Re: OT, Re: Good broadband provider in Christchurch

2009-09-26 Thread Ryan McCoskrie
On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:31:32 Roger Searle wrote: > steve wrote: > > Which'll have nothing to do with the odd MP living over here, > > in which way is he/she odd? or is it just the usual given their > occupation . . . > I think what Steve meant here is that there are multiple MP's in his neighbo

Re: OT, Re: Good broadband provider in Christchurch

2009-09-24 Thread Warren Stuart
I am on the 10 Gig Telstra Clear plan (naked cable) with WorldXChange VFX VIOP phone line. It costs $55+$12 per month. The only issue with using cable internet instead of naked DSL has been that I have a separate cable modem, wireless router and VOIP thingy where if I had gone with naked DSL I coul

Re: OT, Re: Good broadband provider in Christchurch

2009-09-24 Thread yuri
Andrew Errington wrote: > Ummm, I have no phone line, but I get up to 100Mbps via FTTH with no data > cap.  I pay about $30 per month. > > This is in a small rural town in South Korea. Compare apples with apples! NZ is waaay behind places like South Korea. It may be economies of scale, or Korea mi

Re: OT, Re: Good broadband provider in Christchurch

2009-09-23 Thread Nick Rout
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 3:49 PM, steve wrote: > On Thu, 2009-09-24 at 15:22 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > >> >> OK I am on phone plus 40G @ 10Mbps for $146.90 at present. >> > That's pretty comparable with what I get on adsl from Voda/ihug, except > that I average nearer 7-8Mbit ( in practice, quiet t

Re: OT, Re: Good broadband provider in Christchurch

2009-09-23 Thread Andrew Errington
On Thu, September 24, 2009 12:49, steve wrote: > On Thu, 2009-09-24 at 15:22 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: >> OK I am on phone plus 40G @ 10Mbps for $146.90 at present. >> > That's pretty comparable with what I get on adsl from Voda/ihug, except > that I average nearer 7-8Mbit ( in practice, quiet times

Re: OT, Re: Good broadband provider in Christchurch

2009-09-23 Thread Roger Searle
steve wrote: Which'll have nothing to do with the odd MP living over here, in which way is he/she odd? or is it just the usual given their occupation . . .

Re: OT, Re: Good broadband provider in Christchurch

2009-09-23 Thread steve
On Thu, 2009-09-24 at 15:22 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > > OK I am on phone plus 40G @ 10Mbps for $146.90 at present. > That's pretty comparable with what I get on adsl from Voda/ihug, except that I average nearer 7-8Mbit ( in practice, quiet times - currently 4mbit/700kbit ) with an old ADSL2 rout

Re: OT, Re: Good broadband provider in Christchurch

2009-09-23 Thread Nick Rout
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Craig Falconer wrote: > Nick Rout wrote, On 24/09/09 12:25: >> >> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Craig Falconer >> wrote: >>> >>> Daniel Hill wrote, On 24/09/09 09:48: Recomended Naked DSL provider? I found http://www.xnet.co.nz/fusion/ but it's

Re: OT, Re: Good broadband provider in Christchurch

2009-09-23 Thread Nick Rout
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Craig Falconer wrote: > Nick Rout wrote, On 24/09/09 12:25: >> >> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Craig Falconer >> wrote: >>> >>> Daniel Hill wrote, On 24/09/09 09:48: Recomended Naked DSL provider? I found http://www.xnet.co.nz/fusion/ but it's

Re: OT, Re: Good broadband provider in Christchurch

2009-09-23 Thread Craig Falconer
Nick Rout wrote, On 24/09/09 12:25: On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Craig Falconer wrote: Daniel Hill wrote, On 24/09/09 09:48: Recomended Naked DSL provider? I found http://www.xnet.co.nz/fusion/ but it's bundle only I can't make any recommendations as I use cable. So fo I. will telstra

Re: OT, Re: Good broadband provider in Christchurch

2009-09-23 Thread Nick Rout
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Craig Falconer wrote: > Daniel Hill wrote, On 24/09/09 09:48: >> >> Recomended Naked DSL provider? I found http://www.xnet.co.nz/fusion/ >> but it's bundle only > > I can't make any recommendations as I use cable. So fo I. will telstra give you naked cable?

Re: OT, Re: Good broadband provider in Christchurch

2009-09-23 Thread Craig Falconer
Daniel Hill wrote, On 24/09/09 09:48: Recomended Naked DSL provider? I found http://www.xnet.co.nz/fusion/ but it's bundle only I can't make any recommendations as I use cable. -- Craig Falconer

Re: OT, Re: Good broadband provider in Christchurch

2009-09-23 Thread Daniel Hill
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 >> when your internet is down? how do you ring customer service? > > You spend some of that money you save on a cell phone call. > > Telecom phone = $50 a month, plus $3.95 for CID plus $10 for > voicemail > > 2talk phone = $15 a month, includes CID

Re: OT, Re: Good broadband provider in Christchurch

2009-09-23 Thread Hadley Rich
On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:28:25 Daniel Hill wrote: > I've always had A problem with the idea of running VoIP, what happens > when your internet is down? how do you ring customer service? Use your mobile :) VoIP isn't for everyone of course, and a reliable Internet connection is needed. However if y

Re: OT, Re: Good broadband provider in Christchurch

2009-09-23 Thread Craig Falconer
Daniel Hill wrote, On 24/09/09 09:28: You can do VOIP to somewhere like 2talk for $cheap. I've always had A problem with the idea of running VoIP, what happens when your internet is down? how do you ring customer service? You spend some of that money you save on a cell phone call. Telecom p