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

[Phil O'Connell]

I agree Paradise is as good as you can get in my experience. I have been
with them since 1998 and they represent good value for money $20 for 250
hours no joining fee and $2/hr extra hrs. I bought a pc for my brothers
family for Xmas and they only wanted 20hrs per month. Xtra quoted a $27
connection fee and $10 for 10 hours against Paradise no joining fee and $10
for 20 hrs. Guess who they chose. I have found Paradise's support and help
desk excellent too.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Jones" <PeterJ at indeserve.co.nz>
To: <wellylug at lists.naos.co.nz>
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 2:05 PM
Subject: RE: [wellylug] Please recommend a decent ISP. Not IHUG !


> 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
> >
> >
> > --
> > Wellington Linux Users Group Mailing List: wellylug at lists.naos.co.nz
> > To Leave:  http://lists.naos.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/wellylug
> >
>
> --
> Wellington Linux Users Group Mailing List: wellylug at lists.naos.co.nz
> To Leave:  http://lists.naos.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/wellylug
>