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Thread ID: 76391 2007-01-30 23:22:00 xtra go large:r u unhappy? Be on tv1 closeup tv show lance4k (4644) PC World Chat
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520883 2007-01-30 23:22:00 Tv1's closeup is doing a story on broadband. they are looking for people who are having slow downloads with xtra go large. Go here:

www.gpforums.co.nz


There is a contact phone number for the closeup producer they closeup posted in this forum(scroll down the forum a bit). the closeup producers user name on there is "media07"
lance4k (4644)
520884 2007-01-30 23:46:00 Won't change a thing. Telecom will not spend anything worthwhile while they are in a transition to a government mandated split. KiwiTT_NZ (233)
520885 2007-01-31 00:35:00 YA! About time the media pick up that Xtra Go Large is bad! stu161204 (123)
520886 2007-01-31 01:08:00 Tv1's closeup is doing a story on broadband. they are looking for people who are having slow downloads with xtra go large.
Really? How biased. What about people having slow downloads with other ISPs....
pctek (84)
520887 2007-01-31 03:00:00 Really? How biased. What about people having slow downloads with other ISPs....

One half of my brain agrees with you about the bias aspect, pctek.

Then the other half remembers which ISP spent a fortune on TV commercials telling everyone what a wonderful improvement in performance they'd get from signing up for Go Large.
And how many complaint threads/posts there've been here from people who believe they were conned by that particular campaign.

I'm pretty picky about bias myself ( & I'm an Xtra Dialup customer with no personal complaints) but when one ISP leads the signup race like that - and doesn't deliver on extravagent promises - it's news.
Laura (43)
520888 2007-01-31 05:36:00 I wonder if they would want to interview anybody who has never had a problem, like me and a lot of other people I know. I suppose it saves putting another repeat program on the box! Paul Ramon (11806)
520889 2007-01-31 05:40:00 I wonder if they would want to interview anybody who has never had a problem, like me and a lot of other people I know. I suppose it saves putting another repeat program on the box!

Why not volunteer and find out?
Laura (43)
520890 2007-01-31 06:12:00 when is this story going to be on close up what date. Hitech (9024)
520891 2007-01-31 06:15:00 One half of my brain agrees with you about the bias aspect, pctek.

Then the other half remembers which ISP spent a fortune on TV commercials telling everyone what a wonderful improvement in performance they'd get from signing up for Go Large.

None of the other ISPs with ads on TV mentioned the small print either.

Although Slingshot have lately taken to saying "as fast as your line allows".
pctek (84)
520892 2007-01-31 06:17:00 I wonder if they would want to interview anybody who has never had a problem, like me and a lot of other people I know. I suppose it saves putting another repeat program on the box!

You’re just a lucky one.
stu161204 (123)
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