[WelMac] Vodafone Vodem software conflict issue!

[John Crook]

I'd been thinking about getting a vodem, so I'll be interested to see  
what you learn from this enquiry.  How much do they charge and what  
is the service speed/reliability like?

Best regards

John Crook

On 18/06/2007, at 1:06 AM, Jo Booth wrote:

> A couple of people were dumped with the "discard all posts that  
> aren't subscribed" policy and the "don't let people with signup  
> from .ru or equivalent email hosts (runbox.com!) - so I'll repost.   
> Brett, if you'd like a free email box @nzmac.org -- let me know!
>
> From: "Brett C Margison" <getbrett at runbox.com>
> To: welmac at nzmac.org
> Subject: Vodafone Vodem software conflict issue!
> Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2007 09:21:35 +1200 (NZST)
>
> Hi everyone
>
> This is the first time i have posted to your forum - so thanks for  
> the opportunity. I"m a new mac user - having switched at the end of  
> 2006 from Windows to Mac once the Intels became available.
>
> I'm wanting to know if any other mac users who use the Vodafone  
> Vodem service have had any problems with it. I have used it since  
> dec 2006. When it is working, it works well and i'm happy with the  
> service - but on two occasions now it has just stopped working  
> ( the red vodafone icon on the dock bounces but will not locate the  
> vodem and the activation screen will not open). Has anyone else had  
> this problem? Vodafone has tried to solve the problem but keep  
> telling me that it is unique to my computer - which i don't believe  
> - so i thought i'd do the obvious thing and ask around in NZ mac  
> forums.
>
> I finally had to take my computer to a mac specialist company here  
> in AKL called "wired dog" who were great and got it going again -  
> blaming Vodafone for poor mac support knowledge - which i suspect  
> is true. The majority of Vodafones customers would be pc windows  
> users - so they really don't care about their mac customers as we  
> represent such a small part of the market.
>
> I'm really hoping i might be able to prove them wrong by hearing  
> from some of your members - fingers crossed!
>
> thanks again
> Brett M
> Auckland
>
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