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| Thread ID: 107721 | 2010-02-27 04:23:00 | Broadband for Newbie | lakewoodlady (103) | PC World Chat |
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| 862005 | 2010-02-27 04:23:00 | Hi, Am trying to sort out a good package for my sister who is considering changing from Dial up to BB. She is currently with Xnet for her Dial up and Tolls, and with Telecom for her Phoneline with a wiring/maintenance contract. She would be happy if she could keep her wiring/maintenance thing and have about 3 Gbs data per month. Any thoughts on this appreciated. LL |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 862006 | 2010-02-27 04:59:00 | So where ( roughly ) does your Sister live? Urban, Rural etc? She may want a free modem and contract or not. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 862007 | 2010-02-27 05:20:00 | I am with Xnet, they may not be the best in terms of network outages but by in large they are not "that" frequent. Overall I am satisfied. I chose Xnet b/c they don't bill you if you don't transfer your toll dialling to them, some ISPs also say if you don't spend like min $5 tolls they bill you another $5 ... Also that if you set out 3GB/month but you actually use less they don't make you pay all of it ... Consider Orcon as well. IMHO I think all ISPs by in larger are similar. Issue is your line connection. Where is she, Taupo too? If she is based elsewhere and can get Telstra cable I recommend that. Phone line can be optional too and a bit cheaper than Telecom I think, with portable line you can keep the ph number. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 862008 | 2010-02-27 05:59:00 | Sister is in Hawera, Taranaki. I thought Xnet would be better value for money, even if the phoneline is with Telecom. Yes, I have looked at Orcon and that is comparable to Xnet. She is not in a hurry as she is on a pension, so price is important. I understand that Xnet do not provide a free modem, but I have my old DLink she can have, plus line filters etc. Thanks for the input guys! A bit more homework to do yet! LL |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 862009 | 2010-02-27 06:03:00 | One of the things to consider will be what happens if, for any reason, she goes over the expected 3 Gb. Hopefully just throttled back to dialup speed rather than pay for extra data. | Sweep (90) | ||
| 862010 | 2010-02-27 06:37:00 | She is sooo cautious about doing anything on the net, I am sure that she would understand being throttled back to dial up speed for the rest of the month if she did exceed the data cap. Anyway, she has me to call on if she needs help with anything. I suggested at least 3 Gbs per month because of MS updates and anti-virus updates etc. She has VISTA Home and Avast anti-virus, Ccleaner and Malwarebytes. LL |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 862011 | 2010-02-27 07:06:00 | Fair enough. Just trying to elucidate so you get the best deal around which changes by the month anyway. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 862012 | 2010-02-27 07:36:00 | With Xnet you can go online and change your monthly limit from 3GB with a simple slider. e.g. When Lakewoodlady comes visiting wind the limit up to 6GB for that month and LWL pays the extra $3.06 - if usage even reaches the limit. Just remember to wind it back for next month when LWL has departed. | coldot (6847) | ||
| 862013 | 2010-02-27 08:04:00 | Free modems usually wind up being extremely expensive compared with a connection that doesn't need to offer bribes. :crying | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 862014 | 2010-02-27 08:17:00 | Agreed but LL has an ADSL modem to donate in this instance. | Sweep (90) | ||
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