Broadband - Who is the best provider

On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:23:45 +1300, Kooky <> wrote:

>I'm still on dialup and have a paradise account. I rang Paradise today and
>was quoted $87 for 3gig monthly package (phoneline tolls etc) and the
>person told me that it is fullspeed up and down, 30 to 40 times faster than
>dial-up. Does this sound like a good deal?
>
>Cheers, Kooky


Go to the real site of Clear.net.nz they list all the prices..

Mary Hanna

On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 16:21:22 +1300, Peter Huebner <> wrote:

>In article <BwqHm.2018$>,
>says...
>>
>> I'm still on dialup and have a paradise account. I rang Paradise today and
>> was quoted $87 for 3gig monthly package (phoneline tolls etc) and the
>> person told me that it is fullspeed up and down, 30 to 40 times faster than
>> dial-up. Does this sound like a good deal?
>>
>> Cheers, Kooky
>
>
>No, not good. In particular the combo of full speed up/3 Gb is silly.
>So's the price. You can generally get a full speed down/128k up with a
>10Gb data cap for around $55. Full speed up only makes much sense if you
>are going to do a lot of web-page or ftp serving from your own machine
>(or p2p but less so) but for any of these purposes the 3 Gb cap would be
>ridiculously small. I don't think I'd want that particular plan of
>theirs at half the price.
>
>-Peter



I have found that Paradise plans are not the same as Clears.

Mary Hanna

Mary Hanna <> wrote in
news:
>
> I have found that Paradise plans are not the same as Clears.
>
My brother and sister-in-law are changing from Paradise to Clear.
Telecom charge $55 for a second phoneline whereas Telstraclear charge $35.
They are currently paying $107.00 for 2 phone lines from Telecom the only
extra is call diversion, $25.00 for 2 dial-up connections with Paradise and
around $20.00 for tolls each month. With the Clear package it will be
$137.00 all up with Fullspeed broadband connection with first month free.

I really don't want the hassle of changing my email address but I may have
to.

Cheers, Kooky

Kooky

Peter Huebner <> wrote in
news: :
>
> Hmmm, I didn't notice that the price of $87 included your phoneline --
> that puts a slightly different light on it. If I include the price of
> my phoneline, I actually end up paying $106/month ...
>
> Still, I find with usenet reading, email, and web-surfing I use
> between 2 and 6 Gigabytes monthly (that includes the odd small
> download, upgrades to browsers etc, virus checker updates, and lots of
> internet news sites, the odd demo for a computer game). If I download
> more than 1 DVD's worth outside of that, I can be in trouble with my
> 10Gb cap ...
>
> -P.

I guess I'll have to start somewhere and if I don't have enough gigs I'll
have to increase the amount. Thanks again for your input.

Cheers, Kooky

Kooky

Kooky <> wrote:

>Mary Hanna <> wrote in
>news :
>>
>> I have found that Paradise plans are not the same as Clears.
>>
>My brother and sister-in-law are changing from Paradise to Clear.
>Telecom charge $55 for a second phoneline whereas Telstraclear charge $35.
>They are currently paying $107.00 for 2 phone lines from Telecom the only
>extra is call diversion, $25.00 for 2 dial-up connections with Paradise and
>around $20.00 for tolls each month. With the Clear package it will be
>$137.00 all up with Fullspeed broadband connection with first month free.
>
>I really don't want the hassle of changing my email address but I may have
>to.
>
>Cheers, Kooky

Why doesn't she use a VOIP fone as a second line for $15 / month from
the likes of 2talk??

Mutlley

On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:14:19 +1300, Mutlley <> wrote:

>Kooky <> wrote:
>
>>Mary Hanna <> wrote in
>>news:
>>>
>>> I have found that Paradise plans are not the same as Clears.
>>>
>>My brother and sister-in-law are changing from Paradise to Clear.
>>Telecom charge $55 for a second phoneline whereas Telstraclear charge $35.
>>They are currently paying $107.00 for 2 phone lines from Telecom the only
>>extra is call diversion, $25.00 for 2 dial-up connections with Paradise and
>>around $20.00 for tolls each month. With the Clear package it will be
>>$137.00 all up with Fullspeed broadband connection with first month free.
>>
>>I really don't want the hassle of changing my email address but I may have
>>to.
>>
>>Cheers, Kooky
>
>Why doesn't she use a VOIP fone as a second line for $15 / month from
>the likes of 2talk??


I think u have to use a Telscum phone, not a Telstra Clear one.

Mary Hanna

Kooky
>
> I really don't want the hassle of changing my email address but I may have
> to.

Then make sure you change to an email address that is not dependent on
your provider.

For example, gmail or yahoo, or register your own domain.

Regards, John

John Little

Mary Hanna wrote:
> On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:14:19 +1300, Mutlley <> wrote:
>
>> Kooky <> wrote:
>>
>>> Mary Hanna <> wrote in
>>> news:
>>>> I have found that Paradise plans are not the same as Clears.
>>>>
>>> My brother and sister-in-law are changing from Paradise to Clear.
>>> Telecom charge $55 for a second phoneline whereas Telstraclear charge $35.
>>> They are currently paying $107.00 for 2 phone lines from Telecom the only
>>> extra is call diversion, $25.00 for 2 dial-up connections with Paradise and
>>> around $20.00 for tolls each month. With the Clear package it will be
>>> $137.00 all up with Fullspeed broadband connection with first month free.
>>>
>>> I really don't want the hassle of changing my email address but I may have
>>> to.
>>>
>>> Cheers, Kooky
>> Why doesn't she use a VOIP fone as a second line for $15 / month from
>> the likes of 2talk??
>
>
> I think u have to use a Telscum phone, not a Telstra Clear one.

2talk is voip, it works on any functioning internet connection.

Also comes with things like voicemail to email, cheap calls to most
useful countries and other niceties like multiple registrations from
other locations, caller id, multiple simultanious calls (I have done 3
on my 2talk account) and you can register other numbers that they will
present as your outgoing caller ID.

Richard

Mutlley <> wrote in
news::
>
> Why doesn't she use a VOIP fone as a second line for $15 / month from
> the likes of 2talk??

)) I think she has just realised she doesn't need two phone lines now.
Nice to know there are other options for a second line though.

Cheers, Kooky

Kooky

Mary Hanna <> wrote in
news::
>
> I think u have to use a Telscum phone, not a Telstra Clear one.
>
I've only just found out that if you don't pay your Telescum account at
least one week before the due date you are put on their bad payers list.

Cheers, Kooky

Kooky