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| Thread ID: 55935 | 2005-03-23 06:00:00 | Ihug ULTRA - what does the future hold? | Tony (4941) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 337045 | 2005-03-23 06:00:00 | Interesting comment from a IHUG techie this morning: "ULTRA is terminally iffy - so much so that we are discontinuing it in a couple of months. It takes an enornmous amount of our time keeping it going." Could explain why I've been having so much trouble connecting lately, eh? And it looks like I chose the right time to switch to ADSL! |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 337046 | 2005-03-23 08:40:00 | ultra is a waste of space. that is, until two-way satellite internet comes about and that won't be for while yet I should imagine. Shame. It had potential for major leeching but their 3GB cap meant it was hopeless. |
manicminer (4219) | ||
| 337047 | 2005-03-23 09:56:00 | ultra is a waste of space. that is, until two-way satellite internet comes about and that won't be for while yet I should imagine. Shame. It had potential for major leeching but their 3GB cap meant it was hopeless. Ultra was a product of its time. When it was first introduced it gave a download performance that beat anything else around (IIRC). It may be past its use date now, but it has certainly given me good service over the years - but I was never in need of superfast two-way communication. |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 337048 | 2005-03-23 10:13:00 | I know a number of rural people who will be left high and dry if the service is killed off. | Metla (12) | ||
| 337049 | 2005-03-23 10:24:00 | I know a number of rural people who will be left high and dry if the service is killed off.Part of the techie's comment was that it was introduced to service rural areas. I wonder what they might have up their sleeve as a replacement. Of course with their now Australian ownership, they may not care. | Tony (4941) | ||
| 337050 | 2005-03-24 09:11:00 | Ihug Ultra gave me good service for a couple of years. It meant that at least I could have internet. Our lines here, in Eastern Taranaki were hopeless, absolutely, and at one stage I gave up even trying to connect, so as a previous post said "it was a product of its time" and I am thankful it was there. Now I have wireless broadband and I note that now we can get jetstream service. I might look into that. |
jcr1 (893) | ||
| 337051 | 2005-03-26 22:44:00 | does any one else know more of this. for those of us not close to a jetstream service Ultra has been brilliant. Will they run a buyback of the hardware do you think ? Wireless is available to us but at what cost.. only paid for this 2 years ago ! |
cowboy stu (7021) | ||
| 337052 | 2005-03-26 23:05:00 | Rather than speculating all the details, it would be best to phone ihug themselves and ask. Looking at ihug's product page, they are still taking on Ultra satellite customers and offering this service. | Jen (38) | ||
| 337053 | 2005-03-26 23:43:00 | Looking at ihug's product page, they are still taking on Ultra satellite customers and offering this service.The techie I was speaking to said he actively discouraged people from signing up to Ultra. Having said that, this is one conversation with one techie, who presumably was in no way authorised to speak for IHUG, so yes, if you are concerned, the best thing to do would be to call and get an official word (and report it back here) ;) |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 337054 | 2005-03-27 00:43:00 | Rather than speculating all the details, it would be best to phone ihug themselves and ask. If someone from IDG put on their investigative journalist hat and asked, they might get a better response than from any old joe - and they could report back here as well! | Tony (4941) | ||
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