[Vodafone NZ] Dial-up screwed for whole day

I'd be
Anyone would be

 

Yes it is, it means the IP address does not change. :-\

 

ihug kept their modems outside on the street so that every time it
rained the modems stopped functioning.

When Vodafone took over they decided wires and electricity weren't good
enough and changed the modem->outside world connections to use drinking
steraws and treacle ... hence websites often getting stuck duing
loading. :-(

 

A static address is manually entered by the customer. It won't be
allocated to someone else and you can use it as a domain.

Telecom's UBS system allocates IP numbers which don't usually change,
but they are configured by DHCP.

 

Only a fool would keep on paying them.

 

"Permanent IP address" is not a technical term. The two types of IP
addresses are "dynamic" and "static". Basically "static" is a real thing
"permanent" is what you made up.

Cheers,

Cliff

 

And now we get pedantic stupidity. One more to go and the set is
complete. :-\

 

Well, so what are you doing about it?

Hint, the latest issue of Consumer has its annual report on what its readers
thinks about ISP's.

Three are fighting to reach 100% and to beat each other even if they do not.
Actrix is one of them. They have been praised in this ng for many a year
now.

Your choice, actions are louder than words.

 

You are in the Troll Award of the Month.

 

The solution to this problem is simple and has been suggest many times by many
people. Get a good provider.

You choose not to do anything, so I for one, aren't interested in known and
repeated problems.

Sorry.

 

I doubt that. Actrix dial up still worked the last time I tried it (OK, a few
months ago now ) ... but knowing them, I suspect they will provide the
service as long as someone wants them to. After all, they had a heap a few
years ago, and can afford to lose a few without any serious consequences.

Dial up comes free with their broadband (and came free with their phone plan
before that).

 

No, only you and Lennier responded. Nowhere good enough as far as I am
concerned.

Cheers,

Cliff

 

LOL, and I bet if you were were ever in the army your mum would have said
"look my son is the only one marching in time" - a family trait.
--
</Shaun>

"Humans will have advanced a long, long, way when religious belief has a
cozy little classification in the DSM."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1).

 

LOL, yeah. Still, everyone has their priorities.... If I drank alcohol more
often than once or twice a year, smoked tobacco, bought takeaways, ate
meat... etc. etc. etc. Then I wouldn't be able to afford ADSL. <shrug>

I'd rather not be bitter and any more crazy thanks!
--
</Shaun>

"Humans will have advanced a long, long, way when religious belief has a
cozy little classification in the DSM."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1).

 

Crazy huh? Why would anyone bother?

Indeed. My 'naked broadband' actually includes a local telephone number!
--
</Shaun>

"Humans will have advanced a long, long, way when religious belief has a
cozy little classification in the DSM."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1).

 

AOL.
--
</Shaun>

"Humans will have advanced a long, long, way when religious belief has a
cozy little classification in the DSM."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1).

 

Beat me to it: I have dial up, very very good dial up (as they have few
customers using it) and not only is it free but I don't bother using it!

(I used it last a couple years back when someone whose PC I was doing a
re-install on wanted a dial-up modem [and driver...] for some odd reason. I
used it to test.)
--
</Shaun>

"Humans will have advanced a long, long, way when religious belief has a
cozy little classification in the DSM."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1).

 

Or to put it another way;

I wouldn't use dial-up if I got it free! In fact I do - and I don't.


--
</Shaun>

"Humans will have advanced a long, long, way when religious belief has a
cozy little classification in the DSM."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1).