Whirlpool

Just did a search for a thread like this, but the thread was like 4 years ago, so I've decided to create a new one. So, how did you people find this website? Was it through Family/Friends, just found it by accident or was it recommended by someone, or was it another reason?

For me, I had bought a Nokia 6300 and Googled for forums that talked about it. That let me here, to this forum, and now I'm glad of it!

Also, to see your first post that broke your Whirlpool Virginity (hehe), click here

So, how did you Whirlpoolian's find Whirlpool?

I actually found it while browsing NWAT (worked for Telstra, and you can only read Wikipedia and the News so many times) and it was brought up, decided to check it out and never looked back.

═CPmaster═ writes...

So, how did you Whirlpoolian's find Whirlpool?

I needed to get my washing machine fixed.....still do.
Na, I googled something techie & found this place.
Not looked back.
Cheers

I can't remember :/
Shameful, I know

I found this site by word of mouth. I had a problem with telstra bigpond and found this site.

EDIT: and i'm not leaving

I came across WP when I did a Google search for info on an ISP.

EDIT: lol. Just looked at my first post... it was a triple post!

googled a problem i was having.

there should be a poll.

Dyde writes...

there should be a poll.

I know, but I couldn't think of enough ideas to go with the poll.
Too late now :)

Well last year i was googling something to do with Hellstra and it lead me to the Whirlpool. I came back heaps after that then sighed up.

I heard that there was a website organising against the 3GB cap so I googled it and here I am... many years later.

Greg writes...

I heard that there was a website organising against the 3GB cap

How long ago as that?

I was looking for a laptop. My experience in the PC Hardware forum was interesting, to say the least.

Ended up buying a Mac – Never looked back :D

J.

I heard someone mention WP but I didn't know anything about it until I was researching for an ISP and thats where it clicked that it was a Australian broadband site.

I looked down and there it was :)

The Librarian writes...

I looked down and there it was :)

.. as if by magic? :-P

I was introduced to it by a friend. I seem to recall he was taking part in some debate at the time, and it looked like 'fun'...

I think i found it by searching "unlimited bandwidth australia"

☢ S M I L E Y ☢ writes...

I came across WP when I did a Google search for info on an ISP.

I saw an advert? in a computer magazine.

I saw Netspace advertised (5 years ago) and wanted to check it out in regard to customer reviews.

Well I am still with them.

Word of mouth led me here

Justin. writes...

Ended up buying a Mac – Never looked back :D

Mac users are such pricks.... hahahahahaha... LOL and various other terms of endearment. :)

I was ripping my hair out trying to use Windows 98se well after XP had appeared. The help I got here was stupendous.

I heared about WP in a news group, though it may even have been IRC – that long now, that Im not 100% sure

I had one look, realised I had stunbled on a goldmine, bookmarked it on the spot, and Ive never looked back.

Found something out that I thought was big news.
It wasn't.
Continued posting in a somewhat more helpful manner.
That is my joining story.
You can look up my first post if you want to, but it's fairly uninspiring.

I don't know, googling stuff- whirlpool came up with a lot of stuff that I deemed useful; and I've just been sucked into becoming a whirlpoolian!

:D

═CPmaster═ writes...

So, how did you Whirlpoolian's find Whirlpool?

no honest clue, but i will admit i was reading forums for about 4 months before i signed up lol

fantastic place whirlpool is very friendly and informative, I read a hell of a lot more then I post

I was first made aware of Whirlpool back in 2003/2004 when someone printed out a list of suitable ISPs for me. Didn't end up getting broadband.

Then in 2006, I finally decided to get broadband. My friend led me here and I signed up to ask a few questions. After a while, once I understood more about broadband, I started helping other people who were like me.

Have been on Whirlpool for over 2.5 years. Don't intend on leaving any time soon either.

Ψ Fungus Ψ writes...

Have been on Whirlpool for over 2.5 years. Don't intend on leaving any time soon either.

Agreed :)
Ive seen you around before :)

I was recommended by a friend when looking for an ISP.

