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| Thread ID: 79866 | 2007-06-03 22:41:00 | What Broadband ISP do you use, how long have you used them? | Myth (110) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 555830 | 2007-06-04 05:19:00 | Paradise Cable - long may it continue | Twelvevolts (5457) | ||
| 555831 | 2007-06-04 08:06:00 | Orcon. Tops! | Oldferix (5581) | ||
| 555832 | 2007-06-04 12:08:00 | Xtra, but heavily regretting every moment of it. | qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 555833 | 2007-06-04 17:53:00 | Xnet after leaving xtra during the go large problems. Xnet is a good provider and cheaper for those not wanting large data caps (like 20gb or so.) (Xnet charges something like $1/gb + $40 base charge for a max speed connection) Our speeds went up on Xnet over extra and prices went down. When I'm at uni I use inspire because they have cheap student deals down here, $35 gets Max speed, 10gb cap and you don't need to pay for a phone line or rental. They are fairly good, but speeds vary more day to day than Xnet back up at home. I've had my inspire connection going faster than Xnet, but also going a fair bit slower |
Faded_Mantis (79) | ||
| 555834 | 2007-06-04 19:37:00 | Can't say, don't want other people joining up and slowing it down. Hint - starts with "X" ends with "net". I have a 2Mb/128kb connection and get near 2Mb d/l even at the busiest times. Alas I have a 10 Gig cap which tends to run out just before the month does. |
porkster (6331) | ||
| 555835 | 2007-06-04 21:51:00 | Why have you excluded the BEST one? XNET!!!! I had a similar thought when recently reading an article about the state of NZ broadband in (I think) PC World. They had a table showing the various providers, with plans and prices. They had some very obscure outfits I had never heard of, but omitted Xnet. As this thread shows, I think Xnet is now a significantly influential provider to warrant consideration next to other mainstream providers. As you might be able to work out, I'm with Xnet. FS/128k. Great plan. Some may decry the high prices for large amounts of data, but I like the transparency of the plan - it also means that if you go away for most of the month, you pay little more than the base price, and aren't wasting money for bandwidth you don't use. For those rare occasions when you hammer the bandwidth, you know exactly how much it's going to cost you (rather than buying blocks of data, trying to work out how much you need, etc.) |
Lizard (2409) | ||
| 555836 | 2007-06-04 21:59:00 | What are they like for toll charges? That was the only reason I went for Xtra. Not to say that I won't change in the future. I joined with WorldXchange (that's how I got onto Xnet, eventually) years ago. One of those people who call you up, trying to get you to change your toll provider. Normally I give these kinds of things a wide berth, but they sent me out a list of prices (something most other companies will never do), and I did a comparison against my normal Telecom bill, and it was substantially cheaper. I pay $1.85 for national toll calls for up to two hours (off peak) and $2.35 for on peak. I don't make international toll calls, but a friend asked me for advice about changing toll providers, and showed me who he was considering signing up with, and I showed him WorldXchange - I think South Africa was about $4/2hours cheaper than the outfit he was looking at, and other places were similarly cheaper. On more than one occasion I have had other places ring up to get me to switch, and when I tell them what I'm paying with WorldXchange they say "oh, well we can't match that I'm afraid". The best, though, was recently Telecom sent their flashy promotional material saying "We'll do almost anything to get you back", with details inside. They didn't even get close. I just laughed and binned it. IMO, the only way to get cheaper toll calls than WorldXchange is to use VOIP. |
Lizard (2409) | ||
| 555837 | 2007-06-05 04:34:00 | Verizon ISP 6M+ 6+ years |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 555838 | 2007-06-05 04:56:00 | OIC..youse guys ALSO include your telephone service as an ISP and server issue too? OK..I can play that game..... Verizon :Preferred Customer Service as an Encore Member, Gold. Unlimited long distance to anywhere an American flag flies over a territory or country like, Mexico, Canada, Nova Scotia and the US, but not NZ..:groan: sad:yuck: ...$29.95/mo US - Senior Discount of 35% DSL 6m+, NO CAPS, NO LIMIT $16.95/mo (it went up a little) :D Soon.:) ........FIOS and a small price increase of 10% but that includes television (HDTV) and all the other service above too. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 555839 | 2007-06-05 05:59:00 | OIC..youse guys ALSO include your telephone service as an ISP and server issue too? :confused: (Not too sure what you mean by "and server issue too?" :confused:) Lets say you’re in NZ & your with one this forums poplar ISP's at the moment Xnet & Your telephone service is with Telecom, you can switch your toll provider to Xnet or stay with your current telephone service. Some ISP’s try & get people to switch your toll provider to there ISP, with offering a $10 discount (this is depending on the ISP). Hope this helps Joe :) |
stu161204 (123) | ||
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