Recent content by dylanharbour

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    Who wants my FTTH Parkhurst house keys?

    I'm looking for a fellow nerd to hand over my house keys to. I'm moving to Cape Town in 3 weeks and will be renting out, or possibly even selling my house. If you want to have your very own FTTH Vuma powered house on 1 Jan 2015, this is for you. If you're not aware of the pricing... you get a...
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    What do you need to extend a Network on a farm?

    I was at a friends farm in Wellington yesterday, and he's having some networking issues. The problem is that one building has a ADSL while the other (a few hundred metres away, possibly with line of sight from the top of the chimney) doesn't have ADSL or any way to connect to the internet...
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    Where do you hide your backup drives/NAS?

    Hey Ladies and Gents. I'm wondering where the best place would be to hide my NAS? The obvious worry in SA is that our hardware will be stolen. I plan to have an off-site backup strategy, but this will be at least 1 week old and could still result in some data loss if my computers were to...
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    Fastest way to get large files home from international servers?

    Hey guys and gals I have some files sitting on servers offshore (1 in Amsterdam, 1 in NYC and 1 in France). The files range from 200MB - 400MB in size I'd like to be able to download them onto my computer here in Jozi, but I'm having trouble figuring out the best way to do this. I've...
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    Independent Contractor contract?

    Hey Guys and Gals My little business venture is expanding and we need assistance with the work load. We've found a great person who is willing to work 15 hours a week with us for a fair price. This would be a 6 month contract, at a fixed price. No renewal, no benefits, just 6 months of...
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    {Free Beer!} Looking for a Forest, River or Wasteland Style location for a photo sho

    This forum is full of ideas, so we're recruiting your services I'm looking for a location to shoot a fashion shoot. According to the ladies planning this shoot, these are the types of locations that they're looking for. - Vast expanses. - No lawns / gardens. (we need something more...
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    Parkhurst broadband, Telkom ADSL vs Neotel Fibre vs Anything else?

    Hi All, I've received good news that my new house in Parkhurst (moving in next month!) is feasible for Neotel Fibre or Neotel Wimax. (subject to site inspection) I know that the copper cabling in the area generally sux, so Telkom lines are apparently worse than in other areas. I'm...
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    Parkhurst : Neotel WiMax vs Fibre vs Telkom ADSL vs Any 3G?

    Hi All, I've received good news that my new house in Parkhurst (moving in next month!) is feasible for Neotel Fibre or Neotel Wimax. (subject to site inspection) I know that the copper cabling in the area generally sux, so Telkom lines are apparently worse than in other areas. I'm...
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