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Geek Culture / I want to Kill my ISP

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Danmatsuma
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Posted: 29th Apr 2003 12:49
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But now I can't because I just told everyone I wanted to

Beware of direct debit!!! optus internet just deducted $650 from my account with no warning whatsoever, not a nice way to find out they charge $3.50AUD per hr over the monthly limit

Oh well, easy come easy go

Nope, it doesn't work, no matter how hard I smile my hands keep involuntarily making strangling movements... Oh well here's a thread for all your hard luck stories
ZX Spectrum 48k Issue 3, Radio shack Tape drive, Rank arena 12" T.V. set.
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MrTAToad
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Posted: 29th Apr 2003 13:35
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Pays to always read the small and very small print...

Not one to gloat (much), but I cant say I have that trouble - I just pay £30 for my ADSL line and £20 or so for line rental... The former is paid by DD and the latter isn't (as I dont trust BT to get it right).

Good news everyone! I really am THAT good...
http://www.nickk.nildram.co.uk/ for great plug-ins - oh my, yes!
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Danmatsuma
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Posted: 29th Apr 2003 14:22
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I still can't find that particular paragraph, but I'm sure it exists, anyhow I got my girlfriend who works for the same company to call in some favours, I'm getting a refund cheque on Thursday apparantly

ZX Spectrum 48k Issue 3, Radio shack Tape drive, Rank arena 12" T.V. set.
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MrTAToad
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Posted: 29th Apr 2003 14:28
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Good to hear...

Good news everyone! I really am THAT good...
http://www.nickk.nildram.co.uk/ for great plug-ins - oh my, yes!
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Kangaroo2
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Posted: 30th Apr 2003 00:00
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I had a very similar problem On AOL tho, and although its not perfect, I can connect 24/7 no problem

Coming Soon! Kangaroo2 Studio... wait and quiver with anticipation! lol
samjones@kangaroo2.com - http://www.kangaroo2.com - If the apocalypse comes, email me
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indi
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Posted: 30th Apr 2003 00:21
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we are with optus but dont pay for the extra usage allthough it drops to a 28.8 to 20k line until the end of the month.
3gig a month and sometimes little bonuses.

lightning fast plan

http://www.lunarpixel.com

http://www.lunarpixel.com/dt/
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Danmatsuma
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Posted: 30th Apr 2003 07:42
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Indi: yeah that would be a lot fairer, though I guess bloody annoying in it's own way too. I've never heard of that plan, perhaps it's not available in my area. It's a shame 'cos I've never had any reason to complain whatsoever about optus as a sevice provider, not once have I been disconnected or unable to access. It was just a shock that they could deduct that much without so much as a warning email... Anyhow, problem solved

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indi
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Posted: 30th Apr 2003 07:49
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good stuff to know its no more dramas.

I signed up a few years ago, they may new plans.
They have faulted once for 2 days about a year ago, the rest is great.

Theres a webpage with an indicator showing how much bandwidth u chew up and how much u have left.

u feed it your account details and it will spit it back.

http://www.lunarpixel.com

http://www.lunarpixel.com/dt/
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Dave J
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Posted: 1st May 2003 17:38
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Yeah, I'm on Telstra Bigpond and I must admit they aren't any better at all. Not only do we have a 3 gig bandwidth limit per month (if you go over you pay extra) but the service is constantly going down - there's been a time where I haven't been able to access the net for over a week which is poor form. The only bonus Telstra really has is if you have a Telstra phone and/or cable TV then the price is reduced a fair bit.

I'd still switch to Optus though but unfortunately it's not available in my area.

"Computers are useless they can only give you answers."
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Martyn Pittuck
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Posted: 1st May 2003 19:15
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ehem, 600k All Year Round, keep it on all day every day.

Its not the fastest but it works well with my games.

The Outside is a evil place to be, too much light, too much noise and too many distractions....
I went outside once and my FPS rate dropped to 5.
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