Fucking ADSL and Slingshot

[Sniper]

So I thought I might join the cool, hip crowd and upgrade my account to maximum download and 128 upload so that I could be the bees knees

The upgrade has been completed on the 3rd and since then, I have been going SLOWER!!!! Yes you read right, my download speed has gone from 1500Mb/sec to 800 to 900Mb/sec. I thought that something was not right so I rung Slingshot to see if it was because of the network upgrade or recent outages or something.

Spoke to some chap and was told that nope its fine, it must mean my line is not up to the challenge. So I took a couple of deep breathes and asked how my line went from a constant unfaltering 1500Mbs/sec on a 2Gb limit to a slow 900Mbs/Sec on an unlimited download speed and was met by some excuse of line capacity and I should ring telecom and ask them what my line could carry. Strange that my modem tells me my line can carry 3546Mbs/Sec

I think I need a stiff drink and start contemplating moving to someone who at least knows what they are fucken talking about. Gotta love NZ ISP's

/rant

[Titanium]

Take it to Telescum with a big stick ......

Fark ....

On the recommendation of the xtra representative I changed off my plan that was going to be discontinued ....

Was very happy on my 10Gb cap, 2 mb downstream and 320 kbps up stream ..... loverly. Never went near my 10GB limit and generally hovered around 2 GB per month .... at speeds of 2.7 mbps down and 320 kbps up....

So, went to the "new" 7.5 GB down stream and 7.5 GB up stream plan ..... as advised by nice Wilfred, but speeds may only be up to 85% of that in peak times ......... he said .......

So I get home tonight..... wooo hooo my new plan........ wot a piece of shit. No 7.5mbps here..... it is SLOWER than my old plan at only 2.272 mbps down stream ..... no where near 7.5 mbps or even 85% of that ..... and a nice 864 kbps up stream ..... I am also informed that there never was an upstream speed of 7.5 mbps ……. So Wilfred lied ….

Telescums answer is – what you have got is as good as it gets …….

So to Telescum xtra team in Auckland …. Wilfred, Mitesh, Jason and Mark …… up yours, thanks for the 51 minutes on the phone for fuck all …..

Since then .......

I have Telescum bending over backwards .......... I have taken them to task to the highlest levels on the following point

But your literature indicates that "your connection might not always reach its maximum speeds" so therefore by default there must be a period of time where it will reach its maximum speed ...... please let me know when that might be.

[Titanium]

It is also key to keep your ISP and Telecom one and the same, i.e only use XTRA as all other resellers will blame Telecom and Telecom will refer you back to your reseller.

With Telecom as the only provider there is no one to blame.

[Sniper]

Yea, I know that. I went with slingshot as they were the ones who could hook me up to ADSL without having to charge me a line connection fee of $159 like Xtra and IHUG wanted to

[Ghost Lemur]

Bahahahaha.

I know it's not good to laugh at others misfortune, but I know for certain you guys are capable of research and making informed choices. Therefore you would have certainly taken in all the fine print and found out that nothing is garanteed and it is certainly NOT unlimited. Add to that that everyone (including Telecom) have known for months that this would slow down a LOT of people.

Sniper - Why aren't you on cable? It'd solve your issues.

As for going with Xtra by default. Don't. Just don't.

The only way you get improvements is competition. Supporting the incumbent means you are saying you are happy with the service exactly as it stands, no improvements for you thanks.

*hugs cable and checks to if 10GB file download has finished, yip*

[Virago]

To put it in perspective, an hour ago I was on dial-up. I just changed over to broadband (Xtra Go-large plan), and have a connection speed of around 2.5mB/sec. Compared to dial-up it's bloody marvelous!:yes:

[Wasp]

join the club, click the link in my sig for my line details - it used to be 3200/128, should be max/max

[Sniper]

join the club, click the link in my sig for my line details - it used to be 3200/128, should be max/max

I didnt even break a 100kbps on the download. Good to see my upload is OK

[bane]

To put it in perspective, an hour ago I was on dial-up. I just changed over to broadband (Xtra Go-large plan), and have a connection speed of around 2.5mB/sec. Compared to dial-up it's bloody marvelous!:yes:

3 days on go large - steady 3900kbps... and my address has an "RD1" in it!
(struggled to get a steadt 33kbps on dial up....)

