fuck knows? I dont know fuck all about Bigpond coz they are part of Telstra, and Telstra sux teh big one.

Give it a go bakka, if u can get out of it cheaply then why not. Netgear wireless should work tho, i don't know why Telstra would put a firewall on to stop your connection being wireless...

Well well well - call Bigpond, get some settings off them to avoid this "heartbeat" thing and it works fine now. Easy fix.

i used many netgear wireless routers on bigpond cable... never had a prob ey