Thanks for the recommendations Gordon, Todd, and Rimu. Woosh sounds great and so does XT. Unfortunately Woosh is unavailable in my area so I may try out telecom on a 30 day risk free plan for mobile which will also provide me with a general idea of their 3g stick performance in my area. It is a shame 2degrees' reception appears iffy in my area, might have to buy a cheap sim and see how it goes.
Daniel On Jul 17, 3:25 pm, Rimu Atkinson <[email protected]> wrote: > I am hesitant to recommend Telecom XT, because if it's recent history. > But... someone I know in a semi-rural area has fallen within the > coverage of XT (telecom's previous cellphone network was not 3G where he > is) and reports it to be extremely good - better than the satellite > connection he had before. We chatted on skype via XT for about half an > hour and it was great - no latency problems or cutting out. > > Telecom's teething troubles with it's network are probably over now. > > Rimu > > On 17/07/10 14:15, Daniel wrote: > > > > > > > Hello, > > > I have vodafone wireless home phone and internet. The internet won't > > even connect and the home phone reception is so bad that I cannot hear > > what the operators say, and from what I gather they can't hear me. I > > have the same problems when calling customers so have resorted to > > using my mobile to call clients. > > > Does anybody know of an alternative? > > The only alternative to the vodem stick that I know of is the t-stick, > > does anybody know of other alternatives or any wireless home phone > > connections? > > > It may just be me but their customer service is appalling lately. > > I believe my connection cancellation request was processed late last > > month when they said one of their team members would call me about > > 'alternative services' and that the cancellation fee would definitely > > be wiped. I contacted them today after waiting three weeks for a call > > but all I really heard was them asking for my phone number and pin > > (funny that, I was calling from the phone and had to enter the pin > > prior to talking to an operator!!) then some form of rights I had and > > cancellation fees of which I only received small snippets of their > > voice. > > > > From what I can tell the cancellation of my wireless internet is going > > to cost money ($600??) despite my inability to connect to the internet > > while a previous operator had assured me the connection would work at > > my new property. > > > I have also been told that my phone will cost $80 to cancel despite > > the fact that the first two times I called them the call dropped and > > they didn't bother to call me back (even genesis energy and xnet call > > back if a phone call drops), the third time I had to call from a > > friends land-line, the last two weeks I couldn't even connect on > > several occasions to call them, and the final time neither of us could > > understand each-other. > > -- > Phone (04) 381 4827 or 021 823 129 > Skype rimu123 > Webhttp://rimu.geek.nz/ -- NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]
