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@bayimports said in The Interweb:
@Chris-B I am surpised you havent asked your rugby union team just to have a dedicated Ta$man cable (fk the rest of the South island) , we all know they have the deepest pockets?
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@bayimports said in The Interweb:
@Chris-B I am surpised you havent asked your rugby union team just to have a dedicated Ta$man cable (fk the rest of the South island) , we all know they have the deepest pockets?
Ta$man will have bought Elon and put him on the board by now so Chris should be sorted be able to deal direct.
Gotta say Starlink does look really good for me, cost aside. I'd actually save that much in petrol not driving to the office (until I get my EV) because our home internet is so slow and unreliable Xero becomes almost unusable and linking to my office computer is a nightmare. There is the downside for you guys though, I will have more time on here.
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@crucial A complicating factor is that 20 years ago I foolishly started using an xtra email address for most things, including in more recent times for work. (I didn't realise at the time how this cunningly locks you in with all sorts of internet accounts.
There's a significant rigamarole involved in changing providers - so my preference is to get Spark to sort things (much as I dislike them).
Yeah - I've noticed some progress in the responses I get from testing my address with Chorus. And since they've adopted a slogan of "Fibre, it's how we internet now" I'd think they're improving all the time.
I try not to read the WE in that slogan as mockery!
TBH If I could get weak VDSL at say 25 mbps, that would be sufficient - something fast enough to watch the cricket and stabilize zoom calls (though there are some advantages to having a crap zoom link)! Those are the main annoyances.
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@bayimports said in The Interweb:
@Chris-B I am surpised you havent asked your rugby union team just to have a dedicated Ta$man cable (fk the rest of the South island) , we all know they have the deepest pockets?
You've got to get your priorities right.
Look at the stories coming out of Auckland rugby this week.
What can be concluded? Great internet - but, no trophies!
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@chris-b said in The Interweb:
There's a significant rigamarole involved in changing providers - so my preference is to get Spark to sort things (much as I dislike them).
You know you can get a gmail account to connect to your xtra account right, and slowly filter out all the junk? I think you can keep the xtra account for a few dollars a month while yuo transition.
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@nzzp said in The Interweb:
@chris-b said in The Interweb:
There's a significant rigamarole involved in changing providers - so my preference is to get Spark to sort things (much as I dislike them).
You know you can get a gmail account to connect to your xtra account right, and slowly filter out all the junk? I think you can keep the xtra account for a few dollars a month while yuo transition.
I know the first bit, but not the second about keeping the xtra account - I didn't think they'd let you do that.
That's kind of my plan, to slowly transition to gmail and change everything and then give Spark the boot - except there's no solution to the cricket problem. I'd still have to deal with them!
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@chris-b said in The Interweb:
I know the first bit, but not the second about keeping the xtra account - I didn't think they'd let you do that.
check the FAQ:
Six bucks a month for an email address. It's a massive ripoff, but would help the transition
Unlike Spark, I'm not charging you for this advice of course
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@chris-b said in The Interweb:
it is wasted energy holding grudges against corporations.
No, no, no. You are failing the GoM test big time. I have companies that I won't deal with even though I don't remember why not. I just know that they were fluffybunnies 30 years ago so fuck 'em. Nobody that was there at the time is likely to still be there, but I will stand my ground. I may not remember why, but I was right at the time and I still am.
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@snowy My father will cut his nose off to spite his face when it comes to not dealing with corporations.
There are certainly plenty that I will avoid where possible, but sometimes you have to dance with the devil.
Now anyone got recommendations of good Telcos to deal with?
This article doesn't look promising for Vodafone - seems they are even more complained about than Spark. (Only Viagogo is more complained about than these two!).
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@chris-b said in The Interweb:
@snowy My father will cut his nose off to spite his face when it comes to not dealing with corporations.
Always respected your Dad, a wise man. You should listen to him more.
@chris-b said in The Interweb:
Now anyone got recommendations of good Telcos to deal with?
You are making a gross assumption that there is even one. Least bad might work better.
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@snowy said in The Interweb:
@chris-b said in The Interweb:
@snowy My father will cut his nose off to spite his face when it comes to not dealing with corporations.
Always respected your Dad, a wise man. You should listen to him more.
@chris-b said in The Interweb:
Now anyone got recommendations of good Telcos to deal with?
You are making a gross assumption that there is even one. Least bad might work better.
Yeah - that wouldn't surprise me!
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@Chris-B one if the often in-noticed benefits of fibre is that you are on a nice new network with few problems that means that you hardly ever have to deal with your ISP. Set it up, put a direct debit in place and with luck you don’t have to deal with Mumbai.
Sadly for you is that even if you do convince another ISP that they can hook you up to a VDSL connection you will still be on ancient infrastructure and probably have to deal with them from time to time.
But yeah, much of a muchness between them so for you getting that connection is key. -
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@chris-b said in The Interweb:
@crucial So far, Skinny is the only one I've hit that says VDSL is available with them.
Of course, the question is, whether that is actually true - but, it gives them an inside track.
That’s hilarious as Skinny is just a brand of Spark.
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