Does anyone else have trouble with Ihug?

[Macktheknife]

Go broadband, quit wasting time with dial-up, $20/month is the cheapest I know of but check around.

[Karma]

yes it is congestion... and according to a friend of mine at telecom, my exchange isnt on the list anywhere in the next 6months. it's a joke!

Consider the number of exchanges in the country, as well as the number of cabinets etc...

[lb99]

hmmmm...time for some conspiracy thoughts.... ISP's want everyone to take up broadbean 'cus they get more money for it off us sad sacks...one easy way is to decimate (or retard it substantially) dail up sevice to the point where existing customers get sick of waiting and switch over to broadbean on one of their attractive joining up offers, I know I'm tempted.

usualy they want you bound to a contract for like 18mths, but the contract dosn't bind them to provide consistant service, Ihug will charge you $1 per hour for dialup if the broadband service is broken..It's not mu fault so why should I pay more just so I can get mediocre service....Cunts!

[GR81]

Consider the number of exchanges in the country, as well as the number of cabinets etc...

why sell a product if it doesnt work properly or you cant back it up?
you'd be pissed if i sold you a bike that only worked sometimes

[The_Dover]

why sell a product if it doesnt work properly or you cant back it up?
you'd be pissed if i sold you a bike that only worked sometimes

but weasel's already got one of those.

it's a kumandsukme

[Karma]

why sell a product if it doesnt work properly or you cant back it up?
you'd be pissed if i sold you a bike that only worked sometimes

Well there's the rub. Using your metaphor...

If I sold you my bike on the understand that it COULD do 200kph you'd love it right... but when can you realistically do that speed?

Other cars on the road to slow you down, occasional roadworks...

I don't want to get into a huge discussion on this, but you could vote with your feet, if you don't like broadband, try going back to dialup

[Karma]

but weasel's already got one of those.

it's a kumandsukme

Oh low blow!

[Drunken Monkey]

It's probably congestion...

They can report directly to telecom and get your exchange put on the list of those needing upgrading.

Other ISPs blaming Telecom is the easiest cop-out in the business.

Indeed. As much as I like to bag Telecom, the fact is it can often not even be a problem with your exchange => many ISPs don't actually buy enough bandwidth from Telecom to service their own customers properly.

If you're a commercial customer having trouble with Orcon, let me know - I 'might' know the M.D.. Granted, I 'might' think he's a right cock as well.

[Drunken Monkey]

Under 2Mbs capped acounts, Telecom were running 70 subscribers per bundle. When the cap was raised to 3.5, they increased to 120 subscribers per bundle.

[GR81]

I don't want to get into a huge discussion on this, but you could vote with your feet, if you don't like broadband, try going back to dialup

im on a 12month contract... and yes, im paying $49.95/month for dialup atm! haha

[Drunken Monkey]

im on a 12month contract... and yes, im paying $49.95/month for dialup atm! haha

Holy smokes! You can get 1GB/month 3G mobile data for that!

[GR81]

Holy smokes! You can get 1GB/month 3G mobile data for that!

not much good when im downloading about 10Gb/month

[The_Dover]

yeah, but I don't download loads of shite.

I'm over that and there is fuck all out there that I want or need.

[Drunken Monkey]

not much good when im downloading about 10Gb/month

I didn't think there were enough hours in a month to download 10Gb with dial-up!

[Karma]

yeah, but I don't download loads of shite.

I'm over that and there is fuck all out there that I want or need.

How many Gbs of porn you got stashed away then?

maurice.com has quite the inventory I've heard.