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I am considering switching ISPs to Maxnet. What is the international
news group service like?

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"Snoopy (*is n)" <te**yson@caverock.*et.*z> wrote in message
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> I am considering switching ISPs to Maxnet. What is the international
> news group service like?
>
> SNOOPY

I've just joined Slingshot $10 deal from the Warehouse for the first month.
A damn sight more competitive outfit than the Aussie owned ihug is.
So far it's just as good as ihug for connecting and speed... just a damn
sight cheaper.

E. Scrooge

On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 18:08:24 +1300, "E. Scrooge" <scrooge@*shot.co.nz
(*sling)> wrote:

>
>"Snoopy (*is n)" <te**yson@caverock.*et.*z> wrote in message
>news:.. .
>> I am considering switching ISPs to Maxnet. What is the international
>> news group service like?
>>
>> SNOOPY
>
>I've just joined Slingshot $10 deal from the Warehouse for the first month.
>A damn sight more competitive outfit than the Aussie owned ihug is.
>So far it's just as good as ihug for connecting and speed... just a damn
>sight cheaper.
>
>E. Scrooge
>

They have been good lately, but they tend to have issueswhen they
start promoting themselves and then can't cope with the new demand of
the new customers.

"max" <> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 18:08:24 +1300, "E. Scrooge" <scrooge@*shot.co.nz
> (*sling)> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Snoopy (*is n)" <te**yson@caverock.*et.*z> wrote in message
> >news:.. .
> >> I am considering switching ISPs to Maxnet. What is the international
> >> news group service like?
> >>
> >> SNOOPY
> >
> >I've just joined Slingshot $10 deal from the Warehouse for the first
month.
> >A damn sight more competitive outfit than the Aussie owned ihug is.
> >So far it's just as good as ihug for connecting and speed... just a damn
> >sight cheaper.
> >
> >E. Scrooge
> >
>
> They have been good lately, but they tend to have issueswhen they
> start promoting themselves and then can't cope with the new demand of
> the new customers.

Only thing I've found at the moment is a slow response for posts in the
newsgroups to appear. One bugger took about 9 minutes, ihug is damn near
instant at times. Emails are good though, a test one came back straight
away.
Is the news service usually that slow after clicking the send button for the
post to **** off to the groups?

Connecting tonight was good, straight through on the first try. They could
well get a lot of customers with the heavy promotions. Hopefully they're
ready to handle it all. I see they offer 10% off if you prepay for a year,
making it $15 a month for flat rate. Good on them if they can be that
competitive while still being reliable.

E. Scrooge

"E. Scrooge" <scrooge@*shot.co.nz (*sling)> wrote in message
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> "max" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 18:08:24 +1300, "E. Scrooge" <scrooge@*shot.co.nz
> > (*sling)> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >"Snoopy (*is n)" <te**yson@caverock.*et.*z> wrote in message
> > >news:.. .
> > >> I am considering switching ISPs to Maxnet. What is the international
> > >> news group service like?
> > >>
> > >> SNOOPY
> > >
> > >I've just joined Slingshot $10 deal from the Warehouse for the first
> month.
> > >A damn sight more competitive outfit than the Aussie owned ihug is.
> > >So far it's just as good as ihug for connecting and speed... just a
damn
> > >sight cheaper.
> > >
> > >E. Scrooge
> > >
> >
> > They have been good lately, but they tend to have issueswhen they
> > start promoting themselves and then can't cope with the new demand of
> > the new customers.
>
> Only thing I've found at the moment is a slow response for posts in the
> newsgroups to appear. One bugger took about 9 minutes, ihug is damn near
> instant at times. Emails are good though, a test one came back straight
> away.
> Is the news service usually that slow after clicking the send button for
the
> post to **** off to the groups?

Only took a minute for that bugger to turn up, that's a bit more resonable.

To be fair ihug's news service become useless for half an hour each night
just after midnight.

