[wellylug] Looking for an ISP recommendation

[Jeremy Naylor]

Nick Jensen wrote:

> I just tried Slingshot dialup, and immediately left them. Their
>connections were OK, but their service was bad enough I decided I
>didn't want to deal with them any more and moved to Orcon. Over a
>period of a week (that's how long they give you as a trial, after
>which you can get your money back) I spent over 3 hours on hold with
>them trying to connect and then disconnect - and had 2 polite people
>and 3 rude ones at the other end.
> Orcon has had me connected after a total of 20 minutes talking to
>them, and I didn't have to go to the post office to pay my bill - they
>just connected me and I'll pay by DD later on.
> Unfortunately both have a 3-month pay-in-advance policy, but that's not so bad.
> I moved from Paradise which has a 28 day payment cycle, which meant I
>never knew when my payment was going to come out of my account, as
>well as fitting an extra billing month into the year. They also only
>gave me 250 hours instead of a true flat rate - which I admittidly
>never reached but it was often on my mind.
>
> Anyway, all this is only dialup, so possibly doesn't help too much
>with regard to ADSL connections.
>
>   Nick
>  
>
Hey Nick,

Oh, ok. Maybe it's just Wellington or something then - because this 
friend of mine is from Auckland.

Yeah - true.

Thanks,
-- 
Jeremy Naylor
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