[wellylug] Please recommend a decent ISP. Not IHUG !

[Peter Jones]

Seconded - I have nothing bad to say about Paradise BUT
I do keep an eye on my hours. Its easy enough. 



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zag0r [mailto:zag0r at paradise.net.nz]
> Sent: Tuesday, 22 April 2003 13:58
> To: Nigel Walters
> Subject: Re: [wellylug] Please recommend a decent ISP. Not IHUG !
> 
> 
> look no further.
> http://www.paradise.net.nz/standard/pages/main/plans/dialup.html
> 
> $20 for 250 hrs, $2 per additional hour.
> no joining fee.
> all the other xtras you'd expect.
> 
> 
> Quoting Nigel Walters [lizh at ihug.co.nz] received 2:53 PM 
> Tuesday, April 22, 2003
> > Hi,
> 
> > I need some recommendations for an isp. 
> 
> > I have used ihug for 18 months. They provide a good 
> connection. I have a
> > 56K dialup. with 250hrs per month. Normally I use 150-200 
> hrs a month.
> > Last month owing to the Iraq war my downloads really slowed 
> down and I
> > managed over 300hrs and was given an additional charge of 
> $146. All fair
> > and good to the original agreement I made EXCEPT
> 
> > 1) They provide no automated warning of going over ones limit.
> 
> > 2) Any new customer signing up today for ANY dialup account 
> cannot pay
> > more than a $30 surcharge. This means that loyal customers 
> are screwed
> > EVEN though the company obviously recognises the problem. Funnily
> > eneough their mailing lists which I allow to advise me of changes to
> > their policies either did not sell these changes to 
> accounts do so or
> > did so very quietly....they sell me lots of things I don't need !
> 
> > Anyway I can not allow people to profit when they do this 
> sort of thing
> > so I must change isp.
> 
> > Any opinions either pro or con welcome.
> 
> > Thanks
> > Nigel
> 
> 
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