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

[Jamie Dobbs]

Paradise.net get my vote as well, I've been a happy customer of theirs for
many years now. (also they provide our web hosting for wlug.paradise.net.nz)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Zag0r" <zag0r at paradise.net.nz>
To: "Nigel Walters" <wellylug at lists.naos.co.nz>
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 1:58 PM
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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