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Yeah, pretty happy with that. For the last 10 years i was happy with 140/90.

Anyway, decided to get myself one of the new Galaxy smart watches. I've had the older model for a while, time to upgrade. This one has it's own sim, so once I sync it with the phone I can leave the phone at home and make and receive calls and messages on the watch. Plus I installed Samsung pay on it and verified my debit card so I can use it to pay for stuff everywhere paywave works.

While I was in the shop, I got the bloke to check over my account, I have the works with Telstra. My phone was due for renewal so I got a new handset on a better plan, a discount on my home internet, a new Galaxy Tablet and a tip for how to save money on the Foxtel.

I assume that the Telstra hybrid cable that carries Foxtel will be decommisioned at some point as the NBN can't connect to it, so if I ring up, I can apparently switch from cable to satellite, upgrade to IQ4 boxes at no installation fee and a decent price cut. Might have to ring up about that.

Spent the afternoon in tech geek heaven getting the new toys all set up, got Foxtel Go and Netflix loaded on the new tab so next trip up bush I won't be stuck with FTA TV. :)
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stu, my folks got satellite because of poor fta a few years ago. you have to get permission from acmi who are in cbd. you could end up with imparja which gives you all the footy.
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Sorry mate, translation required here.

acmi? imparja
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stui magpie wrote:Sorry mate, translation required here.

acmi? imparja
ACMI is the media government body that regulates tv and radio access. you are supposed to have permission to get satellite tv.

imparja is an Alice springs based station that was basically set up to provide tv access via satellite to remote communities and stations etc. it allows commercial content like soaps and drams plus sport to reach those areas that are not economically to be done via transmitters . Grey nomads and yachts can easily get them

if everone could simply go to dick smiths and buy a satellite it would mean almost certain closure of regional stations and local content such as regional advertising and news/weather would disappear.

my parents were given permission because there is mountain between them and the transmitters and connection was poor. they used to get 3 AFL games a week mow they get about 7

Fox tried to takeover Imparja and Aistralia plus (asia pacific) with the view to charging users and clearly it would hurt retirees, expats and Indigineous communities who would be struggling to pay the fees.

I just paid my paytv bill for 6 months which is 90 dollars and that gets me 80 channels . I get nearly every footy game. Rupert and the thieving mongrels at telstra are not going to be that cheap.
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Sorry stu. acma. part of department of communication and arts
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I was going to say! You had me bewildered for a minute there RR, wondering if ACMI actually has some kind of regulatory role that I wasn't aware of. :lol:
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Cheers Ron,

I don't know if Foxtel satellite is subject to that, they have been installing it for years everywhere they didn't have cable. Mum had Austar up in Toc, which is now part of Foxtel.

I'm going to have to look more before I do the Satellite, cos I use Foxtel cable for my FTA TV too whereas I recall mums satellite pay TV didn't do the FTA channels. If I have to use an ariel to get FTA I'd need to get the one I put up out the back 10 years ago checked and the coax extended to the front. PITA.
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Well done everyone especially Craig Foster who worked tirelessly from the beginning and to Richard Harris and Craig Challen - I'm sure your letter to the Thai PM carried some serious weight!!

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-11/ ... d/10801346
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Well that's okay. Sorry, I forgot what "what" was.
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Landing... rite now! 😎
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Skids wrote:Landing... rite now! 😎
enjoy the break!!!


Exhausting but happy times! Work up to date! Cleaned the block yesterday, finished with a Port Arlington potato cake, a couple of scallops and a piece of grilled fish, and im still down 1.5kg!! Tried something new, and im pretty happy with the results! OCF (off camera flash) down the beach!! Models face blurred deliberately, these are tack sharp!
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Morrigu wrote:Well done everyone especially Craig Foster who worked tirelessly from the beginning and to Richard Harris and Craig Challen - I'm sure your letter to the Thai PM carried some serious weight!!

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-11/ ... d/10801346
Wonderful news.
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stui magpie wrote:Cheers Ron,

I don't know if Foxtel satellite is subject to that, they have been installing it for years everywhere they didn't have cable. Mum had Austar up in Toc, which is now part of Foxtel.

I'm going to have to look more before I do the Satellite, cos I use Foxtel cable for my FTA TV too whereas I recall mums satellite pay TV didn't do the FTA channels. If I have to use an ariel to get FTA I'd need to get the one I put up out the back 10 years ago checked and the coax extended to the front. PITA.
The FTA satellite system is called VAST and is for people living n areas of poor reception. Unless you live in central Australia you can't get Impaja anymore. It's possible to get Foxtel and FTA via the same dish but you need a receiver with a twin card slot and an extra part in the dish to get both signals. VAST is great if you can get it because it provides all the ABC and SBS channels in all the different time zones. You probably can't get a card from the authority unless you live in a poor reception area. My brother who does not have VAST but has Foxtel gets some FTA but not all.
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https://ceevooantenna.com/offer-au/salespage.

Anyone looked at this option? Might just be what Stui needs and even TP and her holiday house.
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The link doesn't work, but if you remove everything after the .com you get to the product.

It's not going to pick up foxtel or any streaming stations, it can only get FTA TV. It may work as a booster to egt signals from stations you'd be out of range of, but there's a few of these things around.
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