anyone got a suggestion for a casual dial up plan? Client of mine goes
on the road with her laptop occasionally and needs to access emails,
only looked at a few so far but all seem to have $50 annual subs fees
and other sillyness.

Charlie

From:	Damien McBain
Subject:	Re: very casual dial up internet?
Date:	Tue, 18 Jan 2005 22:45:39 +1100

Charlie wrote:
> anyone got a suggestion for a casual dial up plan? Client of mine
> goes on the road with her laptop occasionally and needs to access
> emails, only looked at a few so far but all seem to have $50 annual
> subs fees and other sillyness.
>
> Charlie

$50/year is fuck all

--
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@ mcbain com

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From:	Whisper
Subject:	Re: very casual dial up internet?
Date:	Tue, 18 Jan 2005 22:58:18 +1100

Damien McBain wrote:

> Charlie wrote:
>
>>anyone got a suggestion for a casual dial up plan? Client of mine
>>goes on the road with her laptop occasionally and needs to access
>>emails, only looked at a few so far but all seem to have $50 annual
>>subs fees and other sillyness.
>>
>>Charlie
>
>
> $50/year is fuck all
>

Yes, but there are posters here who think $20 for AO ground pass is a
bit rich.... you get to see dozens of players....

From:	Charlie
Subject:	Re: very casual dial up internet?
Date:	Tue, 18 Jan 2005 22:12:39 +1000

Damien McBain wrote:

> $50/year is fuck all

maybe, but it seems entirely unnecessary to me. Not that hard to add a
user to the system and charge them $5 per hour or something, hardly
seems to warrant the $50 expenditure.

Charlie

From:	Phred
Subject:	Re: very casual dial up internet?
Date:	Tue, 18 Jan 2005 13:41:12 GMT

In article
<41ecf7ab$0$16229$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au>,
"Damien McBain" wrote:
>Charlie wrote:
>> anyone got a suggestion for a casual dial up plan? Client of mine
>> goes on the road with her laptop occasionally and needs to access
>> emails, only looked at a few so far but all seem to have $50 annual
>> subs fees and other sillyness.
>
>$50/year is fuck all

Some people around here seem to be using a pay-by-the-hour scheme
where you simply buy a batch of hours (usually about 20 minimum IIRC,
at about $2/hour) then you have a year to use them -- though one local
claimed their "plan" would even roll over a full year if they hadn't
used it all. Can't recall the ISPs, but maybe TPG and/or Cyberwizard.

Cheers, Phred.

--
ppnerkDELETE@THISyahoo.com.INVALID

From:	Heywood Jablome
Subject:	Re: very casual dial up internet?
Date:	Wed, 19 Jan 2005 17:57:29 +1100

what does your client do for access when they are at home/work ? If it is
ADSL or cable, they may have been provided with a dialup number to be used
for this exact purpose.

From:	Unknown
Subject:	Re: very casual dial up internet?
Date:	Thu, 20 Jan 2005 07:36:02 +1100

"Charlie" wrote in message
news:41ECF2CF.A9D97F63@nospam.org...
> anyone got a suggestion for a casual dial up plan? Client of mine goes
> on the road with her laptop occasionally and needs to access emails,
> only looked at a few so far but all seem to have $50 annual subs fees
> and other sillyness.
>
> Charlie

Optus has a local call number from anywhere. It also has "Net Rollover"
plans where, if you don't use all the time in a month, it gets added to the
next month. Optus dial-up is the most reliable dial-up I have seen. I would
check that out.

From:	Rom
Subject:	Re: very casual dial up internet?
Date:	Thu, 20 Jan 2005 00:49:24 +1100

On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 21:28:15 +1000, Charlie rambled:

> anyone got a suggestion for a casual dial up plan? Client of mine goes
> on the road with her laptop occasionally and needs to access emails,
> only looked at a few so far but all seem to have $50 annual subs fees
> and other sillyness.

Perhaps a block account?

Prepaid hours, 12 months to use, top up whenever, no monthly fees,
appears to be no setup fee.

--
Rom

From:	eltan
Subject:	Re: very casual dial up internet?
Date:	Wed, 19 Jan 2005 02:10:47 +1100

Probably the best would be Internet cafe, library or join ISP such as
CyberOne who permit its customer to access their Internet on local charges
within Aust.

