[plug] iiNet job on Seek

[Richard Meyer]

Except they aren't JUST a reseller for Telstra, they have their own
DSLAMS and are advertising up to 24Mbps.

On the other hand Westnet P*ssed me off big time a few months ago when
they unilaterally pushed my monthly bill up by $30/month.


On Thu, 2006-11-09 at 18:38 +0800, Adrian Woodley wrote:
> Yeah, 'cause, you know, using a different reseller for Telstra's DSL service is clearly going to fix what ever speed issues you're having.
> 
> On Thu, 09 Nov 2006 18:10:50 +0800, "Arie Hol" <arie99 at ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > On 9 Nov 2006 at 12:53, Daniel Pearson (Flashware Sol wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > 8<----------- snip ----------->8
> > 
> >> As the old saying goes - if you pay peanuts, you'll get monkeys (or
> >> whoever it goes..). That is the problem I see with that job for iiNet,
> > and
> >> perhaps why it has been advertised so often / had such a high turnover
> >> rate. If you want quality employment, then its simple - you pay for it.
> >>
> > 
> > I hope they get somebody real soon - the last few months with iiNet have
> > been total havoc when it comes to making sense of the debits and credits
> > they have made against my account.
> > 
> > Firstly they changed my account type (against my wishes) cost went from
> > $29.95 --> $39.95 per month, reliability and quality of service
> > disappeared.
> > 
> > The promised "new" speed of 3000 mbps is an absolute F%$$#king joke -
> > some days my connection is so slow - I use dialup to get speed
> > comparisons - and guess what the dialup connection using a V92 modem at
> > 115 Kbps is often faster than my broadband - and then they lumber me for
> > the dual logons.
> > 
> > I haven't complained to them yet - but they already told me that if I am
> > not happy - then I can go to another ISP.
> > 
> > I know of quite a few people who had/have the same problem - and they
> > took good advice and switched to Westnet - they are now happy people.
> > 
> > I too am considering the change to Westnet.
> > 
> > Regards Arie
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