) Holy Sock ( writes...

but i will admit i was reading forums for about 4 months before i signed up lol

Yeah I was a lurker for a fair while before i actually joined as well. I'd say a good few months of consistent reading (that's deliberately coming here, not getting here as a result of Google). I'm glad I finally did.

J.

Yarr, me friends signed up an' I joined 'em fer somethin' t' do! They all left many a year ago and I stayed a-postin'.

Now I'm stuck here forevarrrr. :(

ISP hunt Google result. This place can be either informative, entertaining or more often than not, both.

═CPmaster═ writes...

Whirlpool Virginity (hehe)

phew. Where did the time go? :)

When I moved to Perth I needed an ISP – was THIS close to signing up with Telstra, luckily I Googled around and found my ISP

Loctarrrak writes...

Now I'm stuck here forevarrrr. :(

ARRRRRRRRRn't We All? :P

Arrrrr.

I took the Bugs Bunny route i turned left at Albaquerque and ther it was .

═Cap'n CPmastarrrrr═ writes...

ARRRRRRRRRn't We All? :P

Yep :D
I know i would find it extremely hard to give up Whirlpool.

i can't remmeberrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrraa

Cap'n pLaztiK writes...

i can't remmeberrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrraa

What a bummarrrrrrrrrrr

═Cap'n CPmastarrrrr═ writes...

What a bummarrrrrrrrrrr

ARRR an me parrots got GPS too

I heard about it through word of mouth. Never really thought anything about it and then one day i was bored and thought hmm i might have a look at whirlpool. And here i am many years later and im not going anywere soon.

Cheers,
Holden Mad

Swiftel's "forumadmin" was paying it out so much I came over to find out what all the fuss was about :D

I was seriously looking to buy a washing machine... funnily enough im now looking for another one...

arrrr

i was a lurker for a while, then decided to join up.

Cant exactly pin point the reason...it was just one of those things that just happened.

Was using it for the broadband plan search function and whatnot, after a while I realised the forums were the best part!

friend

I was trying to buy a washing machine!

I was looking for advice on building a PC like 3 years ago and found this site, and only signed up recently after years of lurking

Needed help with a PC issue, then joined up and got addicted. I brought a few friends with me.

My wife found it when she was having problems with a new nextg phone.

She asked dumb newby questions on the phone forum and got great answers.

I was impressed so joined too.

So there be the answer me hearties, aaahhhhrrrr.

Doing an assignment for first year uni, i searched for something in Google and the first result was a thread from Whirlpool.

Never looked back since

always on mute writes...

I was trying to buy a washing machine!

99.999% of people were looking for a washing machine :P

Alliance1911 writes...

99.999% of people were looking for a washing machine :P

Could it be anything to do with this? Harrrr harrrrrrr :)

Family.

My frist post got deleted :( i hate manfred now...

Yarrrr, I was trying to fix a problem with my computer... How do you find your first post (if possible)?

ODST05 writes...

How do you find your first post (if possible)?

http://whirlpool.net.au/forum-user-firstpost.cfm

ODST05 writes...

How do you find your first post (if possible)?

Yarrrr, please refer to my first post for that answer, but because I'm so nice, click ere to see ya first post. :)

Arrrr thats awefully kind of ya – more rum for ya skurvy crew and you!

═Cap'n CPmastarrrrr═ writes...

accident

When i first started to use a comp.

I knew nothing, but i soon learned :|

Found it about two days after signing up for broadband for the first time with dodo for 12 months via Google a couple of years back.

I wish I had found whirlpool three days earlier would have saved me some grief.

Has been invaluable ever since:-)

Alliance1911 writes...

99.999% of people were looking for a washing machine :P

Damn and its easy to see a lot have yet to find it gauging by the look and smell in the street at lunch time!

Came across WP from a google search.
:-)

always on mute writes...

Damn and its easy to see a lot have yet to find it gauging by the look and smell in the street at lunch time!

Oh no, the trains are in for a fresh walloping this afternoon then, but seated bus travellers are really going to suffer most. Should also expect an influx of visitors on WP tonight as the need for a functioning washing machine becomes apparent.

