* Welcome
* Network News
* Extra Addresses for Explorer Accounts
* Atlantis Minimum Payments
* Special Deals on Computer Hardware
* iiNet Network Status
* $500 Prize Winners

Welcome to the March edition of the iiNet Newsletter. We have drawn the long awaited winners of the $500 prize for the early birds who changed over to our new dial in number! Congratulations to our winners, we hope you enjoy your prize.

Network News

March will see more network function migrating over to the new network. This will result in increased performance across our Network. In fact, the new core is 100 times faster than the existing one!

As a result of a slight delay in the delivery of the 4000 lines that were due at the end of February we have increased our order to 5000 lines to be delivered in the middle of March.

Traffic differentiation is still in the testing stage and will be finalised this month.

Additional Mailboxes

As part of our ongoing plan to add value to our premium account, all Explorer accounts may now have up to four mailboxes. Explorers used to come with only one address - if you have an explorer you may now add three addresses to your first.

They are complete mailboxes with username and password, which you can use to pop your mail. This is great for family or other people living at your home, or for coworkers in a small business. The mailboxes can also be accessed by webmail from the iiNet homepage.

The additional mailboxes can be added at any time - they don't need to be added when the account is created or all at once. The mailbox names are restricted to eight characters, as per regular iiNet addresses. Please note, unlike the main mailbox of the account, they are not eligible to have an alias set up for them.

If you are interested in adding another mailbox to your Explorer account you may email your request to support@iinet.net.au or contact support on 9214 2222.

Remember, not all usernames will be available - many are in use by current clients, but our friendly support staff will be more than happy to help you choose one that you may use.

Atlantis Minimum Payments

If you are the owner of an Atlantis account we would like to inform you of some slight billing changes. The Atlantis account is a prepaid account that attracts a minimum monthly fee of $10. Clients are warned by email when their accounts drop below $15 and the account may be suspended when the account drops to zero.

We have now introduced a minimum payment of $15 when topping up these accounts. You may of course pay any sum over this value - simply email support@iinet.net.au and request an invoice for the amount you wish to be billed for.

Special Deals on Computer Hardware

iiNet staff would like to thank you for being a valued customer. To show our appreciation we have joined forces with the following retailers to offer you a range of special iiNet customer deals on computer systems and hardware.

* Harvey Norman Computer Super Store - Osborne Park

Included with all new systems purchased are a modem, software, 12 months interest free terms, a 3-year warranty and lifetime technical support on the Computer.

* Portacom - West Perth

You will receive a free personal organiser valued at $150 when you purchase one of the notebooks listed at our "specials" site below.

* Apple Centre - Joondalup

The Apple Centre is offering great deals on the iMac Range of personal computers and the PowerMac G4 CPU.

Follow this link to our website to view these special deals.

http://www.iinet.net.au/products/specials/deals.html

If you are interested in a new system or upgrading your current one please feel free to visit these stores or call them, quoting the appropriate code, to discuss your needs.

iiNet Network Status

Would you like to know ahead of time when we will be working on our network? We email all our clients who subscribe to the iiNet Network Status mailing list prior to any work being carried out. If you wish to receive these notifying emails, you may subscribe yourself to the iiNet Network Status mailing list by visiting the link below.

http://listmaster.iinet.net.au/

$500 Prize Winners

When we first released our new local dial in number, 6265 0000, we promised that one client dialing this number would win $500 every week for the first eight weeks. The eight weeks began on the 20th of November. Our winners are:

Mr Peranovic of Girrawheen
Mr Yong of Rossmoyne
Mr Wittington of Hamilton Hill
Mr Carbone of Wanneroo
Mr Manuel of East Victoria Park
Mr Widjaja of Manning
Ms Bobrowicz of White Gum Valley
Mrs Quinlan of Claremont

All winners will receive a cheque in the mail. We do hope you all enjoy your prize.

Thank you for taking the time to read our newsletter, we hope that it will have been of value to you.

Jody Morris, Glen Lewis, Debbie Wilson, Karen Robinson, Stuart McCracken, Michael Malone and Kim Davies created this newsletter.