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| Thread ID: 99703 | 2009-05-11 11:21:00 | Choosing An ISP - Help! | LOL CaT (14901) | Press F1 |
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| 773148 | 2009-05-11 11:21:00 | Hey there! Hope I'm posting this in the right section... :o Anyway I'm going to be moving from South Africa to Auckland in a few weeks. Once I'm there I'll be needing an internet connection. I'm not sure where to start or what to look for in terms of choosing an ISP. I'll be using the internet mostly for gaming, the occassional email & general browsing. Back home (in South Africa) we had 4MB lines with a bandwidth limit per month of 3GB's (Yes its horrible)... On average via SpeedTest I get www.speedtest.net (http://www.speedtest.net) & thats on a "good" day. :( I'm realling hoping to improve on that whilst in Auckland with the advice of you guys... So could you guys & gals please recommend a few ISP's? :confused: |
LOL CaT (14901) | ||
| 773149 | 2009-05-11 11:54:00 | Back home (in South Africa) we had 4MB lines with a bandwidth limit per month of 3GB's (Yes its horrible)... On average via SpeedTest I get www.speedtest.net (http://www.speedtest.net) & thats on a "good" day. :( I'm realling hoping to improve on that whilst in Auckland with the advice of you guys... So could you guys & gals please recommend a few ISP's? :confused: Depending on where in Auckland you will be staying, will depend on what sort of internet connection you will get (you might be lucky & get ADSL2+) But don’t expect to get anything too great as NZ internet plans aren’t the best & a lot of the ISP’s have too many people with them. Have a look here: www.nzconnection.net and_plans Good luck! |
stu161204 (123) | ||
| 773150 | 2009-05-11 11:57:00 | Welcome to PressF1 LOL CaT :D Where in Auckland do you think you will stay? |
stu161204 (123) | ||
| 773151 | 2009-05-11 11:58:00 | Here's a few. Depends on how much you want to spend. Some / most of the ISP's are pretty slack in speed Telecom (www.telecom.co.nz) Ihug (www.vodafone.co.nz) Xnet (http://www.xnet.co.nz/) arent too bad, at least you can cap yourself (with Xnet). But speeds can be slow (or should I say), can be really slow. Only thing with most of the ISP's are they have conditions. So, I would read them, before you join them |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 773152 | 2009-05-11 19:43:00 | Don't expect fantastic speeds here although you should be able to improve on your SA speed. Just remember Xnet has a reputation for crap speed at night. Speedy can you get Telstra cable in Auckland yet? | gary67 (56) | ||
| 773153 | 2009-05-11 20:49:00 | Speedy can you get Telstra cable in Auckland yet? I have no idea. Dont think so tho |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 773154 | 2009-05-11 21:30:00 | Orcon first. Then the rest. Xtra and Xnet last. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 773155 | 2009-05-12 01:12:00 | Speedy can you get Telstra cable in Auckland yet? Nope :( |
stu161204 (123) | ||
| 773156 | 2009-05-12 02:10:00 | +1 for what pctek said! | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 773157 | 2009-05-12 02:17:00 | I'm with Xtra, quite happily now for the last few years at least. sarel |
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