Im probably the wrong person to respond to this :P
I would like to point out though this article:

http://idg.net.nz/webhome.nsf/nl/76E8799ACD86E7F8CC256B6E0003D9D4

QSI are looking at moving their cap to 10 gig, which would put them on a
Par with Paradise and most other capping ISPs (QSI's is currently 7G). From
recent reviews Paradise actually offer a pretty good Jetstart service.

World-Net in my experience are pretty poor, they also have a rep for not
paying their bills (!) which could leave to traffic issues. You also
apparently struggle to get decent english-speaking technical support.
I certainly heard enough whines about them when their dialup flatrate was
competitive.

Im looking at providers myself at the moment and Paradise are looking
pretty attractive.

To clarify, I work for Quicksilver but I like to have a connection outside
of the network I work for as it provides for some redundancy when things
fall over / makes it easy to check things from a third party network. I'm
currently with Attica, and admittedly I havnt checked what they offer
Jetstart for yet... (checked their site, $34.95/month with no published
limitations - Might just do that considering I hold an account there
already, and their service has been reasonable)...

(For the record, although I work for Quicksilver, my opinions posted here
are mine and mine alone.)

Nevertheless I understand your position Jonathan, but you must surely also
acknowledge that the caps are very much a way of keeping things within cost.

Mark.

At 11:45 1/03/02 +1300, Jonathan Santaana wrote:
> While my current ISP have been good to me in the past, they've recently
>changed their Jetstart terms of service (and *not* done a good job of
>notifying customers), and implemented a traffic cap. My connection is
>shared by a flat of 4 people, and looking at past usage, there's no way
>we'll be staying anywhere near that level. So, rather than be pushed, I'm
>jumping, and find myself in need of a new ISP.
>
> I'd piggy-back on Mark's message about Paradise, but I'm looking for
>different qualities in an ISP. Fast would be good, of course, and not
>having a transparent Web proxy would be good (I'm on an Xtra connection
>here at work, and their transparent proxy is an eternal annoyance - non-
>transparent ones would be fine), but the most important point is no (or
>perhaps just high) volume caps. I'm quite prepared to put up with the
>lack of the others. Support is not important as long as the ISP
>themselves don't screw things up - if I break my own configuration, fixing
>it is my problem.
>
> Xtra are a last-resort option, and by current reports, may not even be
>that for much longer. Looking over the list archives, it looks as though
>World-Net may be my best bet - anyone using them (preferably in
>Wellington) have any comment? Anyone want to suggest any other ISPs?
>
>
> Jonathan
>
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