Help - Isps

Who are you using....and good and bad points....any good deals you know of?

Help would be appreciated :)

Dingoblue rocks - but it's closing down. ihug is shit as is froggy as far as connects are concerned and Optus and Telstra are a rip off for what they offer.

The best I've seen for under 30bucks a month is iprimus www.iprimus.com.au as it has unlimited time and downloads (with a cut off after 4 hours its only drawback). Most people I've spoken to have zero issues with it so I guess that's where I'm going to move to.

Originally posted by Setanta
Dingoblue rocks - but it's closing down. ihug is shit as is froggy as far as connects are concerned and Optus and Telstra are a rip off for what they offer.

The best I've seen for under 30bucks a month is iprimus www.iprimus.com.au as it has unlimited time and downloads (with a cut off after 4 hours its only drawback). Most people I've spoken to have zero issues with it so I guess that's where I'm going to move to.

STFU asshole! froggy is good!

Originally posted by Setanta
Dingoblue rocks - but it's closing down. ihug is shit as is froggy as far as connects are concerned and Optus and Telstra are a rip off for what they offer.

The best I've seen for under 30bucks a month is iprimus www.iprimus.com.au as it has unlimited time and downloads (with a cut off after 4 hours its only drawback). Most people I've spoken to have zero issues with it so I guess that's where I'm going to move to.

Thanks...yeah I've heard about ihug being pretty crappy, my friend has it, and especially at night....connection is always failing.

AOL have this offer of 2 months free access, and its 24.95 a month unlimited hours....anyone heard any good or bad things about them.

I'll check out that website, thanks :)

Originally posted by stubborn_boi


STFU asshole! froggy is good!

Is it? Is there service ok....no problems with connections?

I like Optus. Their premium guarantees none of the abovementioned probs.

Originally posted by stubborn_boi


STFU asshole! froggy is good!

Froggy is cheap and has just been bought out. It has bad cases of packet loss although pings to it's POPs are ok. I'm not putting it down, just saying it isn't as good as other ISPs.

Q - AOL is the devil. It is seriously more heartache than good. It is extremely unreliable and has very poor bandwidth.

Oz, Optus is ok if you can afford it, but Q is looking for dial-up and the Optus plans are poor (as are Telsra's) compared to the smaller ISPs. Their cable is great, but overpriced (as is Telstra's) and I doubt Q wants to buy cable for her dad :rolleyes:

Ok....imprimus was 32.75 a month...425MB worth of downloads.

Froggy....19.95 month by credit...unlimited downloads.

Ok, I'll check out optus now :)

From memory the plan we're on is unlimited downloads, 4 hour session limits (never been disconnected - even overnight. Guaranteed immediate redial) and about $25-$30/month

Originally posted by Spunkymonkey
Ok....imprimus was 32.75 a month...425MB worth of downloads.

Froggy....19.95 month by credit...unlimited downloads.

Ok, I'll check out optus now :)

Ummm... iprimus infinity metro plan is 24 bucks with unlimited everything Q :) http://www.iprimus.com.au/plans_matrix.asp

Originally posted by ozriceboy
From memory the plan we're on is unlimited downloads, 4 hour session limits (never been disconnected - even overnight. Guaranteed immediate redial) and about $25-$30/month

Checked it out...

Eiterh $27.95 for unlimited hours..and 350 MB downloads

or the netrollover 120...same price...120 hours, and unlimited downloads....

Hmmm...gotta figure out how much we'd use a month....

with the rollover, you can roll your unused hours over for up to 3 months...which is pretty good.

Originally posted by Spunkymonkey


Is it? Is there service ok....no problems with connections?

umm, i have it, i never have busy dial thingo... and ifs unlimited download... connection i cant tell, use to be fast, but now i dont know, but then, it could be my comp, its lagging like a bitch...

Originally posted by Setanta


Ummm... iprimus infinity metro plan is 24 bucks with unlimited everything Q :) http://www.iprimus.com.au/plans_matrix.asp

Cool. check out telstra just to see....

any other's we've forgotten?

Heaps Q, but I've been pretty thorough in looking for ISPs for the last month or so and have asked a lot of Qs on other forums. :)

iprimus seems the best of the lot to me - short of getting cable, and I have better things to spend my money on ;)

Checked out Telstra...pretty crap competively with the others....

ok, will ask a few more friends when I speak to them....

thanks for the help everyone :D

bummer having to pay for it I guess:( wish I could get some at work....would save a lot of stress :D

Originally posted by taranaki
bummer having to pay for it I guess:( wish I could get some at work....would save a lot of stress :D

hehehe :p

Its too bad I can't surf that much at work now :( probably a week to go, and you'll be seeing less and less of me. until I get an ISP that is :p

Originally posted by Spunkymonkey


hehehe :p

Its too bad I can't surf that much at work now :( probably a week to go, and you'll be seeing less and less of me. until I get an ISP that is :p
how can Isee less and less of a lady who won't even post a pic?I'M TOLD YOU IS VERY PWETTY BUT MY SOURCE COULD BE DESCRIBED AS VERY UNRELIABLE..........

where are you posting from now?

Originally posted by taranaki

how can Isee less and less of a lady who won't even post a pic?I'M TOLD YOU IS VERY PWETTY BUT MY SOURCE COULD BE DESCRIBED AS VERY UNRELIABLE..........

where are you posting from now?

