Re: Of Dodos and Penguins

2004-02-05 Thread Paul Mulroney
Hi there, On Thursday, February 5, 2004, at 05:05 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: We're testing a new ISP - appropriately named dodo, not penguin, as=20 iinet and westnet connection down here in Augusta is really sad. It=20 seems like a good plan at $1 for first month ($9.90 normally), plus

Re: Of Dodos and Penguins

2004-02-05 Thread Ryan Schotte
I have a friend who is with Dodo, and he consistantly experiences very slow and unreliable modem connections on the Rockingham dialup pool. Could just be his telephone line of course, but the number of times he sometimes has to redial is scary itself. I guess you get what you pay for? We're

Re: Of Dodos and Penguins

2004-02-05 Thread Craig Ringer
On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 10:53, Ryan Schotte wrote: I guess you get what you pay for? In the case of dial-up internet service, excluding Telstra as an aberration, that seems likely. Craig Ringer

Re: Of Dodos and Penguins

2004-02-05 Thread James Mandy
PROTECTED] To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 10:53 AM Subject: Re: Of Dodos and Penguins I have a friend who is with Dodo, and he consistantly experiences very slow and unreliable modem connections on the Rockingham dialup pool. Could just be his telephone

Re: Of Dodos and Penguins

2004-02-05 Thread Robert Howells
On Thursday, February 5, 2004, at 10:53 AM, Ryan Schotte wrote: I have a friend who is with Dodo, and he consistantly experiences very slow and unreliable modem connections on the Rockingham dialup pool. Could just be his telephone line of course, but the number of times he sometimes has to

Re: Of Dodos and Penguins

2004-02-05 Thread Adam Hewitt
Message - From: Ryan Schotte [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 10:53 AM Subject: Re: Of Dodos and Penguins I have a friend who is with Dodo, and he consistantly experiences very slow and unreliable modem connections on the Rockingham

RE: Of Dodos and Penguins

2004-02-05 Thread Gordon Campbell
-Original Message- From: WAMUG Mailing List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Hewitt Sent: Thursday, 5 February 2004 11:33 To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Of Dodos and Penguins Dodo is renowned for its poor performance. The reason that they can charge so low on their connections

Re: Of Dodos and Penguins

2004-02-05 Thread Robert Howells
On Thursday, February 5, 2004, at 11:29 AM, Robert Howells wrote: On Thursday, February 5, 2004, at 10:53 AM, Ryan Schotte wrote: I have a friend who is with Dodo, and he consistantly experiences very slow and unreliable modem connections on the Rockingham dialup pool. Could just be his

Of Dodos and Penguins

2004-02-04 Thread Reg Whitely
Dear WAMUGggers We're testing a new ISP - appropriately named dodo, not penguin, as iinet and westnet connection down here in Augusta is really sad. It seems like a good plan at $1 for first month ($9.90 normally), plus max $15 for additional downloads over 70 MB (to normal max of $23.90)