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Thread ID: 29684 2003-01-29 12:07:00 POLL: What ISP do you use and how much to you pay. nz_liam (845) Press F1
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117165 2003-02-01 04:58:00 I use IHUG

I have unlimited 56K dialup use for $29.95

sound like a lot of $$$ but i use 666.29 hours in january.

I almost always use more than 620 hours :-) 		robsonde (120)
117166 2003-02-01 05:23:00 Go to www.netguide.co.nz and you can find all the ISP's and prices, which is a bit easier than reading all of these. One thing puzzles me though - why would anyone use Xtra?? twelvevolts (2623)
117167 2003-02-01 05:36:00 After years and years iHug/Ginge is a Dog so I finally put him out of his misery and beefed-up Clear to Home 150 at $14.95(?)/mth max 150 hrs (which is 2x or 3x the hours I need/want)

I have always enjoyed at least one 'back-up' ISP to facilitate performance comparisons - including Xtra until they wanted $2.50 per mth minimum fixed; that's when I walked away from them for good !

Ginge was forever having "first local router status" issues and even worse, plus too many disconnects but worst of all was the lack of bandwidth - it stuttered and stammered causing all sorts of problems (try and hold a netphone conversation with that sort of fragmentation !)

Early days but Clear 'has' to better than that crap iHug puts out

Now my e-mail (mainly pdf) screams in (old "56k" modem but a goody !!!!)


Now that I've sorted that out it's time to look at giving Vodafone the big flick, too - coverage is zilch here at the office and at the motel MAF put me in when they spray dear old aunty PAM. I've also sent Genesis packing - every bill took too much effort to check/verify payments etc so I'm about to see how Mecury do it. Now if only I could change City Council's so easily - I'm sick of these Hypocrites out West ....

PS: obviously a ruthless year ahead ........ 		Woof (2402)
117168 2003-02-01 05:43:00 666.29hours/31days=21.5hours/day
when do you go to sleep?

Paradise 250hours/28days for $20
This equates to just under 9hours a day.

8hours work, 8hours net, 8hours sleep; recipe for a good day! 		B.... (1012)
117169 2003-02-01 06:06:00 > 666.29hours/31days=21.5hours/day
> when do you go to sleep?
>
> Paradise 250hours/28days for $20
> This equates to just under 9hours a day.
>
> 8hours work, 8hours net, 8hours sleep; recipe for a
> good day!

well thats where your problem is... you should be connected that 8hours of sleep as well. Also while your at work if possible. 		-=JM=- (16)
117170 2003-02-01 07:57:00 i go wif Clear 150hrs for $15 a month. incl 5 real email addresses.

if u hog the line for ages. then go for jetstream starter or equivalent. better than purchasing a 2nd line and a ISP charges when jetsctream starter is about the same price (i think). only extra cost is the adsl modem.

Rayonline 		rayonline (2134)
117171 2003-02-01 08:05:00 56k paradise $20.00 for 250 hours every 4 weeks.
I use about 30 on a big month.
Also have an xtra account for $5 / month just for my emails and for emergencies when Paradise is real slow, which is hardly ever. 		andy (473)
117172 2003-02-01 10:05:00 > 666.29hours/31days=21.5hours/day
> when do you go to sleep?
>
> Paradise 250hours/28days for $20
> This equates to just under 9hours a day.
>
> 8hours work, 8hours net, 8hours sleep; recipe for a
> good day!

I have my box dialed in all day and night (I download LOTS) 		robsonde (120)
117173 2003-02-01 10:25:00 > i go wif Clear 150hrs for $15 a month. incl 5 real
> email addresses.

Yeah.. Ihug gives us 5 REAL emails... My uncle is with Xtra who simply forward all the mail to the primary account :(

This might have changed more recently however.. :-) 		Chilling_Silence (9)
117174 2003-02-01 20:15:00 I'm currently using Paradise 128k cable combined with phone & TV package.
The part that sux is the mandatory $17 per month rental for cable modem,You cannot buy & use your own modem :-(
& also Saturn TV picture is no where near as good as sky digital picture we use to have:-(

Cheers Steve 		Steve Askew (119)
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