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« on: October 08, 2010, 10:00:39 pm » |
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Hi all,
Currently looking into alternatives to karoo, bandwidth sucks for the las two weeks, down to 2mbs and but syncing at 11mbs
Which wifi supplier is better company, I think air net is a resseller to quickline
Can the services be dual bonded as im looking at purchasing two
Keith
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Scotty
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« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2010, 10:29:08 pm » |
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You want to sign up to 2 internet providers?
Understand you will be in contract, and will have to pay monthly for both, as well as quite a hefty sum of money for 2 installations!
They operate on different radio waves, so you could have both if you wanted to, providing that both can provide to you.
This will depend on your location and obstacles around you, as well as your distance from your nearest transmitter. In most cases things can be worked with to get you connected.
As for which is better, you should pick the service which suites you more, find out how they perform by reading the various threads on this website.
I am a member of AirNet, so can only comment for them;
AirNet, as you correctly stated are a reseller of Quickline, and offer up to 10MB/s upload and download, however the majority of users actually receive around 6-9MB/s in both directions. Latency is good for gaming, at around 30-40ms. Unlimited bandwidth allowance.
This forum does have members signed up to NextGenUS and will probably comment on this thread regarding their service.
Hope this helps in some way!
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richardmyers
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« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2010, 10:34:05 pm » |
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As Scotty has mentioned NextGenUs are also a provider worth considering depending heavily on your location from their transmitter which is believed to be in the Great Thornton Street/Hull Royal area of the city. I would suggest at present that Quickline are something of an unknown quantity on Karoo Forums as we've only recently (today) seen a friend of a member signed up to them. Airnet however have multiple members as their customers, the Airnet area of the forum is well worth a look for further research. It could be worth contacting both Airnet and Quickline regarding your situation. |
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Keith
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« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2010, 10:57:47 pm » |
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I spoke to airnet about having two accounts on a month to month contract, yep extra charge and two installations but should be better then adsl at 2x2mbs, not bothered about 18/24 month contract only if the service doesnt degrade, basically when they say they will ring back they dont seem to bother
Rang there sales to speak to Rob and his telephone number was cancelled and for purchase, which was alarming, then there full site went offline, i guess this was an outage
Im on the outskirts in Analby, they say I should get a strong signal
The fact of being able to send at a nice speed is very apealing to me as I do lots of server work
Keith
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Keith
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« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2010, 08:11:35 pm » |
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Well first thing tomorrow im signing up for air net, the other one nexgen not contact on poor site
whats the lead time on installation
Keith
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« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2010, 08:26:59 pm » |
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installation times can vary and from comments on here and from speaking to Ricky at Airnet demand is very high, but ring and see. Didn't have a positive experience when dealing with Rob as he gave me duff information on installation dates and when service was actually available in my area, only got things sorted when I spoke to Ricky. Hopefully this should be resolved and Rob should be more on the ball!
I've been up and running with Airnet since July 2010 and find the service to be excellent. Made enquiries with NextGenus in July and only got an e-mail response last week - can't really comment on their service.
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« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2010, 08:53:59 pm » |
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Well first thing tomorrow im signing up for air net, the other one nexgen not contact on poor site
whats the lead time on installation
Keith
Keep us informed with how you get on Keith :-) |
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« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2010, 09:06:37 pm » |
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Didn't have a positive experience when dealing with Rob as he gave me duff information on installation dates and when service was actually available in my area Yeah same here with Rob, nice guy and all that but didn't have clue I'm afraid, hope Airnet have sorted the sales out...  |
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« Reply #8 on: October 10, 2010, 09:09:55 pm » |
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I can't believe no one has quoted Harry Hill on the title of this thread. Which is better?? Only one way to find out......FIGHT!!!.....  Keith, I don't think you'll be disappointed with the Airnet service. I've had it for just over a month and am delighted with it. Once your contract is signed they usually install within a couple of days. They don't always turn up on time though due to running over on previous jobs but if they're running late they usually give you a call with an eta. Good luck!  |
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Keith
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« Reply #9 on: October 10, 2010, 09:30:46 pm » |
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I may as well get this done before winter comes...cant see them going on roofs then
It will be good to get a decent speed with out packet shaping, and their sh1tty low bandwidth
Will keep you all posted
cheers
Keith
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