> I have a friend who is a complete newbie to computers...
> now he has a nice shiny machine but I presume he'll be wanting
> interweb access (he lives on the Sunshine Coast BTW).
> Hard to say how heavy a user they will be at this stage
> and I'm way out of touch with the dialup scene... so I
> suppose something prepaid is the way to go for the moment.
Not necessarily. Dodo is another approach, $10/month
with a cap of $25 a month if you do use it a lot. Obvious
downside is that you pay $10 in the months it doesnt
get used at all, but it is better value than most prepaid
if it does get used quite a bit.
> Any recommendations appreciated :-)
> Especially who to avoid.