Re: ISP, phone recommendations please

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Thanks for the suggestions, folks.  I've forwarded them to my friends who
are about to move into their own home.  They  appreciate your advice and
the fact that you took the time to be helpful.=E2=80=8B

Kathinka.

On 28 March 2016 at 22:01, <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 03:24:06PM +1300, philip wrote:
> > Spark and Vodafone are at the bottom of Consumer's customer
> > satisfaction list.
>
> Hmmm, I'm with slingshot and I remember some mails a while ago
> asking you to go to a site and vote for them and be in to win
> some sort of prize. :)
>
> Now I see they were voted best ISP ? That has made me wonder about
> these voted best xxx of the year award claims.
>
> I can't speak for any other ISP, but I've found slingshot to be pretty
> good, (a PITA to get hold of sometimes).
>
> Their phone service is fine, no trouble I've encountered, although
> they've messed around with the website and I've no idea where to get in
> and add another speed dial number.  The 'easy phone' features were free
> when I first signed up but since then they now charge $5.00 a month for
> them. I like the one where it also rings my cell phone if someone dials
> my landline. :)  I had to the configure that, of course, via the easy pho=
ne
> features under my account which seems to have disappeared with the websit=
e
> alterations. Dunno why they keep changing it! :(
>
> --
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> They have the power to make the innocent guilty
> and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power.
>  -- Malcolm X
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:georgia,=
serif">Thanks for the suggestions, folks.=C2=A0 I&#39;ve forwarded them to =
my friends who are about to move into their own home.=C2=A0 They =C2=A0appr=
eciate your advice and the fact that you took the time to be helpful.=E2=80=
=8B =C2=A0</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:georgia,s=
erif"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:georgia,s=
erif">Kathinka.</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quo=
te">On 28 March 2016 at 22:01,  <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:chr=
[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</=
a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0=
 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span>On Thu, Mar 24=
, 2016 at 03:24:06PM +1300, philip wrote:<br>
&gt; Spark and Vodafone are at the bottom of Consumer&#39;s customer<br>
&gt; satisfaction list.<br>
<br>
</span>Hmmm, I&#39;m with slingshot and I remember some mails a while ago<b=
r>
asking you to go to a site and vote for them and be in to win<br>
some sort of prize. :)<br>
<br>
Now I see they were voted best ISP ? That has made me wonder about<br>
these voted best xxx of the year award claims.<br>
<br>
I can&#39;t speak for any other ISP, but I&#39;ve found slingshot to be pre=
tty<br>
good, (a PITA to get hold of sometimes).<br>
<br>
Their phone service is fine, no trouble I&#39;ve encountered, although<br>
they&#39;ve messed around with the website and I&#39;ve no idea where to ge=
t in<br>
and add another speed dial number.=C2=A0 The &#39;easy phone&#39; features =
were free<br>
when I first signed up but since then they now charge $5.00 a month for<br>
them. I like the one where it also rings my cell phone if someone dials<br>
my landline. :)=C2=A0 I had to the configure that, of course, via the easy =
phone<br>
features under my account which seems to have disappeared with the website<=
br>
alterations. Dunno why they keep changing it! :(<br>
<span><font color=3D"#888888"><br>
--<br>
The media&#39;s the most powerful entity on earth.<br>
They have the power to make the innocent guilty<br>
and to make the guilty innocent, and that&#39;s power.<br>
=C2=A0-- Malcolm X<br>
</font></span><div><div><br>
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