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| 798435 | 2009-08-05 10:27:00 | I thought Vodaphone offered a prepay service via the stick thing, around $10 for 100mb a month (about 1/4 hours use in my house ). | limepile (96) | ||
| 798436 | 2009-08-05 10:31:00 | Thanks for everyones replies. If you could just bear with me and try to post in basic computer speak. I am in Thames and she is in Dunedin, however, her hall of residence building does not have dial up (just her luck). The Vodafone stick plan is 1 GB at $50 a month and had been going well until the new laptop. It has a limit but Vodafone had let her bill get up to $300 and when I tackled them about it they said there was a let out clause in the fine print!!!! As you say it must be something to do with new updates. 1. I shall get her do reinstall the anti-virus stuff as lance4k suggests. I shall post a copy of her Vodafone usuage data thing. |
Muffin11 (15150) | ||
| 798437 | 2009-08-05 10:45:00 | Re: Otago univesity. When I was there, students already pay their computer fees for campus. If you register the network card - see the computer guys there for a $10 or such. Then you can take the laptop to the library or the union etc.. and plug it in and get awesome speed internet for free. Some years ago, I could get 500MB done in 25min :p Some software were restricted by ports though like chatting since it was not school work related. Update: don't bother with Woosh, I tried some addresses out and they appear not be supported by Woosh. Well it is stupid they don't support me when I am 10km north of Wellington CBD. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 798438 | 2009-08-05 11:45:00 | Install a decent software firewall. I suggest Comodo (http://personalfirewall.comodo.com/). The traffic in and out of the laptop can then be monitored in fine detail. |
AvonBill (11358) | ||
| 798439 | 2009-08-05 12:05:00 | She hasnt installed skype has she?.... | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 798440 | 2009-08-05 21:48:00 | I fully endorse Wainui's comments having just installed a recently bought copy of Vista . The number and size of OS updates was incredible . Not to mention all the proprietary stuff that comes with name brand computers . Guess there is a moral here for people putting new machines on an expensive data connection . |
linw (53) | ||
| 798441 | 2009-08-05 22:06:00 | I fully endorse Wainui's comments having just installed a recently bought copy of Vista . The number and size of OS updates was incredible . Not to mention all the proprietary stuff that comes with name brand computers . Guess there is a moral here for people putting new machines on an expensive data connection . x3 on this . Get somewhere where internet is cheap and fast, make sure Vista SP1/SP2 are installed, do all the updates, get some good AV software and possibly a firewall, update them both, and post a HijackThis ( . trendsecure . com/portal/en-US/tools/security_tools/hijackthis" target="_blank">www . trendsecure . com) log here . :thumbs: You could chew through 400MB to 500MB quite easily if there was a new Vista machine with no updates on . |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 798442 | 2009-08-05 22:09:00 | . Had been using a Broadband stick thing from Vodafone, but on the new laptop she has run up astronomical bills . We have turned off Windows Auto updates and she has uninstalled her Anti-Virus programme Trend Micro . Because they charge $512 for every 1GB you go over after the first one . IT sucks . I seriously recommend she ditch it and go with some other method of broadband . Then get a decent antivirus . NOD32 make the best . In addition to the antivirus she needs antispyware . Spybot, and Malware Bytes will do nicely . This I would say is the main problem . She needs to UPDATE them first, then scan the PC with them at least once a week . More if she uses the net every day . If she keeps this sucky broadband, she needs to log on to her account and set up an email or a text alert when she nears her data limit for the month . If she has some music downloading program installed, she needs to disable any upload part of it . In fact it would be a good idea to get a 3rd party firewall as well - Comodo (although its not user friendly), Online Armour, Outpost or Zone Alarm . That way she can monitor what is trying to access the net from within her PC and block it while she takes care of it . |
pctek (84) | ||
| 798443 | 2009-08-06 03:06:00 | so when are you going to post a copy her of her usage data thing? Thanks for everyones replies . If you could just bear with me and try to post in basic computer speak . I am in Thames and she is in Dunedin, however, her hall of residence building does not have dial up (just her luck) . The Vodafone stick plan is 1 GB at $50 a month and had been going well until the new laptop . It has a limit but Vodafone had let her bill get up to $300 and when I tackled them about it they said there was a let out clause in the fine print!!!! As you say it must be something to do with new updates . 1 . I shall get her do reinstall the anti-virus stuff as lance4k suggests . I shall post a copy of her Vodafone usuage data thing . |
lance4k (4644) | ||
| 798444 | 2009-08-06 07:39:00 | Because they charge $512 for every 1GB you go over after the first one. IT sucks. I seriously recommend she ditch it and go with some other method of broadband. If she is in a halls of residence, while she may have a phone socket that she can pay for monthly, she may not have entire ownership of it, some halls of residences in Dunedin works via a shared agreement that means there might be 30 students who have paid for their own phones but at any one time only 15 people can make phone calls. Althou there are some halls of residences that does have full ownership of it, ie. you could in my days have dialup Zfree all day if you liked and have your mobile phone for voice calls. Not all rooms will have a phone socket. I checked various Dunedin streets even the main CBD street, there is no Woosh wireless. So from that I am assuming Voda or Telecom cellular is maybe the only way. Unless she can get full ownership of her phoneline and if that can take ADSL. But I doubt it cos if that was the case every person would require line filters. The halls of residence wouldn't want to go down that road. |
Nomad (952) | ||
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