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| Thread ID: 43206 | 2004-03-06 23:35:00 | More new Jestream option from Telecom tomorrow | Misty (368) | Press F1 |
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| 220712 | 2004-03-07 04:37:00 | I don't think Orcon have shoddy support outside office hours. I once emailed them with a problem on a Saturday morning and exchanged several emails with a support personnel their in order to change something. That level of service (ie, weekend) to customers who don't even pay them (ie, me, because I am a user of their free email accounts) is better than what Xtra could do, I reckon. |
agent (30) | ||
| 220713 | 2004-03-07 04:59:00 | Xtra's prices include a $10 ISP charge on the 'telecom wholesale price', so for any comaprative plan they are $0.05 dearer than Orcon. :| | wuppo (41) | ||
| 220714 | 2004-03-07 05:03:00 | > So Orcon is $10 . cheaper, that is about as low as ANY > ISP could possibly go I doubt you will find any other > ISP going below that . But Orcons service is better > so I'll stick with them ;-) Where do you get the extra $10 for Xtra? I dont see it anywhere, so would appreciate the link to the $10 . If you make your toll calls with Telecom the price is as quoted by Xtra I believe . Thats inclusive of Xtra ISP charge, you don't "mix and match" between the "old" Jetstream charges and the "new" . $39 . 95, $49 . 95 and $69 . 95 are the three new options as I see it . No add on ISP charges on Xtra prices, they are built in . As long as you make your phone calls with Telecom, else a $10 surcharge applies . |
godfather (25) | ||
| 220715 | 2004-03-07 05:32:00 | That all may be so, but we all have to keep in mind that this plan is almost certainly going to be p2p managed. so if you plan on doing any kind of file transfer whatsoever, don't bother with it. If you ask me the current 256k jetstream plans are much better value. | Ashley Matthews (550) | ||
| 220716 | 2004-03-07 05:34:00 | > Yep Orcon ISP charge is only $9.95 and the Telecom > charge is $59.95 Total $69.90 > > The Telecom charege for Xtra starts at $69.95 plus > Xtra's charge of $10 which adds up to $79.90 > > So Orcon is $10. cheaper, that is about as low as ANY > ISP could possibly go I doubt you will find any other > ISP going below that. But Orcons service is better > so I'll stick with them ;-) Where did you get these "facts"? Included in the $69.95 charge is Telecom charges and Xtra's ISP charges. |
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| 220717 | 2004-03-07 06:04:00 | The new plans were announced on Feb the 9th see link below www.telecom-media.co.nz rang xtra and confirmed they start March 8th. The Xtra website wont be updated with the above info untill tomorrow cheers |
Term_X (560) | ||
| 220718 | 2004-03-07 06:13:00 | "GO HARD OUT! The 10GB offering of JetStream Surf is Orcon's only plan which cannot accrue excess usage charges. This is great for those who want to go hard out without worrying about toppling over their usage limit. Once your 10GB is up, your download and upload speed is simply reduced to that of a dialup modem until your next monthly cycle kicks in." This is from the Orcon site re the new plans, which says that after 10 gig of data transfer (both national and international) that the download and upload speed will drop to dial up modem speed.. i called Xtra and i was told the speed will be reduced to 128k. Dialup modem makes it sound like its reduced to 56k, but Xtra confirmed its reduced to 128k, NOT 56k. Cheers :-) Term X |
Term_X (560) | ||
| 220719 | 2004-03-07 06:20:00 | Haha.. seen the Xtra site and its been updated.. well as of late last night it handnt changed ;-) but today its sporting an updated look :-) | Term_X (560) | ||
| 220720 | 2004-03-07 06:23:00 | > That all may be so, but we all have to keep in mind that this plan is almost certainly going to be p2p managed. so if you plan on doing any kind of file transfer whatsoever, don't bother with it. If you ask me the current 256k jetstream plans are much better value. How do you know this? I'd like a link or something, rather than rely on hearsay. ;) Its unlikely they'll start port-shaping, they haven't done it with any other jetstream plans, why start now? If there is any port shaping it will be with maxnet or quicksilver. I'm certainly not rushing into these new plans till some more respectable ISP's come up with a deal. |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 220721 | 2004-03-07 07:13:00 | > Its unlikely they'll start port-shaping, they haven't > done it with any other jetstream plans, why start > now? If there is any port shaping it will be with > maxnet or quicksilver. Why do you say that PoWa? How do you know that other ISP like orcon, Ihug etc.... |
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