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| 106389 | 2002-12-16 07:17:00 | Thanks for asking Baldy - I just had a bad run-in with Clear.Net (who I've been with for years)... three times in a month in fact, so I was about to ask about Slingshot but forgot to ask :) so you've done it for me, and so now I'm considering moving over. Hey, for an extra $2 a month I'll never be overcharged again :) Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 106390 | 2002-12-16 07:38:00 | Thanks for your comments everyone. I have decided to shift to Slingshot. > Also check to make sure they don't ban or cripple MP3 > or P2P software. This is usually done by cheap ISP's > to lower there international traffic costs. > > I'm sure this will be valuable to you :-) I have never heard of that before. How do they do that Roofus? |
Baldy (26) | ||
| 106391 | 2002-12-16 08:05:00 | "Cheap" ISPs may just do what xtra do and put a slow down on the ports P2P applications use to "protect the network" (from what i dont know, maybe to protect it from being used or something) .Clueless |
Clueless (181) | ||
| 106392 | 2002-12-16 08:07:00 | anyway.. when all the slingshot wellington problems were going down, i was fixing a friends machine here and connecting on her slingshot/dialup account, no problems at all.. none.. nada... it was great .Clueless |
Clueless (181) | ||
| 106393 | 2002-12-16 08:18:00 | you could easily see if there is a connection problem in your area Baldy, by phoning the number, it's 0867 30000 here and may be the same where you are... It doesn't sound like you'll be getting the problems we have had here though, by eveyone elses comments-- wish I could get unlimited time for 16.95 and it looks like you could get cheap overseas phonecalls too! catch ya |
Trev0 (1995) | ||
| 106394 | 2002-12-16 08:24:00 | no problems at all. The connection I get here in Auckland is very good, 52.0 kbps everytime. Well it does depend on the area. A friend in Howick can only get max 40 kbps. I recommend them for everyone. |
dkbaj (1047) | ||
| 106395 | 2002-12-16 09:22:00 | Trev0, 086730000 is the i4free number, Try 086788888 or 086722557 Cheers Steve |
Steve Askew (119) | ||
| 106396 | 2002-12-16 09:43:00 | Hi again. Regarding Roofus' suggestion about banning MP3's, just got this email back from Slingshot Dear Customer, Thank you for your email. In reference to your question we do not block any downloads to any locations, however if your connection is found to be idle (no internet activity) during peak times you may get disconnected. If you have any further queries please feel free to call our accounts line on (09) 915 2000 Yours Faithfully, The Slingshot Helpdesk Team 9003 |
Baldy (26) | ||
| 106397 | 2002-12-16 17:17:00 | pretty much all isp's have that policy, just set your mail client to check for new messages every 10mins or so. cheers Steve |
Steve Askew (119) | ||
| 106398 | 2002-12-16 18:36:00 | >> just set your mail client to check for new messages every 10mins or so . Every minute is even better . :D Baldy, E3 cripple the downloading of music somehow - it's painfully slow at busy times of the day . Like, an hour for one miserable song . :-( And at off-peak times it's still slow . Slingshot sounds good, give them a go . :-) |
Susan B (19) | ||
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