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| Thread ID: 83851 | 2007-10-15 08:06:00 | Orcon vs Xnet: Life After Telecom | Healopotamus (12924) | Press F1 |
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| 601761 | 2007-10-19 02:20:00 | I changed from Xtra Go Large across to Xnet 6 - 8 months ago. After looking at all the plans and contracts avail from other providers I decided on Xnet due to the no contract, no extra $10 for not having tolls with them, terms and flexibility with the plan. Totally happy with their service. | richrdh (1858) | ||
| 601762 | 2007-10-19 02:40:00 | Am I right in thinking that xnet is more expensive than go-large? | zcc (50) | ||
| 601763 | 2007-10-19 02:48:00 | Well for the amount of data, yes it will be. Anything will be more expencive, but it will also be real broadband. No Xtra's Go Large dial up plan ;) | wratterus (105) | ||
| 601764 | 2008-07-29 09:25:00 | Here's my experience, for what it is worth. Been with Telecom forever for phones. KCNet has been my isp from day 1. Shifted house recently from Torbay to Mairangi Bay. Asked Telecom could we take our phone numbers with us (one residential one business). Nope. Best they could so is keep (and pay for) old and new numbers and pay for diversion. Total cost per month around $120. Plus broadband, at about $60 or so. Next problem, the house we moved to has only one physical line to it, and down a long driveway the cost of thrusting another line was huge. So Telecom said they couldn't provide two numbers anyway. I googled voip in NZ and found a blog which talked about xnet. So I contacted xnet. Also contacted orcon because my work has a relationship with them and we get preferential rates. Orcon couldn't solve my problem either any better than Telecom could. Xnet? Here's what I've ended up with - over that single physical line. Unlimited speed broadband (ADSL today, ADSL2 to come), plenty of capacity, TWO VOIP lines, with normal analogue phones plugged in, voicemail on both (which emails me every call as well, so I can easily see who called while I was out, without checking voicemail), AND they ported our original numbers from Browns Bay. Cost - bought two new dual handset analogue (portable) phones from Harvey Norman, $119 per pair. Bought new modem as recommended by Xnet, $124. Setup no charge, monthly $70, plus $1 per GB (say $10 per month), plus free local calls, 5 cents minute anywhere in NZ, Australia, US, UK. Summary, saving way more than $100 a month over Telecom/KCNet combo, retained our numbers, extremely happy. Had some setup hiccups, but resolved quickly. Sure, the helpdesk wait is almost as bad as Telecom's, but no worse, and they fixed my issue first time each time. Had one power outage and had to reboot modem to get phones back. I recommend XNet as highly as I can. Go for it. |
balladeer (12925) | ||
| 601765 | 2008-07-29 09:51:00 | Balladeer, it sounds like you have ended up with a pretty good setup for VOIP etc. I could be tempted into something like that, although a bit simpler. What do you reckon about maintenance of your line to the exchange though? That could be a worry here, as I've had to get Telecom out twice in the last couple of years to repair my line. The last time the rubbish truck wrenched it off the pole on the berm, so my neighbour, who saw it happen, told me! The rubbish truck driver just drove on. |
rumpty (2863) | ||
| 601766 | 2008-07-30 08:10:00 | Orcon send us an advertising package which must have cost megadollars to just to produce ! Hmmm Misty :2cents: |
Misty (368) | ||
| 601767 | 2008-07-30 08:36:00 | We have been on Xnet Fusion For a couple of months(VOIP+Full Speed net) Internet speed is great, around 2Mbps for a country connection( Telecom advised not to get anything more than 256Kbps). VOIP is adequate, but without the fidelity of original Telecom phone , probably a location problem as we are 5Km from the exchange. Happy with the service. One problem,no phone during power strikes, and a reboot is required to get connected again. | PPp (9511) | ||
| 601768 | 2008-07-30 08:41:00 | Its Go Large. There are others having the same issues. My router is forwarding all the right ports, firewall is not activated, i have no issues with WoW or P2P applications. There are several threads floating about other sites that give evidence Go Large blocks steam during peak times. I've contacted Telecom and they are looking into it. However there time of really awful service is at an end, and I will switch to Xnet this week. And thanks for all your time, folks ;) Ahh, each one that jumps out of the "Go large waka' makes it that much faster for those of us who are left and who have more sense than to bale out ;-) |
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