Dammit!!! My ISP is shutting down.

Setanta · #1 03-07-2002, 03:42 AM

Aussies may hear this on the news, Dingoblue is shutting down

That means when they go all my webspace, connection and email addys are finished

Not to mention stuff I've subscribed to

I'll have to spend the next few days trying to find a new one but this hurts. I've been with them since they started up and they had the best service a dial-up ISP could have.

If any Aussies can recomend a good cheap dial-up ISP I'd appreciate it. I need something comperable - currently I have 5 meg of webspace, 3gig cap on downloads, 5 email accounts and reliabilty all for $25.

Dammit... this means my STD phone calls will revert back to Telstra as that was part of the package too

Here's the gist from their site:

Quote:

dingo blue to close.

It gives us no pleasure in telling you this – but dingo blue will soon be closing down its business operations for good. It is expected this will take at least eight weeks.

However, there is no need to panic.

dingo blue will endeavour to ensure its services, which we have so proudly provided, will continue uninterrupted throughout the closing down process.

We will shortly be contacting all dingo blue customers with further information about how dingo blue will be operating until the business is closed.

For more immediate information, click here for a comprehensive list of questions and answers. Should you need to talk to us directly, please call our Customer Information Hotline on 1300 301 455 weekdays between 7 a.m. and 11 p.m. or e-mail us at: [email protected]

Finally – and most importantly – we’d like to sincerely thank you for your support of dingo blue. It has been a pleasure to have been of service to you.

Thanks for giving dingo blue a chance.

taranaki · #2 03-07-2002, 03:50 AM

Bummer...at least when mine changed hands last year we all stayed connected.

Did they actually give a reason for pulling the pin?

evil_elmo · #3 03-07-2002, 03:57 AM

over here in nz Zfree the free ISP is closing down at the end of the month

Setanta · #4 03-07-2002, 04:53 AM

No info at all - waiting for the news to come on to see if it's discussed

It was so damn reliable too

jOYRiDe · #5 03-07-2002, 11:22 PM

yeah i just heard aout it today and i thought "poor setanta"

sorry dude

Oz · #6 03-07-2002, 11:51 PM

We're with Optus. They're pretty good. $25-$30 a month. A few email addys, 56k, some webspace and no caps.

Setanta · #7 03-08-2002, 12:15 AM

Optus are bringing in caps soon - definitely for cable, I'm not to sure for dial-up. I want to stay away from Optus and Telstra - I'm looking at TPG or iPrimus at the moment... iPrimus looks the better of the two with 10meg storage (seeing as I am about 2 meg over my limit at the moment), unlimited time/downloads but have a four hour limit and then you have to reconnect. That's the only downside.

Buzzr · #8 03-08-2002, 09:04 PM

with a name like dingo blue
i'm surprised it didn't close down earlier

taranaki · #9 03-09-2002, 01:31 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Buzzr
with a name like dingo blue
i'm surprised it didn't close down earlier

true.....

time to choose something else...

http://www.cynosure.com.au/isp/

Setanta · #10 03-09-2002, 04:48 AM

Thx taranaki - I was trying to find that listing and couldn't

Spunkymonkey · #11 03-15-2002, 06:30 AM

Theres a new company called "dodo" :hehehe:

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