[wellylug] depeer

[Jethro Carr]

On Fri, 2005-02-25 at 07:55, jumbophut wrote:

> 
> The cheapest and most effective remedy, and probably the least
> stressful, is to take your business elsewhere, and to tell your
> friends to do the same.  Use Citylink if you are in the CBD, or one of
> the smaller ISPs if you are not, and you will at least deny the big-2
> some revenue.  Vent your anger by writing a letter to tell TC why you
> left.  If you aren't willing to deny them your business, then you
> accept the decision.

What good smaller ISPs are there? I might need to change soon.

I'm currently on dialup, and I can't even ACCESS trademe.co.nz or the 
citylink ftp server anymore!


I'll wait a week and see how it goes, but if I can't access certain
sites, goodbye paradise!




> 
> You make the legal action sound so easy, but it isn't.  
> 
> I agree with you that what TelstraClear has done seems unfair
> (probably _is_ unfair and might be illegal), but you will need to
> convince a judge (or arbitrator if it is in the small claims court)
> that TC has broken the law, and that's no small task.  It is
> excessively unlikely the case will be heard by a jury -- very few
> civil cases are -- and judges are not known for being swayed by the
> emotive aspects of a case.
> 
> Even if you win, the damages are likely to be in proportion to the
> harm caused to you, which will probably mean something like
> temporarily reducing your traffic charges for the 10 days between now
> and when the notice period expires.  A pittance.
> 
> Of course, you never know the result until you get the case heard, but
> if it goes beyond small claims, prepare for a world of pain,
> regardless of the result (even if you go to the small claims tribunal,
> TC could appeal any decision in the main court system).
> 
> The legal system can be very irksome in this way -- the better
> resourced party gets away with breaking the law because it is not cost
> effective, or is highly risky, for a pleb to bring them to court.
> 
> I say one more time:
> The cheapest and most effective remedy, and probably the least
> stressful, is to take your business elsewhere, and to tell your
> friends to do the same.
> 
> [IANAL]
> 
> -- 
> Tony (echo 'spend!,pocket awide' | sed 'y/acdeikospntw!, /l at omcgtjuba.phi/')
-- 
-- Jethro

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