How did you find Whirlpool? Very helpful thank you.

After over 5 years I have forgotten .

Ken Richards. writes...

After over 5 years I have forgotten .

Oh bother, I've forgotten what I was going to ....

Back in the good ol' days of 100MB per month (yes, month) download limits on Bigpond, I was looking for a site to download some stuff..... Bigpond to Bigpond was unmetered data and I happened to find Whirlpool which linked Bigpond users with one another and also acted like a bit of a watchdog.

I believe it was hosted on Simon's home computer at the time, I think it was 1999 or 1998.

The existence of the site was threatened when Telstra decided to meter all users usage, even if it was internal to the network. Whirlpool went down for a while..... Then I lost track of it for a little bit and came back after nearly a year when it was up again.

Lurked for a long time then signed up with this account :)

Now I feel old........Get off my lawn!

A friend from school told me about it and I've been using it ever since ;-D

═CPmaster═ writes...

So, how did you Whirlpoolian's find Whirlpool?

I remembered Simon Wright's pre-Whirlpool postings to Usenet back in the late 90s, remembered Wright discussing Whirlpool on Usenet in the early 00s, but never bothered to join until years later.

My friend's cousin told me about it when I was asking him about getting a broadband connection back around 2003.

Been an active member since, if not writing, reading.

J

Followed a link from Oz Cable Guy's website many years ago.

/forum-replies.cfm?t=540446

Breaking the ice...

I wanted to help a work colleauge. I have since lost his contact, no longer work for that company and he didn't take my advice :(

I came in from another forum that I had grown a little blase about.

From google search ^^

LOL i had completely forgotten about how i found this site until i looked up my first post: /forum-replies.cfm?t=483124&r=9571469#r9571469.
About 2 years ago i was looking at how to cut my internet bill and i came across a forum talking about how to get Bigpond to credit your account hundreds of dollars just for being a loyal customer. Signed up and never left :).

I was looking for broadband

No idea... it was way to long ago!

.W yaR writes...

No idea... it was way to long ago!

Not even your First Post rings a bell?

Found it when i first got ADSL2+ and was having problems with linesync, connection etc.... Did a quick search on google and whirlpool was on the first page of search results. But i didn't join till bout 2 years later. I should have joined earlier.

Word of mouth. I had come across it using Google but never really paid attention until my friends mentioned it.

═CPmaster═ writes...

Not even your First Post rings a bell?

Hahaha, was wondering how to find out this kind of info.

WOW... haven't we come a long way from those days haha.. ahh my first post -didn't expect that...back in 2003.

Yeah – my first post. Complaining about iPrimus. I'm not sure if that was the reason for joining up or whether I was just looking for another ISP. I think I was looking for a broadband ISP, and came across Whirlpool when iPrimus was still pursuing me for more money for a service they didn't provide. As a result of Whirlpool, I ended up joining Exetel for broadband as they had very good value plans. Since moving back to WA, I'm now with iiNet.

═CPmaster═ writes...

Not even your First Post rings a bell?

Nope! :(

I'm getting bad vibes here!

Is this forum NOT for washing machines?

banjo writes...

Is this forum NOT for washing machines?
_
Its next door for washing machines ---> | |

Jeez, now you tell me.

I got sucked into it. ;)

Pun intended, BTW.

Lots of computer problems googled lead me to this website.

So what the hey? I joined up

Wonko the Inane writes...

Pun intended, BTW.

I hate that.

J.

Found it looking for a modem,
First post is totally unrelated.

banjo writes...

Is this forum NOT for washing machines?

I swear, everytime I go past the Whirlpool factory or whatever on Eastlink here in Melb I think they're the WP servers lol.

Sorta looks like the picture below but without the "Home appliances" and coloured oval and says "Have you got a Whirlpool?" or something like that.

http://www.listphile.com/Fortune_500_Logos/Whirlpool/image/whirlpool.png

I was introduced to the website by a friend some years ago, around the time my area was finally ADSL-enabled. I peeked and poked around the forums before registering a couple of years later.

Justin. writes...

My experience in the PC Hardware forum was interesting, to say the least.

