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Article #149Re: Alphalink
From: Joel
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 01:29
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 01:29
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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. > -- > Andrew. > - To reply change nospam to tpg - > __________________________
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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: 2001-04-19 18:30:02 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!supernews.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!intgwpad.nntp.telstra.net!news1.optus.net.au!optus!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.unimelb.edu.au!not-for-mail From: "Joel" <joeljy@hotmail.com> Newsgroups: aus.consumers,aus.computers.ibm-pc Subject: Re: Alphalink Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 11:29:59 +1000 Organization: The University of Melbourne Lines: 25 Message-ID: <9bo3db$343$1@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au> References: <kk3qdtc8ubc8t4masuvkb0kc0l14d0gavh@4ax.com> <ua7tdtk2cj5sij65jttlujgt6v3h59iu99@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gcgway.botany.unimelb.edu.au X-Trace: ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au 987730155 3203 128.250.102.178 (20 Apr 2001 01:29:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@news.unimelb.edu.au NNTP-Posting-Date: 20 Apr 2001 01:29:15 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200