I'm at work...but I only have a week left of afternoon starts, and after that it will be rotational during the day...and its too busy to post.

You obviously....haven't read some of my posts.....

My pic is on my albums....

www.picturetrail.com/spunkymonkey under the family album :p

forgive me...I have been on holiday...in the Coromandel....you obviously haven't been reading my posts either....*sniff**sniff*:cry: :cry:

Originally posted by taranaki
forgive me...I have been on holiday...in the Coromandel....you obviously haven't been reading my posts either....*sniff**sniff*:cry: :cry:

:p Awww....so you've been taking the windy roads :p There was one place along there, which had like 20kms of windy road, and got to the end, there was a fence a single property...some sheep, and a rocky little bay...very nice :)

Originally posted by Spunkymonkey


:p Awww....so you've been taking the windy roads :p There was one place along there, which had like 20kms of windy road, and got to the end, there was a fence a single property...some sheep, and a rocky little bay...very nice :)

must be up towards the top somewhere....spent most of my holiday on the beach...


Hot Water Beach...................mmmmmm.......:licker:

Originally posted by taranaki


must be up towards the top somewhere....spent most of my holiday on the beach...


Hot Water Beach...................mmmmmm.......:licker:

We missed the hot water beaches, cause it was getting dark....so decided to press on. So....like my photos :p

Originally posted by Spunkymonkey


We missed the hot water beaches, cause it was getting dark....so decided to press on. So....like my photos :p

best time to go to HWB...skinny dippin' in your own personal beach sauna pool;)

nice pics...good to see you at last!

Goodnight....going home....where's your pic :p

Originally posted by Spunkymonkey
Goodnight....going home....where's your pic :p

this forum,thread 'hey guys...'

not the best portait ever,but not the best subject either!

time for bed...work tommorrow:(

Originally posted by taranaki


this forum,thread 'hey guys...'

not the best portait ever,but not the best subject either!

time for bed...work tommorrow:(

You call this a picture :p Its such a close up :p

http://members.dingoblue.net.au/~setanta1/lwf0001.jpg

Hmmmm...next time take one with your hat off ;)

There are also pics of Mr T in Coffee break - along with some of the other Kiwis. Hamilton Motor show thread as I recollect. ;)

I decided to give the Optus rollover plan ago. Plus they gave us an extra 100 hours in the 1st month to use. Only problem is sneaking around the house with the lap top and trying to avoid dad :p

hahahahahaha :D I can almost visualise that :p

Originally posted by Setanta
hahahahahaha :D I can almost visualise that :p

well that was me yesterday....He's snoring....ok....:p

Originally posted by Setanta
There are also pics of Mr T in Coffee break - along with some of the other Kiwis. Hamilton Motor show thread as I recollect. ;)


iI do have a better one,not ex Hamilton,but it's too big to upload:(

Taranaki - use Paintshop or photoshop to change the format to .jpg and you will find it's a lot smaller in size.

Thanks,but I've already done that using Adobe Activeshare:( I've just picked up this month's PCWorld with a trial version of Paintshop7....might have a play around later:devil: :devil:

I waited 20 mins for my sister to finish work, and she drove me home, and when I got home, and parked the car in the garage....dad says "do you need to use the telephone?" and I said "no" and he said "ok, cause I'm using the internet".....

and I'm thinking :confused:

asked my little sister....and she said he connected to that DODO ISP last week :rolleyes:

Hmmm....nice of him to tell us since I pay for the phone bills at home. OH well...perhaps we don't need to run around the house hiding anymore :D

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: @your dad.
Oh well, just get your own broadband account and forbid him from using it!

I got optus cable....wont be using the net that much when I'm not at work....will be too busy out driving :p

You can now email me either at:

[email protected] or
[email protected]

:D

someone up there asked about AOL, dont go aol they SUCK ASS!!!
they have their own dial up program which uses their own internet protocols.. in other words, instead of using the popular tcp/ip and your windows protocols, they install their own protocols on your comp and they mess ya computer up like shit , especially when u wanna go back to using tcp/ip and win protocols.. i forgotten all the right terms to use haha but AOL fucked up my comp big time, corrupted all my win protocols which lead to comp crashing all the time. i went to cable after that.. but back to dial-up :(

so yeah.. if yaz could , recommend some good dial-ups... is optusnet good q?

I'm finding iPrimus pretty damn good at the moment.

yeah...optusnet is good...no problems with loggin on. goes through 1st attempt. Plus they gave me extra 100 hours for first month.

Optus is goood. How are you finding it, Q?

Originally posted by ozriceboy
Optus is goood. How are you finding it, Q?

Good...I'm at work now...

but yeah...always can get through the 1st dial up....even after their 4 hour period where they disconnect, they say there is a 20 minute waiting period, but I got through straight away anyway...and man.... the 120 hours a month is heaps! but its good it rolls over to the next two months too, for me to use.

Originally posted by Spunkymonkey


Good...I'm at work now...

but yeah...always can get through the 1st dial up....even after their 4 hour period where they disconnect, they say there is a 20 minute waiting period, but I got through straight away anyway...and man.... the 120 hours a month is heaps! but its good it rolls over to the next two months too, for me to use.

I have never been kicked off, despite what they say. Prob. only for peak periods. Night all.