just got my internet set up today after applying last week - fast enough compared to Telstra home line, which charged me extra AUD 65 with a 'Tech Visit' and 2 weeks to complete. The ISP is Exetel, which is not so well known, but offers the best price-quota ratio (16+48 GB for $55 per month) and generous off-peak time (12am-12pm). It's not ADSL2+ but even ADSL 1.5mbps is way better than streamyx lol.

u gt rip off

Exceptionally disrecommended?

When you said a CS degree "on it's own" I suppose you were referring to the Bachelor of CS that will be discontinued in 2009. Can you tell us the difference between that and the Bachelor of Science (CS) that is earmarked to replace it?

which ISP are you using? i know students here mostly use TPG because they are cheap, but i found Exetel to be even cheaper when i look carefully, despite their high activation fee ($130), but since i'm sharing it with my housemate, it is not so expensive and in the long run it will surely be more economical than those which provide low start up fee but higher monthly charge, and unreasonable off-peak time (TPG off-peak = 4am-9am, even only for downloading does not sound good)

hi hi~
anyone in here study or going to study in taylors col. perth ?
I am going there in this cming september..
kinda scared to leave this land by myself...

Not all universities have the same english language requirements. UQ does accept SPM GCE-O level moderated grade of english (at least B3), while many other universities only accept AS level General paper/ English subject. If someone can score at least A2 in 1119 English, i don't think he/she will score less than 6.5 in IELTS.

there is no such thing as 'fail' ielts......everybody is given a band grade, from 1 to 9, 1 being totally non-english user to 9 being expert english user........nobody fails.........

what people mean when they say the 'fail' is that they failed to meet the requirements of whatever that needs english testing, be it to enter uni, to apply for a job, to apply for pr, etc..........this minimum band requirement will of course vary, depending on the situation......eg, you need band 7 for laws and medicine courses.......but band 6 for pr application......and there are 2 categories of ielts, general and academic........

for what is tested, see my post above.......

Love the weather now in Perth, really cooling, not chilling though =) wish i can have this type of weather for the whole year =D

So when Perth comes to summer, will it be very hottest? Like Sahara

Spring is coming to Perth, and it's getting so hot T.T

and i used to think that Malaysia was hot... ><