[Coyote]

join the club, click the link in my sig for my line details - it used to be 3200/128, should be max/max
I'm on the 1GB cap plan, so this is the speed I experience for 3 1/2 weeks of every month: http://www.speedtest.net/result/56015086.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[WINJA]

Theresa Gating Is A Cunt , Shes Been Paid A Fortune And We Never Got Shit

[Rhino]

So I thought I might join the cool, hip crowd and upgrade my account to maximum download and 128 upload so that I could be the bees knees

The upgrade has been completed on the 3rd and since then, I have been going SLOWER!!!! Yes you read right, my download speed has gone from 1500Mb/sec to 800 to 900Mb/sec. I thought that something was not right so I rung Slingshot to see if it was because of the network upgrade or recent outages or something.

Assuming that you have rebooted your router/adsl modem, the most likely cause is the contention ratio at your local exxchange.:yes: it's possible that you are now sharing a different route back to your ISP (along with more other users than before.):shit:

Instead of sharing the backhaul bandwidth with 30 other users, you may now be sharing with 50:gob:

[disenfranchised]

I work for slingshot (in the IT team, not just their call centre..so I know what I'm talking about) and I can definitely say that we haven't changed anything our end.
Telecom automatically converted all our 3.5Mb/sec customers up to the full speed version, chances are they've done the same to their own customers, and all the other ISP's out there.

Which means you're now sharing that contention ratio between the same number of users...who just all happen to be going full tit.

I reckon it's definitely slower.
But I've heard we will be increasing our backhaul capacity soon, which should improve things.

[Wasp]

Which means you're now sharing that contention ratio between the same number of users...who just all happen to be going full tit.
I disagree here, just because people can doesnt mean that they will/are.

i think somthing more suspicious is up, i was actually on my 3.5 mb plan for a few days after everyone I knew switched over, i was still getting 3.2mb on my 3.5mb plan 2-3 days after xtra switched all their customers over and i didnt notice anything different.

infact on the evening that it switched over (at 7pm approx) i had run a speedtest before hand (at about 5:30). after it reconnected i was at 2.8/110 on my new max/max plan (this is about 7:15).

i'm just not happy cos they advertised "max line speed" and ive seen it do better, thats false advertising right?

[scracha]

i'm just not happy cos they advertised "max line speed" and ive seen it do better, thats false advertising right?

I'm just sticking with the Orcon 5Gb 2Mbps plan until things settle down. Quite happy with their service and their tech support appear to have a brain [1]. Was on their unlimited 256 until Telecon raised wholesale prices.

What nobody seems to factor is that toll calls make more of a difference to many peeps [2] than saving 5 or 10 bucks on the internet side.

Talking of false advertising. Anyone else genuinely appalled at the new Xtra Go Large adverts on the TV [3]?

[1] ALWAYS excellent. Slingshot tech are pretty much always hopeless. Xtra, Telstra and ihug seem to answer with a retard 50% of the time and someone who knows what they're doing the other half.
[2] Especially us self employed suckers who spend a fortune on calling bloody mobiles.
[3] Does the (what I assume is) "fair usage" small print become readable on a 42" plasma?

[Karma]

I should ring telecom and ask them what my line could carry.

Wrong. Standard ISP fobbing crap. If you are on Slingshot and have a problem, speak to Slingshot, neither Telecom nor Xtra will speak to you because you are effectively not a Telecom broadband customer. Complain to Slingshot, and they will talk to Telecom Wholesale on your behalf.


Take it to Telescum with a big stick ......

Bullshit, see above.