E. Scrooge

On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 21:20:06 +1300, "E. Scrooge" <scrooge@*shot.co.nz
(*sling)> wrote:

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>"max" <> wrote in message
>news:.. .
>> On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 18:08:24 +1300, "E. Scrooge" <scrooge@*shot.co.nz
>> (*sling)> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >"Snoopy (*is n)" <te**yson@caverock.*et.*z> wrote in message
>> >news:.. .
>> >> I am considering switching ISPs to Maxnet. What is the international
>> >> news group service like?
>> >>
>> >> SNOOPY
>> >
>> >I've just joined Slingshot $10 deal from the Warehouse for the first
>month.
>> >A damn sight more competitive outfit than the Aussie owned ihug is.
>> >So far it's just as good as ihug for connecting and speed... just a damn
>> >sight cheaper.
>> >
>> >E. Scrooge
>> >
>>
>> They have been good lately, but they tend to have issueswhen they
>> start promoting themselves and then can't cope with the new demand of
>> the new customers.
>
>Only thing I've found at the moment is a slow response for posts in the
>newsgroups to appear. One bugger took about 9 minutes, ihug is damn near
>instant at times. Emails are good though, a test one came back straight
>away.
>Is the news service usually that slow after clicking the send button for the
>post to **** off to the groups?
>
>Connecting tonight was good, straight through on the first try. They could
>well get a lot of customers with the heavy promotions. Hopefully they're
>ready to handle it all. I see they offer 10% off if you prepay for a year,
>making it $15 a month for flat rate. Good on them if they can be that
>competitive while still being reliable.
>
>E. Scrooge
>
I think it is a little slow on the newgroups, but when I reply, they
appear immediately.

"max" <> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 21:20:06 +1300, "E. Scrooge" <scrooge@*shot.co.nz
> (*sling)> wrote:
>
> >
> >"max" <> wrote in message
> >news:.. .
> >> On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 18:08:24 +1300, "E. Scrooge" <scrooge@*shot.co.nz
> >> (*sling)> wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> >"Snoopy (*is n)" <te**yson@caverock.*et.*z> wrote in message
> >> >news:.. .
> >> >> I am considering switching ISPs to Maxnet. What is the
international
> >> >> news group service like?
> >> >>
> >> >> SNOOPY
> >> >
> >> >I've just joined Slingshot $10 deal from the Warehouse for the first
> >month.
> >> >A damn sight more competitive outfit than the Aussie owned ihug is.
> >> >So far it's just as good as ihug for connecting and speed... just a
damn
> >> >sight cheaper.
> >> >
> >> >E. Scrooge
> >> >
> >>
> >> They have been good lately, but they tend to have issueswhen they
> >> start promoting themselves and then can't cope with the new demand of
> >> the new customers.
> >
> >Only thing I've found at the moment is a slow response for posts in the
> >newsgroups to appear. One bugger took about 9 minutes, ihug is damn near
> >instant at times. Emails are good though, a test one came back straight
> >away.
> >Is the news service usually that slow after clicking the send button for
the
> >post to **** off to the groups?
> >
> >Connecting tonight was good, straight through on the first try. They
could
> >well get a lot of customers with the heavy promotions. Hopefully they're
> >ready to handle it all. I see they offer 10% off if you prepay for a
year,
> >making it $15 a month for flat rate. Good on them if they can be that
> >competitive while still being reliable.
> >
> >E. Scrooge
> >
> I think it is a little slow on the newgroups, but when I reply, they
> appear immediately.

Your post looks like it appeared when you sent it, if you sent it at 9:56pm.

E. Scrooge

"Snoopy (*is n)" <te**yson@caverock.*et.*z> wrote in message
news:...
> I am considering switching ISPs to Maxnet. What is the international
> news group service like?
>
They used to have a few news server problems, for a while there every few
days I would email them saying 'your news server has crashed' and someone
would go and prod it with a stick and it would go for a few more days.
Recently though it has been very good, I haven't noticed any missing
international groups.

In article <>,
te**yson@caverock.*et.*z says...
> I am considering switching ISPs to Maxnet. What is the international
> news group service like?

What's wrong with Caverock?

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On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 11:20:18 +1300, Mainlander <*@*.*> wrote:

>In article <>,
>te**yson@caverock.*et.*z says...
>> I am considering switching ISPs to Maxnet. What is the international
>> news group service like?
>
>What's wrong with Caverock?
>
International newsgroup support at Caverock is being discontinued from
the end of the month.

SNOOPY


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