[wellylug] Looking for an ISP recommendation

[Jeremy Naylor]

Jamie Dobbs wrote:

> I'm increasingly having issues with Orcon as an ISP. They started of 
> great but over the year or so I have been with them have started to be 
> less and less reliable.
> Their email servers are unreliable (I have had quite a number of 
> emails not deliver to me over recent months), their NNTP server is 
> ridiculous (connections refused/timed out) and I am increasingly 
> finding it difficult to get decent speeds when web browsing.
> So it's about time to find another ISP (again!).
> My requirements are that they offer ADSL (no cable in my street) and 
> that they are reliable.
> I'd welcome any and all thoughts, but keep in mind that Paradise is 
> probably out of the question as they only offer ADSL if you switch 
> your phone to them which I don't want to do as Telecoms toll rates are 
> better for us.
>
> Cheers
>
> Jamie

Hey Jamie,

What's wrong with Paradise Net?

Telecom offer good toll rates, don't they?

Anyway, have you tried Slingshot? A friend of mine used to use their 
dialup service, and he told me is was pretty good.

Thanks,
-- 
Jeremy Naylor
p: +64 21 374 689
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