[cowboyz]

I went from 3.5 to unlimited. actually went from about 2.8 to .5. I have had 1 speed test over 500mbps and that was about 1800mbps. I dont care too much about the numbers but it pisses me off not being able to stream video. Watching youtube last night it took 15 mins to stream a 3 min video. It is simply unwatchable. Xtra are "ringing me back" TUI...

[Sniper]

Which means you're now sharing that contention ratio between the same number of users...who just all happen to be going full tit.

So technically, I should go back to my slower plan cause its actually faster than the shit I was told :(

Buggerit, cable, here I come

[What?]

... my download speed has gone from 1500Mb/sec to 800 to 900Mb/sec...

It would take all bloody day for me to download 900Mb, and that is assuming that I can maintain a connection long enough.

Give Teresa a big :grouphug: from me.

[Titanium]

Bullshit, see above.

Yeah Ok, that is a constructive comment ...... Actually I have had a number od successes by taking it to them ..... all depends how long you wait and what you as k to get put in writing .....

"Hello ######

Could you please advise me of where you are at with this case please.

I received your call last Thursday indicating this was once again being escalated.

I am expecting a down stream speed of 72% of 7.5 mbps, could you please advise when this may be. As you have previously indicated as I am 3.6 kms from the exchange.

I am expecting a discount on my monthly account to reflect the the actual speed received from Telecom XTRA. I Will pay 30.29% of my monthly fee.

Current connection rate is 2272 kbps down stream and 800kpbs up stream. It has been this speed since the upgrade in plan.

I await your prompt response.

Regards"

And the response

"First let me apologise for the lack of progress. I have credited your account for 1 months broadband for this issue.

Having now tried to get a technician to identify any issue at the exchange, I have requested to swap you across to another part of the exchange in the hope that this will circumvent what may possibly be throughput problems.

I will follow up when this has been achieved.

With regards

[disenfranchised]

So technically, I should go back to my slower plan cause its actually faster than the shit I was told :(

Buggerit, cable, here I come

No that wont work, cause everyone else is still running at full speed and flooding the network.

[Wasp]

See my post here Disen; http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showpost.php?p=814738&postcount=14

[Sniper]

No that wont work, cause everyone else is still running at full speed and flooding the network.

Sorry to be so blunt, but I call absolute bullshit.

If my speed was fine on a 2Mb limit, then there is no reason it should change when I go onto unlimited. If I go by your previous post, I switched from one ratio to another and by switching back I will be on a less congested line.

Im not 100% IT ISP savvy, but Im sure as hell not stupid

[Whynot]

you could use woosh instead .....

bahahahaahahahahahahahahahahaha
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :laugh: :killingme :killingme :rofl: :lol: :laugh:

[Sniper]

you could use woosh instead .....

bahahahaahahahahahahahahahahaha
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :laugh: :killingme :killingme :rofl: :lol: :laugh:

You are going to hell for saying that :bleh:

[Whynot]

You are going to hell for saying that :bleh:

felt like i was in hell last night, just trying to load a webpage ......

[MrMelon]

There are 2 different issues here. The maximum speed your modem can connect to your exchange (eg. the quality of your line and your distance from the dslam) This shouldn't change when you change ISP's but if you have a bad quality line or are far away from the exchange then your max attainable rates will be lower.

And then there's the bandwidth capacity allocated to each ISP from the dslam to the ISP's HQ and on to the internet. If there are too many people who have adsl connections attached to the same dslam as you then your speed will suffer, and if there are too many people using the same ISP as you on the same dslam you will all be competing for a share of the limited bandwidth available. This means your speeds will suffer.

Going from a connection capped at say 2Mb/sec to one that'll run at the max capacity of the line could also cause issues if your line isn't perfect, because if it's capped at a lower speed, all your data will generally go through without errors, but if you're running right at the limits of what the line can handle, then packets are going to get dropped, and will have to be resent which will also affect your speed.

