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Article #146Re: Alphalink
From: John Alexander
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 14:15
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 14:15
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In article <9bo3db$343$1@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au>, joeljy@hotmail.com says... > yes their newsgroup server is great. definately a budget isp, not good for > any games, or downloads..... > > cheers, > -j-j- > "Andrew Cobbler" <cobbler@nospam.com.au> wrote in message > news:ua7tdtk2cj5sij65jttlujgt6v3h59iu99@4ax.com... > > On Wed, 18 Apr 2001 14:07:34 +1000, vicki@cyberdude.com wrote: > > > > >Can anyone recommend ALPHALINK as an ISP? > > >Do you get a lot of 'line busy' signals with their standard $220 > > >plan ? Anyone with experience of their Canberra number? > > > > My neighbour has Alphalink (Melbourne) and connects mainly evenings > > and sometimes gets busy signals but is always able to connect after a > > couple of tries. Their service seems to be reliable although > > connection speed is often 33.6 kbps or a little lower. Notwithstanding > > they are a low cost ISP they have a better news feed than many of the > > more expensive ISPs. I guess it depends what your time is worth, I've moved to optus cable because even a decent ISP was getting too slow.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10d683,abbf3d4cef9e206f X-Google-Attributes: gid10d683,public X-Google-Thread: 10a0c5,abbf3d4cef9e206f X-Google-Attributes: gid10a0c5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-04-29 07:16:05 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!cyclone-sjo1.usenetserver.com!news-out-sjo.usenetserver.com!news.tele.dk!193.251.151.101!opentransit.net!fr.clara.net!heighliner.fr.clara.net!isdnet!news.mel.connect.com.au!newshub1.rdc1.nsw.optushome.com.au!news1.eburwd1.vic.optushome.com.au.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Alexander <alphax101@KILLhotmailSPAM.com> Newsgroups: aus.consumers,aus.computers.ibm-pc Subject: Re: Alphalink Message-ID: <MPG.1556ccd7b3627fa8989699@news> References: <kk3qdtc8ubc8t4masuvkb0kc0l14d0gavh@4ax.com> <ua7tdtk2cj5sij65jttlujgt6v3h59iu99@4ax.com> <9bo3db$343$1@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au> Organization: - X-Newsreader: MicroPlanet Gravity v2.30 Lines: 24 Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 14:15:13 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.164.105.91 X-Complaints-To: abuse@optushome.com.au X-Trace: news1.eburwd1.vic.optushome.com.au 988553713 203.164.105.91 (Mon, 30 Apr 2001 00:15:13 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 00:15:13 EST