Hey!, At least you owned up. Mine in the Windows forum was similar.

/forum-replies.cfm?t=16378&r=185197#r185197

:-P

It's become a little better since then....

═CPmaster═ writes...

So, how did you Whirlpoolian's find Whirlpool?

I got drunk one night and ended up on Whirlpool.

razblow writes...

I got drunk one night and ended up on Whirlpool.

Haha! Ok, I could imagine getting drunk with mates and then for some reason, we all want to go looking for porn, watching stupid youtube videos, etc. But how on earth did you find Whirlpool while drunk?

═CPmaster═ writes...

Also, to see your first post that broke your Whirlpool Virginity

HAHA, now that put me to shame. In saying that, whirlpool has a very good knowledge base, thats why it is great :)

So, how did you Whirlpoolian's find Whirlpool?

It got familiar to me when I googled different things, so I eventually joined

I don't remember how I found it originally.

But tonight I just went to my Bookmarks and found it in there.

Anouther question would be how long did you just read posts and not post anything yourselves. I know I joined months before I actually posted anything cause the only other forum I was apart of flamed each other alot.

Rustyballs writes...

Anouther question would be how long did you just read posts and not post anything yourselves.

For me it was a month of reading before I joined up & another 2 months before I posted.
Cheers

I signed up before I had read any posts!

XD

I was like, 15, and still a newblet at the internet

Rustyballs writes...

Anouther question would be how long did you just read posts and not post anything yourselves.

Good Idea Rustyballs, I'll answer my question below then :P

To answer my own question, I was reading the forums I think for a couple of weeks before I decided to sign up. I stayed in the Nokia 6300 forums, and most of the questions the people asked about the phone I knew, so I decided to join! I'm still reading the Nokia 6300 General Discussion thread to this day :)

According to that first link my original post was some seven years ago... back in the old (but exciting) days of Telstra cable... if my memory serves me correctly that was the whole reason this site began.

Not sure how I found the site, probably word of mouth. I spent most of my time commenting on the news items before I ventured into the forums.

Amazing to see how far the site has come in seven years since I joined up....

I think Simon bribed me.

:P

Friends told me about it 2 years ago.

They said it was the biggest in Australia..

I thought it was strange that whirlpool, the company that made my washing machine, would invest in a forum. lol

One fateful night, a google search was done. In time i have learnt to except what now is my life...there is no way out!

It had something to do with ISP related issues , I think it might have been the Node ! Offering voice over Data via ISDN2 .

I was looking for a better option that a dedicated PSTN pissy dialup .

But then ADSL came along as a reality not a mythical creature.

i found it last year when I would always get results from google that were linked to whirlpool. I found it intresting and created a account.

I had always used the BC feature of Whirlpool, but decided to join up when something enraged me :)

Intriguing that my first post was trolling.

═CPmaster═ writes...

So, how did you Whirlpoolian's find Whirlpool?

Thinking back I think it was a left turn at the waterfall.

═CPmaster═ writes...

So, how did you Whirlpoolian's find Whirlpool?

With the level of sensorship & hypocrisy, it's almost no different to logging onto the internet behind the great firewall of China.

first post was in 2003 complaining about iinet – 5 years down the track and the iinet forum still has people complaining

haha

.W yaR writes...

Haha! Ok, I could imagine getting drunk with mates and then for some reason, we all want to go looking for porn, watching stupid youtube videos, etc. But how on earth did you find Whirlpool while drunk?

That's a very good question. :-)

Word of mouth by a now-ex-mod while doing research for a new isp to churn to.

A close family member had already become addicted to WP :D

I head of it from my cousin and we both like to compete so yeh heh.. :D

Tommo52 writes...

head of it from my cousin and we both like to compete so yeh heh.. :D

So, who's winning? :)

═CPmaster═ writes... 

So, who's winning? 

Unfortunately i only found out about it cause he started getting all his information off whirlpool and yeh so then he told me and here i am

and my first post was my own thread and was about building a new pc

so he is lol

Whirlpool Widow writes...

