my previous post.

A pop is the location that your traffic arrives at our router to give you access to the internet. Changing pops in this case will mean we will use someone elses access (router) for your internet connection that will give you access to WAIX.

Did aaNet have it's own POP's in WA and SA?

Will users in these states notice anything at all when they access the net, or will it be seamless as far as they are concerned? - I ask because my daughters are in Adelaide with aaNet.

I am a bit confused about this. Does this mean that any traffic going through WAIX will be free (not counted)? I thought free traffic did not exist with aaNet.

Mark

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One of the issues was that traffic from a WA aaNet user to alot of WA "other ISP" users was routed back through the east coast. Connecting to WAIX solves that one.

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Thanks for that, Andy. I suppose that might be of interest to a gamer as they need good pings. The rest of us probably won't notice any difference at all.

Mark

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It was a concern raised by a couple of the first WA aaNet users, which I guess Cat & Co had hoped to have addressed quickly.

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If my memory serves me right, I think a guy called Networkgeek ended up churning over the issue.

Mark

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I believe they did and it appears they are now being closed.

Mark

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So, are we still being serviced by aaNet or by this other provider? Also, may we ask who this as yet unnamed provider might be?

Mark

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Of course you're still being serviced by aaNet. Cat means another bandwidth provider like Powertel or Optus, not another ISP...

Do you have any idea who provides the bandwidth you use at present?

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OK, that wasn't clear from Cat's post. I am guessing we are using Powertel, correct me if I am wrong. So now we will be going to another provider, whoever that may be.

Mark

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So, what was the actual issue? Was Powertel (or whoever our bandwidth provider currently is) unwilling or unable to connect aaNet to WAIX?

Mark

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Kind of... just aaNet in a different state - looks like what Exetel have done everywhere but NSW. Works for them. Am just wondering why aaNet would do this if they already have POPs in those states.

I am wondering, too. Could it be that there are insufficient aaNet customers in those two states to warrant the expense of keeping those POPs going? We can only guess until more information is provided.

Mark

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As long as you continue to get a good connection, why would you care?

So far my connection has been faultless. Hopefully it will continue to be that way after the change to another provider.

Mark

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