Having said this it's not a fair comparison to post up your "line speed test" results from some random website and complain loudly about them since everyone will be connected through a different dslam, different isp's, and who knows where the server hosting the line speed test resides and which route is taken to it. Half the problem could just be that the route to the speed test site is congested, or it could be that your isp doesn't have enough international bandwidth to keep up with demand. There are just so many factors to consider that you can't just pin it down to the fact that changing to a full speed plan makes your speeds shit.

Also don't underestimate what people will do when given a full speed connection. It's not difficult to max out a connection all day downloading shit just because you can, and there's bound to be a fair few who are doing just that.

[MrMelon]

Another thing to remember is that your download speed is limited by your upload speed. If your computer can't confirm to the server that it's receiving incoming data correctly fast enough then the server will stop sending it so quickly. All of those "full speed" adsl plans look like they've got a 128k upload which is tiny and bound to limit your download speed. Even moreso if you're doing more than one data transfer at once.

[Sniper]

Another thing to remember is that your download speed is limited by your upload speed. If your computer can't confirm to the server that it's receiving incoming data correctly fast enough then the server will stop sending it so quickly. All of those "full speed" adsl plans look like they've got a 128k upload which is tiny and bound to limit your download speed. Even moreso if you're doing more than one data transfer at once.

I know a bit about that, and thanks for that Mr Melon. But I still find it hard to be told that yes my line will slow down when I have unlimited download speed when its was faster on a capped speed. And then being told that it will still be slow when I switch back

[disenfranchised]

Some information about the limits in this article.

http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/091E1B813B3439EBCC25721B0007F730

Up until now we've only been allowed 24kb/sec per customer on our connection to Telecom. As our users upgrade to the faster plans and this speed hasn't changed, the congestion will get worse.

I'm not convinced that changing down to 2Mb/sec would get you back to the speeds you used to get...but you're welcome to try.

Once we can increase our speed to 32kb/sec per customer things should get marginally better.

[Whynot]

basically the whole adsl network in NZ is becoming a joke at the moment ....
everyone i know gets pathetic speeds during peak times.

lets all go back to dial up .... it was slow but at least it was fairly consistant :innocent:

[Dai]

I may be preaching to the converted here but I have experienced broadband in the UK and here in NZ. I work in the IT industry and up until two months ago was involved in transfering a call centre to home based via VOIP over ADSL.

We suffered major degridation of the service at peak times and the system became unavailable.

The cause of this was not our speeds. We bought commercial connections. What absolutely buggered the system was the CONTENTION ratio of users per line.

In the UK the heaveist contention ratio is 50/1 here in NZ as I found it is a minimum of 150+/1.

What does this mean? It means that Telecon is ripping you off. e.g. a pipeline only has so much bandwidth. They promise you a certain speed but the line is shared with 150+ other people. If a line only carries 54 mbs and 150 people who have all been promised 7.5mb all log on then each of you will only get a tiny share of that 54mb.

I hope I have explained this enough to understand. When you sign up for broadband try and tie them down to a contention ration of <50. Bet you cant.

[Wasp]

wait, contention ratio is the number of people sharing an exchange right?

saw this at http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/091E1B813B3439EBCC25721B0007F730

Telecom has also updated its Fair Use Policy (FUP) for the Wholesale Broadband Service (WBS) Cabriolet plan. Apart from the existing limit of 700MB in a day between the hours of 4pm and midnight, users who exceed 200MB in a single hour will be placed on a watch list for a week.

is it just my messed up calculations or does this equal 50kb/s average per hour?

[Dai]

wait, contention ratio is the number of people sharing an exchange right?

saw this at http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/091E1B813B3439EBCC25721B0007F730

Telecom has also updated its Fair Use Policy (FUP) for the Wholesale Broadband Service (WBS) Cabriolet plan. Apart from the existing limit of 700MB in a day between the hours of 4pm and midnight, users who exceed 200MB in a single hour will be placed on a watch list for a week.

is it just my messed up calculations or does this equal 50kb/s average per hour?

