What is great about Australia, and what isn't

[Yellow_Festiva]

Originally Posted by birdman941

We pay 100 per month for unlimited internet, phone (digital voice),
and digital cable.
All on the same bill.
Speed is amazing, but I have no idea how much bandwidth I use.

Yup,

My French friend tells me that his parents pay a flat fee of around $50 a month. This includes phone line, free landline calls ANYWHERE fast ADSL2 internet with no download limits.

He laughs when he sees what we have to pay. But it is all relative. Our large areas to cover and low population to share the costs isn't doing us any favours.

[TC200six]

Originally Posted by birdman941

Maybe I misunderstood, but do you have to pay for your
internet by the amount of bandwidth you use?

It all depends on what Internet service provider your with.
For example, with Telstra there are monthly plans, some of which you have a limit and if you go over that limit, you have to pay 15 cents extra per megabyte for that month. Or you can change to what they call "Liberty" plans where if you go over your monthly allowance, your speed slows down to 64 kilobytes per second until the next month, I'm on 256 kbps and it's very slow, 64 kbps would be unusable.(Thankfully, no matter how much I browse or download, I've never gone over the limit on the lowest "Liberty" plan).

[Deech]

The Good: What everyone else said. Australia's awesome.
The Bad: If you're into recreational shooting, and used to US firearms laws, you're just about to find out about one of the downsides of our country.

[burnz]

a lot of telstra bashing here, never had a problem. (30Mbit cable)

as for why i like AUS, it's vertualy the same size as the USA.
but only 20 million population not 280 million (ponder that for a second)
their's a thousand for's and fifteen negatives basicly, gotta love OZ.
if you come here you will understand imeadiatly.

[fordomatic]

Deech
our firearm laws are there for a reason, hence why our country rarely has mass shooting incidents. i think they are quite good, i dont feel the need to have a semi/fully auto rifle to go shooting with.

[Falcon4L]

but what about when you need to blow the crap out of a deer and put 2 magazines of bullets in it withing 5 sceonds :P

I think the best thing about our country is that its like all other countries except 20 years ago, I dont mean that in every sense.. But our attitude is a lot more laid back than other countries and we'd rather all get a long and help each other out...

mateship has been an aussie trait for a very long time and I hope our culture doesnt loose it, I think it seperates us from a lot of other places in the world

[Kryton]

Good:
i just bought a 2.5kg bucket of Vegemite.

Bad:
it cost $80 to send it to the USA.

[DJM83]

Originally Posted by Peuty

Footy has nothing to do with it. Queensland is just plain better.

Not the footy team but everything else is. Thats the reason i moved here.
Edit BTW Telstra sucks the big one IMO wouldnt go near them

[Deech]

Originally Posted by fordomatic

Deech
our firearm laws are there for a reason, hence why our country rarely has mass shooting incidents. i think they are quite good, i dont feel the need to have a semi/fully auto rifle to go shooting with.

I don't recall saying that automatics should be legalised, or that our gun laws should be abolished. Actually, I don't think I even said that I thought our firearms laws were a bad thing...

I'm not looking to start an argument, or derail a topic. It's pretty much impossible to persuade people either side of the firearms debate, or even argue it without getting a thread locked, so can we agree to disagree?
You can always continue the debate over PM with me.

[mik]

PRO`s
huge diversity of car`s (maybe too many) great food, low crime rate, 30 270 km of coastline if you add tasmania, unlimited scenery, good people, great social safety net and medical cover
CON`s
cost of living, country is becoming over regulated specially road rules, our politicians seem to have NO CLUE , drought, manufacturing base is going out the window, and my spaling.
good points far out way bad points

[birdman941]

Not a huge gun fan here, and never owned one.
Any good roller coasters there?

[Falcon Coupe]

Originally Posted by birdman941

We pay 100 per month for unlimited internet, phone (digital voice),
and digital cable.
All on the same bill.
Speed is amazing, but I have no idea how much bandwidth I use.

You guys are way ahead of us in that respect, i wish we had deals like that here.

[GCFordChic]

Originally Posted by birdman941

Any good roller coasters there?

Scooby coaster rocks!

As for the good and bad about "Oz-traya" (you have to learn to say it right):

Good: It is so far away from everywhere else in the world.

Bad: It is so far away from everywhere else in the world.

[DoreSlamR]

Originally Posted by GCFordChic

Scooby coaster rocks!

As for the good and bad about "Oz-traya" (you have to learn to say it right):

Good: It is so far away from everywhere else in the world.

Bad: It is so far away from everywhere else in the world.

Thats why quarantine matters! when the rest of the world are dead from bird flu or mad cow disease or sars we'll be sitting pretty.

: :

[birdman941]

Originally Posted by GCFordChic

Scooby coaster rocks!

As for the good and bad about "Oz-traya" (you have to learn to say it right):

Good: It is so far away from everywhere else in the world.

Bad: It is so far away from everywhere else in the world.

Good one.

[uranium_death]

A lot of people say that Holdens are bad...

Sure, we may not like them as much as Fords, but I'd take one over a Toyota.
I'd take a Datsun over a Toyota...I just can't stand Toyota.

What is also bad about Australia is the fact that there is no 18+ PC Gaming rating (stuff consoles - let the kiddies play with them :P). Say to parents, "You will have greater control over what games your children can play" and I reckon it will be well supported.

The people that oppose this movement are the fools who have never played a game in their life, or worn their trousers below their chest.

[mickbundy]

At the moment there are more Aussies than imports JUST

[Daymoe]

Originally Posted by uranium_death

A lot of people say that Holdens are bad...

Sure, we may not like them as much as Fords, but I'd take one over a Toyota.
I'd take a Datsun over a Toyota...I just can't stand Toyota.

What is also bad about Australia is the fact that there is no 18+ PC Gaming rating (stuff consoles - let the kiddies play with them :P). Say to parents, "You will have greater control over what games your children can play" and I reckon it will be well supported.

The people that oppose this movement are the fools who have never played a game in their life, or worn their trousers below their chest.

I agree on the games part, i think the average age of the Australian gamer s like 24 anyway, it makes no sense not to have an R rating.

[Full Noise]

Originally Posted by Ando_Leigh

Just a Quick question at Birdman or anyone else who may know the answer

In the states is it true that if you receive a phone call or a text that you pay half the cost with the person who sent it?
I hope that makes sense.

I don’t know about the received calls, but I have a friend in Atlanta, GA and they pay a flat fee of around $45 a month for unlimited calls within the USA and Canada. They can also call my mobile for 11 cents a minute.

When I call them on my mobile, I pay 18 cents a minute. It cost me 25 cents per 30 seconds to ring a land line here from my mobile. We really do get screwed over for phone calls here.

Does anyone here remember this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du8SXIG5Y9U

[boss-290]

What I don't like about Aus is Broadband, The Law.

What I like????

I dont wanna sound cliche