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Thread ID: 56559	2005-04-08 13:28:00	Woosh saved me from dialup hell, then put me into another hell	davidakl (7837)	PC World Chat

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342882	2005-04-11 04:55:00	So happy that Techie gave up finally. I'm really hope that someone can tell me where to find out what "most people in NZ" can get from dialup speed. Then I will stop grumbling here. I have not given up. Still waiting for you to reply to my PMs mate.... From my judgement, the argument is like 10 to one now. [One being you]. Whats the bet that david and netsurfer are the same people. They go on and off and post relatively close times to each other. They resay what the other username has just said. Listen to Metla! Pay the price for signing up to a crap service.	techie (7177)
342883	2005-04-11 05:14:00	Hey, relax a bit, guys . David: wired broadband and wireless broadband are different technologies . If you're already paying for wires, probably wired is the way to go . If you're not renting the phone wires, wireless is going to be cheaper . But it's a shared resource, like cable . If too many people make heavy use in a cell, the speeds will drop . So they probably enforce the plan limits more strongly than an ADSL supplier might . If you are getting 4+ kB/sec consistently, that's pretty good . I suspect I will get service from Woosh when they reach my area . . . but I'll be careful to keep within the limit . :)	Graham L (2)
342884	2005-04-11 05:23:00	Welcome back Techie. You surprise me again ! :eek:	netsurfer (7839)
342885	2005-04-11 05:29:00	It uses spare bandwidth on parts of videofones network, and some dedicated tower thingys. ............ :groan: Damn FC3 spellchecky thingy turned "vodaphone" into "videophone" and i didn't notice..... bugger... must give the thing further training! D'oh! :eek: But it's a shared resource, like cable. If too many people make heavy use in a cell, the speeds will drop. Really? i'm on cable and never noticed any real drops in speed or service even at peak times.... mind you, i could well be the only person using it on my block/cell/whatever, and PF1 loads like a slug nomatter what speed i'm on. My friend who uses a dish to extend woosh coverage to his house tells me there are 3 "sites" "transmitting" woosh in CHCH. i assume more will join the party when there is sufficiant demand much as the cellphone nets have grown.	personthingy (1670)
342886	2005-04-11 06:35:00	Techie, I don't know what you are trying to prove! I don't like PM discussion.	davidakl (7837)
342887	2005-04-11 06:49:00	Well davidakl I am a bit unsure on what your motives are now with this thread. You have been given plently of very clear explanations yet you now seem to be just using this thread to repeatly argue the same point and now bait other PF1 members. Think everyone is just going round in circles here now. :rolleyes:	Jen (38)
342888	2005-04-19 05:58:00	What I like about Woosh is that its now falling into the product class matched to its performance. Like, it used to try to compete with DSL. Now, they've given up that nonsense and aimed it at dialup. But the product, when sites get busy, can't even compete on that level with a unique, all your own, pair of wires to the nearest dialup modem. The saddest thing is that no-one is really competing with these guys. Probably the NZ market is too small and Telecom's too big a player. And until Vodafone launches its 3G cellular service, there's not going to be any competition for the sad service they call their wireless (Let's act like a child and blink a lot while the EV-DO PCMCIA modem loads my email and I pay a squillion dollars per file download) internet service. Even then... But go to Sydney and you can try real wireless internet. PBA's iBurst and unwired's Navini are sooo cool. 500+ kbps downloads almost anywhere in metro Sydney for much the same price as Telstra DSL is great. And the speed stays right up there even when the site gets busy. Woosh could learn a thing or two from this. You sad-sack kiwi's get Woosh. We get the real prize (again) Benefit of a decent sized market probably. Is it true that "woosh" is the sound of an investor's money going down the toilet?	alexbell (7840)
342889	2005-04-19 06:43:00	Woosh is that its now falling into the product class matched to its performance. Like, it used to try to compete with DSL. Now, they've given up that nonsense and aimed it at dialup. Funny, everyone i talk to in oz complains about OTT phone and internet prices, and a system where the brakes go on after exceeding ones data limit...... just like Woosh do. I think Woosh are a heap faster than dial up till the data cap point is reached. Even the terminally unsatisfied davidakl freely states that "Woosh saved me from dialup hell" Alex, i suspect you have never tried the service, or know anyone who has, so you are not in a good position to complain and keep any credibility intact. :D	personthingy (1670)
342890	2005-04-19 22:32:00	I've never tried Woosh? Well, my friend, you're so completely wrong about that, I guess you might have to admit to being full of it about a few other things that you've said too . Yep . I've tried Woosh (which uses the equipment made by IP Wireless) as well as iBurst, Navini and Flarion . I've tried some WiFi services too (utterly awful) The best performance (with iburst etc) depends on a bunch of things like the ISP you use (in the case of iburst), the distance you are from the base station site (500m proved to be awful with Woosh while iburst and unwired can be truly amazing at over 5 km) and what sort of stuff is around you, and how busy the system is . Like if you are sitting in a concrete walled office in the basement, then not much is going to work (except iburst seems too in some amazing places around Darling Harbour - you poor kiwis can just try to imagine something similar - like downtown Auckland with good weather, a decent view and a reasonable income) Right now, I use iBurst because where I work and around where I live cause it works best with that system . Other friends like unwired because that works better for them . Woosh works so bad in comparison, it's a joke . Try christchurch where I went for a while . Go just outside the centre of the city (like the crud motel I was in, near Merevale) and everything dies . About a km from one of their sites I was told . nothing . Number 2 city in NZ . Good work . If you take a good look at the technology, its like you took a 3, Optus or Vodafone 3G phone and sawed it in half, then used that to send and receive data . Duh . Dat sounds like a gud idea, bud . . . Those other systems like Flarion are designed from the ground up to handle data . And Vodafone gets to use the whole phone with 3G . That's why these systems all work and Woosh will never be successful . Heck . Telecom over there can compete using EV-DO? Go figure . And if you want to see just how bad woosh (flush?) is, try making a skype call at 6pm around any site in Auckland . You'll see . Snigger .	alexbell (7840)
342891	2005-04-19 22:47:00	Woosh works so bad in comparison, it's a joke. Try christchurch where I went for a while. Go just outside the centre of the city (like the crud motel I was in, near Merevale) and everything dies. About a km from one of their sites I was told. nothing. Number 2 city in NZ. Good work.Well....... In CHCH, Woosh only service parts of the inner city, and i only know 2 people using it here. BOTH ARE HAPPY. One hangs out in an innercity warehouse, the other is "out of zone", but uses a dish to make it work for him anyway. (as said a few posts ago) I don't think Merevale is even in the woosh zone, so you were indeed lucky to get anything at all with standard equipment.. :badpc:	personthingy (1670)
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