"Charlie" wrote in message
news:41ECF2CF.A9D97F63@nospam.org...
> anyone got a suggestion for a casual dial up plan? Client of mine goes
> on the road with her laptop occasionally and needs to access emails,
> only looked at a few so far but all seem to have $50 annual subs fees
> and other sillyness.
>
> Charlie

From:	Rod Speed
Subject:	Re: very casual dial up internet?
Date:	Wed, 19 Jan 2005 07:13:49 +1100

Charlie wrote in message
news:41ECF2CF.A9D97F63@nospam.org...

> anyone got a suggestion for a casual dial up plan? Client
> mine goes on the road with her laptop occasionally and
> needs to access emails, only looked at a few so far but all
> seem to have $50 annual subs fees and other sillyness.

Digiplus and Dodo are very low per month, $6 and $10
respectively, capped at $15 and $25 respectively.

The main advantage with dodo is that you can suspend your
account for months at a very low monthly charge and that
can end up better value for the farts that migrate to the
north for the winter every year etc in their 'mobile homes' etc.

From:	Damien McBain
Subject:	Re: very casual dial up internet?
Date:	Wed, 19 Jan 2005 09:10:41 +1100

Rod Speed wrote:
> Charlie wrote in message
> news:41ECF2CF.A9D97F63@nospam.org...
>
>> anyone got a suggestion for a casual dial up plan? Client
>> mine goes on the road with her laptop occasionally and
>> needs to access emails, only looked at a few so far but all
>> seem to have $50 annual subs fees and other sillyness.
>
> Digiplus and Dodo are very low per month, $6 and $10
> respectively, capped at $15 and $25 respectively.

This OP git is complaining about $50 per YEAR ($4.16/month)!

> The main advantage with dodo is that you can suspend your
> account for months at a very low monthly charge and that
> can end up better value for the farts that migrate to the
> north for the winter every year etc in their 'mobile homes' etc.

From:	Charlie
Subject:	Re: very casual dial up internet?
Date:	Wed, 19 Jan 2005 08:53:30 +1000

Damien McBain wrote:

> This OP git is complaining about $50 per YEAR ($4.16/month)!

christ there are some arrogant twats around here eh? when every other
plan has no / small joining fee, why would you be happy paying $50 for a
casual one and then a high rate per hour?

Charlie

From:	Damien McBain
Subject:	Re: very casual dial up internet?
Date:	Wed, 19 Jan 2005 20:26:56 +1100

Charlie wrote:
> Damien McBain wrote:
>
>> This OP git is complaining about $50 per YEAR ($4.16/month)!
>
> christ there are some arrogant twats around here eh?

ever tried fucking yourself?

when every other
> plan has no / small joining fee, why would you be happy paying $50
> for a casual one and then a high rate per hour?

At least have the presence of mind to post some links turd.

$50pa seems very cheap, some of us pay many times that for net services.

--
damien clan .
@ mcbain com

there's no place like 127.0.0.1

From:	Charlie
Subject:	Re: very casual dial up internet?
Date:	Wed, 19 Jan 2005 22:01:22 +1000

Damien McBain wrote:

> $50pa seems very cheap, some of us pay many times that for net services.

for a secondary, occasional use service without any hours included?
There've been far better plans suggested to me thanks to helpful people
that don't feel the need to prove their self righteousness at every
opportunity. The plans not for me, I just thought I'd do a good client
the courtesy of finding a plan that wasn't pissing money down the drain
on unnecessary subscription fees.

Charlie

From:	Falkon
Subject:	Re: very casual dial up internet?
Date:	Wed, 19 Jan 2005 11:35:55 +1000

Damien McBain wrote:

>
> This OP git is complaining about $50 per YEAR ($4.16/month)!
>
>

Maybe you should read the OP's post again - this time read a bit slower...

From:	Gary R. Schmidt
Subject:	Re: very casual dial up internet?
Date:	Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:44:35 +1100

Pacific Internet, have a casual dial-up plan
at $35/year and $2.50/hour.

Cheers,
Gary B-)

From:	Damien McBain
Subject:	Re: very casual dial up internet?
Date:	Wed, 19 Jan 2005 20:24:06 +1100

Falkon wrote:
> Damien McBain wrote:
>
>>
>> This OP git is complaining about $50 per YEAR ($4.16/month)!
>
> Maybe you should read the OP's post again - this time read a bit
> slower...