Contention ratio is the number of people sharing a broadband line.

They can promise you the greatest speed but when 150+ people all use that line at the same time you are not going to get anywhere near the speed promised.

Trying to get a "quart into a pint pot"

The other thing that will badly hinder development of broadband here is the data cap limit. That is just another way for the ISP' and Telecon to rip you off. It costs them no more to have unlimited data.

[WRT]

is it just my messed up calculations or does this equal 50kb/s average per hour?

By my (quick) calcs it's more like 200 kilobits per second if you are trying to download 700mb in 8 hours.

[Wasp]

no, i meant the 200 megabytes per hour limit.

200megs / 60 = 3.333... megs a minute
3.333.... / 60 = 0.0555... megs a second
0.0555... megs/s = 56.888.... kilobytes a second


700 mbs in 8 hours between 4pm and 12am is:

700/8 = 87.5 megabytes per hour
87.5/60 = 1.458333... megabytes per minute
1.458333... / 60 = 0.02430555... megabytes per second
0.02430555... megabytes = 24.888... kilobytes max per second

[Hoon]

Yep my Xtra connection has dropped from a solid 3.5Mbps (450KB/s) down to about 1Mbps (128KB/s). Sucks but no cap more than makes up for it for me so I'm happy.

I'm one of those that fit into the "can so they will" bracket. I've downloaded 20GB in the first week so you can all blame me :) However I'm starting to run out of stuff to grab as I'm sure others will as the novelty wears off so predict things will settle down soon.

This isn't the first time this has happened. Everytime Xtra unleashes a new "better" plan, it always blows for the first month or so until they sort their shit out.

[Karma]

Yeah Ok, that is a constructive comment ......

[snip]

With regards

I think you've misunderstood me, I was referred to the fact that a Slingshot customer will have no joy taking a complaint to Xtra / Telecom. If you're an Xtra customer then by all means go for it.

[GR81]

3 days on go large - steady 3900kbps... and my address has an "RD1" in it!
it's because you're not sharing your exchange with shitloads of other people.

im not on the unlimited plans for the 'unlimited' speed, its more for the larger caps they allow.

i also got this a while ago from orcon (when i was complaining about line speeds etc about 3 months ago)


Hi Jeremy,

Thank you for your email.

While Telecom controls many aspects of ADSL broadband in New Zealand at the moment, such as the contention ratio on DSLAMs, many users and internet providers alike are unsatistifed with the situation and speaking up about it. This is a very real issue in the telecommunications industry at the moment, and as such, hopefully Telecom will find good reason to improve the situation for everyone.

With local loop unbundling coming along, we will eventually be able to provide services which we have full control over and which we ourselves deem to be suitable for our valued customers.

In the meantime, we do still endeavour to offer our best effort service to you, so please do let me know if you require further assistance in the future.

Regards,
Orcon Internet

[Ixion]

no, i meant the 200 megabytes per hour limit.

200megs / 60 = 3.333... megs a minute
3.333.... / 60 = 0.0555... megs a second
0.0555... megs/s = 56.888.... kilobytes a second


700 mbs in 8 hours between 4pm and 12am is:

700/8 = 87.5 megabytes per hour
87.5/60 = 1.458333... megabytes per minute
1.458333... / 60 = 0.02430555... megabytes per second
0.02430555... megabytes = 24.888... kilobytes max per second

I think its 200mB and 700MB (bytes not bits)

So to get to mbs (bits per sec) you should multiply by 8 not divide ?

It's still a very low figure though, 200MB is less than one CD.

So really their fancy plans are good for nothing but casual surfing and email?

Figures. Why would a monoploy give other than crap service.

[Flyingpony]

I'm still on dial up and noticed no degradation or improvement of service :dodge:

[Titanium]

The Head of XTRA Broadband Services

Who received one today congratulating them on their new found power and speed of their Telecom Broadband Plan ........

