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Thread ID: 112588	2010-09-13 05:06:00	Slingshot "all you can eat"	hueybot3000 (3646)	PC World Chat

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
1136796	2010-09-13 07:13:00	Dude! The latency?!! How the hell does it turn out that bad? It's 2-3 worse than one would get on dial up? Seriously, I'd be on the phone with their technical support screaming and demanding a refund. Ditto that. LL	lakewoodlady (103)
1136797	2010-09-13 07:21:00	Go large was actually pretty decent in the end, sure it lacked on a few things but was generally fine. Slingshot however is rubbish. Go Large was decent when everyone moved off it, or so I hear. After that BS they pulled I was never going back. Kept getting charged after we moved isps too, typical. Have been on Telecom, Xnet and now Slingshot and so far I cannot fault Slingshot. Sure it's probably not the cheapest, quickest etc, but it's been the best I've ever had.	--Wolf-- (128)
1136798	2010-09-13 08:37:00	Go Large was decent when everyone moved off it, or so I hear. After that BS they pulled I was never going back. Kept getting charged after we moved isps too, typical. Have been on Telecom, Xnet and now Slingshot and so far I cannot fault Slingshot. Sure it's probably not the cheapest, quickest etc, but it's been the best I've ever had. Ditto.	Cicero (40)
1136799	2010-09-13 21:04:00	Have been on Telecom, Xnet and now Slingshot and so far I cannot fault Slingshot. Sure it's probably not the cheapest, quickest etc, but it's been the best I've ever had. Slingshot is the cheapest, which is why i went with them. Was a bit slow last night, first time in 4 months, not bad. You get what you pay for in my book So far so good with slingshot for me: 25 GB plan	Gobe1 (6290)
1136800	2010-09-13 21:51:00	Slingshot are highly oversubscribing their very limited bandwidth. Unfortunately, it's to be expected. Apparently (I've been told) their QoS is virtually non-existent. At least Big Time was decent for the better part of the time, and when they weren't, they took my complaints and assistance resolving it quite well. To be honest the fact your ping is 800ms is a little troubling. What exchange did you test that to? I'll PM you my private one that I've got over 180m/bit to, see what you get on it.	Chilling_Silence (9)
1136801	2010-09-13 23:00:00	Slingshot is the cheapest, which is why i went with them. Was a bit slow last night, first time in 4 months, not bad. You get what you pay for in my book So far so good with slingshot for me: 25 GB plan Yeah it was horrible last night, glad it wasn't just me. And for the record, Xnet was cheaper.	--Wolf-- (128)
1136802	2010-09-13 23:19:00	I get about 5-6Mbit on my Actrix (10GB capped). Upload is prob 128k or something like that. Not that smooth thou for youtube.com etc... faster to use download accel. But I am happy and not needing to upgrade to ADSL2 equip and pay $10 more per month. I pay $40 for my 10GB on ADSL1. I only use about 6GB. Before I was on the 256k plan with just 3GB which was alright. Just last weekend when my billing cycle ended, I still had 2.5GB not used, I had to think about what to download, I found a game demo on gamespot :lol: not played it yet and I still had 800MB that was wasted. For all you can eat plans, prob doesn't make sense to upgrade to ADSL2+ equip .... Ps. As you seen the greed with other buffet plans and other stuff like earthquakes, finance companies or anything in life, people just abuse it. I guess for high users who want a consistent quality I think Orcon's more $$ plan may be the way eh .... Me thinks a $200 plan is not that bad for real high users. I mean a gym membership may cost $100 a month on a year contract (?), Sky TV is similar .......	Nomad (952)
1136803	2010-09-13 23:29:00	I agree with Nomad, We are with Orcon and have 110gb cap, works for us.	DeSade (984)
1136804	2010-09-13 23:41:00	Yeah it was horrible last night, glad it wasn't just me. And for the record, Xnet was cheaper. I didnt look at them Thanks for the heads up	Gobe1 (6290)
1136805	2010-09-13 23:53:00	I wasn't saying go with them - avoid them, trust me. Just saying they were cheaper.	--Wolf-- (128)
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