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>rowlandc@werple.net.au (Rowland Croucher) wrote:

>>I'm wondering if the Australian Consumers' Assocation (? - the producers
>>of Choice magazine) or anyone else has done a thorough comparison of aus.
>>'net servers - comparing costs, service, reliability, length of time news
>>is available (Dialix comes last, Werple first in my experience on that
>>score) etc. etc. etc.

>I'd agree with you totally.  Dialix is very poor, often engaged,
>and slow when you do connect.  (But their email support seemed
>ok).  For a home user in Melbourne, werple is about the most
>impressive you can get (for that price).  They are also improving
>all the time.

So true. I used dialix '94. It had no slip/ppp. Ftp transfers averaged
about 700-800 cps. Newsgroups bursting at the sims on the uni-server
were half dead on dialix. Telnet from uni was a pain. You get connected
and then wait two minutes for every character to appear on screen.

I've yet to experience ANY problems with werple. I always get
connected on the first try. PPP connection is flawless. News is generous
and updated to the minute. But I reckon werple's best feature is it's superior
bandwidth connection. Downloads and web browsing is so enjoyable.

I'm very happy with it but my only gripe is I want a shell. So how about it
Glen?

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j.n.    http://werple.net.au/~nguyen/