Pfffffft wake up and smell the steaming pile of shit dude .......

[pervert]

I'm still on dial up and noticed no degradation or improvement of service :dodge:

A plan that delivers 5-6kb/s max isn't a service...:scooter:

I hope you don't pay for dial-up, the ISP should pay you for enduring it...

[Wasp]

I think its 200mB and 700MB (bytes not bits)

So to get to mbs (bits per sec) you should multiply by 8 not divide ?
its 200 megs in 8 hours so divide 200 by 8 gives you the max per hour.

anyone want to do the simultanious equation to figure out for how many hours you can dl at the hourly limit before you break the nightly limit? i really cbf (im on orcon anyways HAHAHHAHAHHA)

[Ixion]

Bytes, not bits. Limit is in megaBytes, speed is in megabits. 8 bits to a byte.

[pervert]

Bytes, not bits. Limit is in megaBytes, speed is in megabits. 8 bits to a byte.

Haha, yes...this seems to confuse many...

[Wasp]

Bytes, not bits. Limit is in megaBytes, speed is in megabits. 8 bits to a byte.
i know... why the hell would i want to meausure what im doing in bits when its standared to measure how fast a download is going in kilobytes per second?!

do YOUR download windows say that you are doing xxxx number of BITS per second?

bits is for line speed, bytes is for actual data passing through the line

[digsaw]

Broadband :gob: which means you can download at 59.81 KB/sec.:yes: bloody fast eh

[thehollowmen]

I've just been advising a friend to change ISPs.
They're on slingshot ADSL, they're the only computer on the modem and www.speedtest.net gives dialup-worthy speeds.

that's aroud the riccarton area.

Slingshot dialup with a good thing, but their DSL sucks

[barty5]

i have telstra at home and work no complaint re speed seam to allways get a steady 3.5mbps at home and just as got at work if not better

[Disco Dan]

GO WOOOOOOOOSH! ! ! !

got to luv wireless :rockon:

try this site to test your speed:

http://www.nzdsl.co.nz/module-Speedtest.phtml

Woosh really value their customers! ...they gave me a free month just for crawling up their ass on the phone!:innocent:

Now they just upgraded my account for free too....

Why give telecom any money??? go WOOOOOOOOSH!!!

[Wasp]

Dan, try www.speedtest.net it actually uses the same nzdsl server but has a nicer interface and stats logged by ip.

whoosh sucks, a workmate jsut changed form whoosh because he had 500 ping when he had best reception. woosh is fine for a portable internet when your away from home (besides the price) but its feeble when compared to adsl

[GR81]

woosh = not available in every area.
woosh = wireless = unreliable = high pings for gaming etc.
woosh = over priced for what it is.

the only upside is like you said, no coin for telescum.

==============================================

these are my results (with orcon)


Off Peak:
Download Speed: 3912 kbps (489 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 134 kbps (16.8 KB/sec transfer rate)



Peak:
Download Speed: 654 kbps (81.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 134 kbps (16.8 KB/sec transfer rate)


that peak result is better than usuall too!

even the peak should be ok for gaming/browsing etc but its not... as soon as you do something the pings go skywards and make it unusable!

lol@telecom thinking its only 10% of customers who are affected... i dont know a single person who isnt.

[Whynot]

GO WOOOOOOOOSH! ! ! !

got to luv wireless :rockon:

try this site to test your speed:

http://www.nzdsl.co.nz/module-Speedtest.phtml

Woosh really value their customers! ...they gave me a free month just for crawling up their ass on the phone!:innocent:

Now they just upgraded my account for free too....

