I just wanted to say that my comments earlier were not necessarily a
reflection on walker wireless itself. It was, I think, early days for them
in chch when I saw them earlier this year. Also the person i saw was a
salesman from the isp offering ww service, he was not a techno. I was put
off by the price and didn't take the enquiries any further.

My list of questions was not to sugggest that ww could not supply those
services, its just that you need to ask those questions before subscribing
to a service, any service.

And I agree with what an earlier correspondent said, you generally get what
you pay for. If you need the guaranteed bandwidth, flat rate and other ww
features then they may be for you. Me: I have only been over my 600M limit
twice and I am happy with dsl and its pricing at this point in time.

Nick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick Rout" <nick@taxlawyer.co.nz>
To: "Juha Saarinen" <juha@saarinen.org>; "Jonathan Mosen"
<jonathan@mosen.org>
Cc: "Sam Stuart" <sam@inhouse.co.nz>; <adsl@unixathome.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 9:46 AM
Subject: Re: The Quest for Flat Rate

I had a walker guy visit me earleir this year (you'll see a reference to a
question i posted to the list at the time.) My impressions were (in no
particiular order)

1. expensive.
2. vapourware (ie not yet actually available, no sites to view if i wanted
to see it running etc. This was confirmed by other people on the list.
3. guy in my office was technically not up with the play. This was confirmed
by other people on the list.

There was no hard technical stuff on the walker website.

ask to see it running, ask to be referred to other users with a good
technical knowledge so you can ask what problems they have had. ask for the
precise make and model of whatever router they use and search deja/usenet
for references, if there are problems others will have found them. above all
don't be blinded by what they offer, its what they (or any provider) do NOT
offer thats important.

fixed ip?
dns?
ipsec?

just think of all the technical stuff raised on this list in the last six
months (how do i do foo.protocol over cable? etc etc) and ask walker for
their committment to those services.

>From what I saw of them earlier this year I would not bother with walker,
but things may have changed.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Juha Saarinen" <juha@saarinen.org>
To: "Jonathan Mosen" <jonathan@mosen.org>
Cc: "Sam Stuart" <sam@inhouse.co.nz>; <adsl@unixathome.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 9:23 AM
Subject: RE: The Quest for Flat Rate

$250/month for 64Kbps?

Is there a service guarantee or SLA?

--
Regards,
Juha
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On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Jonathan Mosen wrote:
> OK, here's the relevant bit.
>
> Product Connectivity
>
> Bandwidth                      64Kbps 128Kbps 256Kbps
> 512Kbps
> Monthly Rental $160.00 $180.00 $220.00 $300.00
> ISP Charge $  90.00 $180.00 $360.00 $720.00
> Additional Hardware Charge
> Total Monthly Cost $250.00 $360.00 $580.00 $1020.00
>
> This product range has the feature of no data capping, therefore it is an
> "ALL YOU CAN EAT!" internet access.
>
> Extra ISP Services Available:
> Web Hosting: First 5 Meg Free $10.00 per meg per
> month thereafter
>
> Domain Names: Setup $100.00
> Transfer Fee $  45.00
> Monthly Fees $  15.00
>
> Mail Bagging (SMTP): Setup $80.00
> Monthly Fee $10.00
> Email $  5.00
>
> IP Addressing: Additional Addresses $10.00
>
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