Xtra's now it's own company seperate from telecom (but still owned by them).
As of July 1'st 2001. Also how do you mean 'when every isp has a glitch' ?
The only glitch i can see that would affect every isp would be the leased
lines from telecom the isp's may be using.

I personally think xtra are fast because they are the biggest isp in NZ.
Biggest = more bandwidth to support users, more users = more idle time. I've
never seen xtra slow before (even peak times) unless there is a problem.
Some ISP's slow down @ peak times because there load may exceed 100%
capacity, i've never had this happen to me with xtra. Altho, they are a
faceless coporation, good luck if you want any personal help from the
helpdesk ;)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeremy Brooking" <jbrooking@actrix.co.nz>
To: <cesther@release.com>; <adsl@unixathome.org>
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 8:29 AM
Subject: RE: good choices for a jetstart isp?

> Well Xtras always good for a start (yes I know you may argue that point
> but we all know when every ISP has a glitch Telecom will work on Xtra
> first).
>
> Other than that I haven't tried Orcon, but the Orcon people here seem
> very onto it. And an ISP with brains is always a bonus.
>
> Web InterNet seem pretty onto it too. Have only heard good from them.
>
> If your connection is going to used for gaming mainly (like mine gaming
> to paradise servers) Id go for paradise (always less latency inside your
> isp's network).
>
> Best bet is stay with a sizable ISP though. Chances are they have SLA's
> with the companies they supply bigger pipes to, so in general their
> outages happen less.
>
>
> Just my thoughts anyway.

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Received on Fri Aug 3 12:57:26 2001