I read it fine shit-for-brains, OP said:

"...seem to have $50 annual subs fees
and other sillyness."

It's cheap, what did I miss?

--
damien clan .
@ mcbain com

there's no place like 127.0.0.1

From:	Charlie
Subject:	Re: very casual dial up internet?
Date:	Wed, 19 Jan 2005 22:02:07 +1000

Damien McBain wrote:

> It's cheap, what did I miss?

the others that are better value perhaps? Or as soon as something makes
it under some magical dollar value, do you instantly forget about
finding good value?

Charlie

From:	Damien McBain
Subject:	Re: very casual dial up internet?
Date:	Thu, 20 Jan 2005 00:09:31 +1100

Charlie wrote:
> Damien McBain wrote:
>
>> It's cheap, what did I miss?
>
> the others that are better value perhaps? Or as soon as something
> makes it under some magical dollar value, do you instantly forget
> about finding good value?
>
> Charlie

I get great value, 1500/256 48MB $100/month

--
damien clan .
@ mcbain com

there's no place like 127.0.0.1

From:	Charlie
Subject:	Re: very casual dial up internet?
Date:	Wed, 19 Jan 2005 23:44:33 +1000

Damien McBain wrote:

> I get great value, 1500/256 48MB $100/month

christ aren't you mr fantastic...

Charlie

From:	Damien McBain
Subject:	Re: very casual dial up internet?
Date:	Thu, 20 Jan 2005 08:46:51 +1100

Charlie wrote:
> Damien McBain wrote:
>
>> I get great value, 1500/256 48MB $100/month
>
> christ aren't you mr fantastic...

Yep, it's good to not be poor

--
damien clan .
@ mcbain com

there's no place like 127.0.0.1

From:	Rod Speed
Subject:	Re: very casual dial up internet?
Date:	Wed, 19 Jan 2005 10:46:42 +1100

"Damien McBain" wrote in message
news:41ed8a2a$0$16238$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
> Rod Speed wrote:
>> Charlie wrote in message
>> news:41ECF2CF.A9D97F63@nospam.org...
>>
>>> anyone got a suggestion for a casual dial up plan? Client
>>> mine goes on the road with her laptop occasionally and
>>> needs to access emails, only looked at a few so far but all
>>> seem to have $50 annual subs fees and other sillyness.
>>
>> Digiplus and Dodo are very low per month, $6 and $10
>> respectively, capped at $15 and $25 respectively.
>
> This OP git is complaining about $50 per YEAR ($4.16/month)!

Yeah, but that has hourly charges on top of that and with
dodo it can end up quite a bit cheaper than $50 a year
depending on how many months you are on the $10 rate.

>> The main advantage with dodo is that you can suspend your
>> account for months at a very low monthly charge and that
>> can end up better value for the farts that migrate to the
>> north for the winter every year etc in their 'mobile homes' etc.
>
>
>

From:	Charlie
Subject:	Re: very casual dial up internet?
Date:	Wed, 19 Jan 2005 08:55:40 +1000

the Digiplus $6 plan looks very suitable, cheers Rod.

Charlie

From:	Whisper
Subject:	Re: very casual dial up internet?
Date:	Wed, 19 Jan 2005 22:24:56 +1100

Charlie wrote:

> the Digiplus $6 plan looks very suitable, cheers Rod.
>
> Charlie

Tight arse.

From:	Charlie
Subject:	Re: very casual dial up internet?
Date:	Wed, 19 Jan 2005 22:03:19 +1000

Whisper wrote:
>
> Charlie wrote:
>
> > the Digiplus $6 plan looks very suitable, cheers Rod.
> >
> > Charlie
>
> Tight arse.

you're right... fuck it... I'll see if I can't sort out a personal
satellite for her...

Charlie

From:	Byron Forbes
Subject:	Re: very casual dial up internet?
Date:	Wed, 19 Jan 2005 19:19:09 +1100

Dodo - $10/month

"Charlie" wrote in message
news:41ECF2CF.A9D97F63@nospam.org...
> anyone got a suggestion for a casual dial up plan? Client of mine goes
> on the road with her laptop occasionally and needs to access emails,
> only looked at a few so far but all seem to have $50 annual subs fees
> and other sillyness.
>
> Charlie