A close family member had already become addicted to WP

A little too much, perhaps? ;)

Well, I found WP after searching about problems with my router. At first I actually thought 'Whirlpool' was the appliances company loll.
So after a while I was wondering why so much of their websites were turning up so I clicked on it and now this is the first place I look for any problems I have :)

I honestly can't remember, but probably in an attempt to solve a problem (i.e. found answer to a problem, etc).
It was so long ago (2 years... I feel sorry for you guys who've been here since the start, to some extent, as it may be hard for you to remember how you found WP :P)

Was looking for a new ISP. Whirlpool was returned in quite a few google searches. Noticed the forum section...that was a few years ago. Since then Whirlpool has helped me a fair bit, but i only joined a little while back:)

Green §lime writes...

A little too much, perhaps? ;)

And then some! :S

Whirlpool Widow writes...

And then some!

You never know, you too may become a Whirlpool Addict :-D

No idea how I got here. My first post was to do with how to network my PC to my laptop using bluetooth! Geez. What an idiot I must of looked. :)

Been here way too long to remember how or why I got here.

I had seen various threads while searching for information on Google and was not fully aware of the layout and scope of the discussions.

After getting a new mobile I was looking for tips and tricks and found all the answers here. Now I'm getting sucked into other areas (VoIP for example!). I've been here for less than three months as a member, but cannot work out how I survived without this site. It's now the first thing I check when I get on the net!

I'm on the "Telstra are about to implement a 3 gig cap and need a place to whinge" wagon :-P

I found WP when I was Googling about a problem about XP installs freezing at 34 minutes.

I was glad that I joined. It provided a very... deep insight to matters. ;P

Well I had to post on an IT newsgroup and take screeny for a CertII in IT assessment. So my teacher suggested Whirlpool... I liked it so much I thought I might as well stick around and be an annoying s**t.

Flamin-Joker writes...

Well I had to post on an IT newsgroup and take screeny for a CertII in IT assessment.

Firstly lol.
Secondly omg that's so rude, they basically forcing you to spam.

True... It was fun though. Got put in the sin bin at least 4 times before I hit 100 posts.

I needed to get a new computer and my friend recommended it to me

Definitely happy that i stuck around :D

Flamin-Joker writes...

Got put in the sin bin at least 4 times before I hit 100 posts.

And this is cool why?

Back in the dark old days when work was first on ADSL.
Bogpond outages drove me to finding the forums here through Google as a means of finding out what was going on with the network when ADSL was down and fallback to dialup, which was every second day.
Back then it was pretty much Bigpond or nothing, but it was true unlimited quota way back then.

I must have been around for a few years before ever feeling the need to create an account to post, which was to join in with "me too" whine about constant outages :)
I did get off Bigpond like I swore in that first post, and lived happily ever after since :)

I AltaVista'd it :)

lurked for a while, but eventually signed up to rebutt an outrageous, scandalous and patently false assertion. God only knows what it was...

Speedy Tommo writes...

but eventually signed up to rebutt an outrageous, scandalous and patently false assertion. God only knows what it was...

This ring a bell?

═CPmaster═ writes...

So, how did you Whirlpoolian's find Whirlpool?

Needed broadband

Was a regular on Ausforum, before that died. There was a mini feud going on between Whirlpool and Ausforum back in the day.

Was over one of my mates place a weekend long ago... saw him checking out the pc section. That's how i found out about WP.

Been on and off ever since

use to search a part name (for pc)and then "forum" or "discussion" at the end of it in google and this site was always first

now i browse allot more than PC hardware, and i believe whirlpool has made me allot better at pc skills. so thanks whirlpool ;p

1 month later i made a user and never looked back... and never will :P

I cannot remember how i found whirlpool, i think it found me.

Google is your friend. Stumbling about wondering if anybody sold good mobile phone numbers on the net. Google kicked up a thread talking about Gold numbers.

I found the link for Whirlpool in a magazine back in 2001 or so. I lurked for a bit before I actually signed up though....

I came to Whirlpool because I love the world of mobile phones and the internet and found it on a Google search about a problem I had. It has proven to be a excellent source of information since.