isp choices 56k dial up

**WINJA** · 13th January 2006, 21:48

im having endless troubles with kiwi on line , im considering slingshot or orcon but i need some input . i had good consistent speed with no hangups on xtra but its expensive , i dont want adsl at the moment , help this pewtertard with advice please.
secondly is anyone else having problems with kiwionline ? im having trouble getting connected in the evening and when i do its very slow

**steved** · 13th January 2006, 21:50

Paradise at $15/month works well for me.

**Indiana_Jones** · 13th January 2006, 21:53

My nets acting up at the moment, I'm on xtra dial-up. Though it might be my computer, but it also happens to the laptop, so I donno. Look I just went of now

-Indy

**Flyingpony** · 13th January 2006, 22:36

Originally Posted by steved

Paradise at $15/month works well for me.

2nd that.

You'll also get a dollar discount if your homeline is with TelestraClear.

I've never had troubles connecting, getting disconnected or general network performance speed - always the same. Rather boring when you think about it, so to throw spice into it, once in a hundred blue moons the odd email gets lost or arrives/dispatches several days after arriving/sending. This should be improved with all the recent email servers they added into the system.

**N4CR** · 13th January 2006, 23:46

Yeah go paradise. Xtra/telescum dialup (what I use currently) is not any more reliable than other providers (using 5 different modems... from top of the line to crap ones, and new lines etc) so just go for paradise.

Or wait for the new jetstream that Telstra has been allowed to roll out. Labour said f*** you telecom and gave them [telstra] access. Sweet....!

**Holy Roller** · 13th January 2006, 23:53

I've been with Maxnet for nearly 10 years and maybe had a problem twice in that time. They are really helpful and I am reluctant to leave. We have dail up at home and broadband at the shop.
Check them out
http://www.maxnet.co.nz/

**Brian d marge** · 14th January 2006, 01:38

There is freeware out there that will tell you how many people are qued for your server isp and line losses and all that stuff I had to look into it as when we first upgraded our broadband from 40 to 100 ..IT was crap,,,dropping connections at nite , not connecting etc
I kept a log and everytime it crashed I checked how many people were using and the line connection, packet loss ( cut and pasted the results into a calender)
Still dont know what 1/2 of it means ...( I didnt even know there was an national and international speed )

Anyway the long and short of this was ,,when I complained for the last time via the head honcho ,,I was able to back up my insults with facts ,,,
Suddenly... there has been NO problem my end ,,,problems just dissapeared over nite ...strange tha...t as my computer hasnt changed ,,,*they swore blind it was my fault *

Good luck fella, There needs to be a boot put up the backside of the telescum business in NZ

Stephen

**Posh Tourer :P** · 14th January 2006, 01:54

Paradise is good....

**Colapop** · 14th January 2006, 07:23

Post a poll - Paradise is a winner for me though too. I was on dial up for 2 years and just switched to adsl before xmas - used up my 4 gig in about 2 weeks! May need 10 from here on...

**Teflon** · 14th January 2006, 07:26

I have always used orcon for dial-up and havn't had any probs. you also get two connection numbers to use.

**Sniper** · 14th January 2006, 07:40

Paradise is good, but I was with slingshot dial up for a while and didn't have any problems.

**Beemer** · 14th January 2006, 08:44

I'm with Paradise, just gone on to the 250 hours/$20 plan as I occasionally went just over the 150 hours/$15 and it would cost me an extra $16 so I figured it was cheaper to pay an extra $5 a month and never have to worry again!

Pretty good service and I find their help desk exactly that - helpful. We get a few hang-ups on the line but that is more than likely due to the crap rural Telecom connection we have than Paradise.

Since they had their big problem with email over Christmas (overload of spam) I am getting far fewer spam emails - and most aren't offering viagra! With Xtra I used to get some of the most pornographic spam you could imagine - but it was instantly recognisable as the subject line would spell it out in graphic detail!

**Colapop** · 14th January 2006, 09:06

Originally Posted by tristank

Yeah go paradise. Xtra/telescum dialup (what I use currently) is not any more reliable than other providers (using 5 different modems... from top of the line to crap ones, and new lines etc) so just go for paradise.

Or wait for the new jetstream that Telstra has been allowed to roll out. Labour said f*** you telecom and gave them [telstra] access. Sweet....!

Tell me more about Telstra Jetstream? Is it the same as Paradise ADSL?
I'm paying $135/month for phone/internet/Saturn TV bundle. That's 4gig/month traffic. probably double that this month.