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I use Optus Cable and it sings like a kitten.
Most ISP’s (I work for the largest in the world as a pre sales technical engineer) contract customers to protect thier investment and budget with re-occuring monthly revenue streams. – Much like you will if you get ito rental or wrapping investments (either as a private lender -taking a 15%+ cut – or as an active investor)It does matter who you are using as your internet provider and the old saying goes ….. you get what you pay for and always look for hidden costs such as uploads and excess data rates.
Check out the SLA’s (service level agreements) and compare with providers to get the best quality for your buck…. I think NetSpace are fairly good and are getting a fair share of the DSL retail customers due to good speeds and uptime….. for an unbieased view of consumers opinions…. goto http://www.whirlpool.net.au.
Networks are very simple to set up and I would suggest a switch as you will get more throughput on your network. You can choose going wireless to keep the cable mess down but the costs are a bit more due to the costs of cards and base stations devices. Advantage here is you can move house without having to relocate all the cabling … and you do not have to drill holes in the floor to get the cables all back to the switch.
Also I would suggest getting a firewall (Either Software based or a hardware appliance), you can get a free trial of Zone Alarm @ http://www.download.com
you can get all sorts of proxy software off the download site to control your other machines accesing hte network also. I have a netgear router that shows me all the urls that access the internet and make sure I run through them once a week to make sure my kids are behaving…. they know that If I find out they are going to naughty sites …… watch out [
]Anyway …. hope this gives you a few ideas …. if you need a hand with hardware …(Cabling….. cards, routers, firewalls etc…. drop me a line.
Cheers.
Kiwi[:o)]Why Thank Ya
[]Sounds good to me …. only thing is the bank will not release theother 20% that I would have normatlly been able to reinvest into the market…. does not sound much unless the 20% is on a 400K property.
Cheers
Kiwi[]Hi Fullout!
I am not a fencer but am very logical and have done a lot of renovations and things so logic prevails…
Heres a good exercise to give you an indication of your costs: – should take you around an hour to do this…. but will give you some good bargaining power if you are getting rip off merchants quoting you.
Go to Bunnings and price up the pickets (900mm highx75mmwide x 16mm thick). measure the length of the area to fence and do the following (loosely termed calculation)- will deep you within a bulls roar!
eg.
Length of area to be fenced = 12M (12,000mm)
pickets = (75mm)75mm x 900mm x 16mm
Gaps (between pickets) =(25mm)Picket Calculation:
1. Logically for every picket there is a 25mm gap, thus every 1 picket + gap = 100mm
so….. every metre = 250mm of gap (750mm pickets = 10 pickets)
2. 12(metres) X 10 pickets = 120 pickets required
3. add 5% for wasted or acidental damage = 126 pickets required for the job. (round up to the nearest whole number).
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Posts required:
QTY 7x75mmx75mmx1200mm tanalised posts -1 @ each end and 5 @ 2m intervals to span the 12 Metres.
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Steel footing Stirrups:
Qty 7 x 75mmx75mm
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Galvanised coach bolts:-Posts
Qty 7x12mmx100mm
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Footings (bondcrete):
Qty 7 x 400mm x 150mm x 150mm = 0.06M2
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Top and bottom rails required
Qty 12x45mmx75mmx2100mm treated pine
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Galvanised coach bolts:-
Qty 24 x 12mm x 150mm
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Picket Screws (galvanised)
Box 1000 x 32mmlength
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Paint (all weather external) = 8-10 litres (approx 1 litre per 4msq) total approx coverage required = 16.2 msq. x 2 coats – Remember you have 2 sides to do []
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Labour = around 10 hours (@40.00/hour)= $400.00-approx
– 4 hours to dig post holes and pour, align, set and brace posts and stirrups.
– 6 hours to fit & paint rails and pickets (2 coats)
(remember to paint the rails before the picket are attached)
Hope this gives you some idea anyway,
Cheers
Kiwi[^]Well there is always the human factor … as it is effectively a large drawable credit card and it tale a lot of discipline (personal Experience) to make sure you are not taking out hte profits all the time… this is because it is so easy to access the finds.
So take caution …. but the good old LOC does work …but the end solution is to pay more in more frequently.
Thanks
Kiwi[]Hi Bear,
I can appreciate you coming across issues and challenges. It is always hard to build a team of people to work with to movie forward in this life…. however I think that some people get what they deserve ….. there is more than enough riches out there for all of us and if you screw one another over …then you will get what your give… If you have any opportunities come up I would like to take a look at them and COCr … also what your terms would be in the JV…. I have JV contracts.
All the best
Kiwi []
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