Why give telecom any money??? go WOOOOOOOOSH!!!

woosh is really not that good .... its better than dial up but not by much, it is cheap but its not cheap enough to make it worthwhile



woosh = not available in every area.
woosh = wireless = unreliable = high pings for gaming etc.
woosh = over priced for what it is.

the only upside is like you said, no coin for telescum.

bingo


whoosh sucks, a workmate jsut changed form whoosh because he had 500 ping when he had best reception. woosh is fine for a portable internet when your away from home (besides the price) but its feeble when compared to adsl

yep all true ....I have woosh and the only advantage that it has is you arn't forced to use a landline to connect to the internet. By not using a landline it effectively becomes cheaper again.

also the woosh modem and special usb cable is a fucking rip off :mellow:

[Wasp]

Off Peak:
Download Speed: 3912 kbps (489 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 134 kbps (16.8 KB/sec transfer rate)

Peak:
Download Speed: 654 kbps (81.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 134 kbps (16.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
I suppose in a way im lucky that while my dl speed is only 2.8 megabits it doesnt go lower during peak times.

and i do absolutly love the ping times, i used to have the worst ping for games, now its the best.

[barty5]

test results for telstra 4215kbps download and 438 upload cranking

[Ghost Lemur]

Bahahaha

My pathetic work results

Download Speed: 507 kbps (63.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 958 kbps (119.8 KB/sec transfer rate)

So much for benefits of working for the Man.

[sinned]

Is this as good as it gets? Xtra ADSL in Johnsonville.
http://www.speedtest.net/result/56448166.png

I also use Skype and news today is Telecom are considering managing access or something.

[Disco Dan]

Test Results for Woosh:

BAD WEATHER TEST: Download speed - 513 kbps Upload speed - 54 kbps
GOOD WEATHER TEST: Download speed 1.1 mbps upload speed 120 kbps

The good weather test is max i have ever got, usually sits around 8-900 kbps upload, sometimes more sometimes less.

Bad weather test, is WORST i ever get and usually only about 10% of the time im at this speed.

Still impressive in my mind, planning on installing large roof mounted antenna and that will (according to woosh) give me max download speed (1.6 mbps) 90% of the time.

wireless is the future! :yes:

[Wasp]

yes i agree, wireless is the future.

what sorta ping times do you get during those speeds above though?

[Disco Dan]

yes i agree, wireless is the future.

what sorta ping times do you get during those speeds above though?

never tested it, right now though it said 312ms

not a gamer so not bothered about ping time.

[GR81]

never tested it, right now though it said 312ms.
not a gamer so not bothered about ping time.
just as well, can't game on that! haha dial up pings anyone? haha

let me know if you need a 2.4GHz directional antenna, i will hook you up :)

[Harry33]

It's a pity I didn't see this thread earlier, I changed my xtra boardband plan from the adventure plan $59.95 to the Go large plan $49.95. I thought I'd save myself $10 month and get UNLEASHED full speed. What a fuckin mistake that was. My speed since changing has dropped to as low as 14.k. I was getting 120k to 128k on my old plan. Now after giving the xtra help desk a call I supposely have to run some speed tests over three days. I told them why the hell should I have to do that. It was going fine the day before I switched to this shit new plan, can I go back to my old plan. I was told I can't as they are fazing them out. They did suggest I could try the next plan up $79.95 for the Pro plan. What the fuck!!!

Two more months and I giving it the boot anyway.

[Whynot]

yay for woosh .............:rolleyes:

Download Speed: 172 kbps (21.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 49 kbps (6.1 KB/sec transfer rate)

[digsaw]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/56555730.png (http://www.speedtest.net):shutup:

[Wasp]

played around with the adsl this evening, moving it about the house (specifically to the first wall socket on the circuit), managed to get 600kbits upload :D and hit 3 mbits download.

have deduced/decided to spend the weekend replacing all the phone wires in the house (oh spiders and spider webs oh joy oh joy!)

[Ghost Lemur]

Bahahaha

My pathetic work results

Download Speed: 507 kbps (63.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 958 kbps (119.8 KB/sec transfer rate)

So much for benefits of working for the Man.

And now for teh Cabl0r at home...

Download Speed: 2527 kbps (315.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 1935 kbps (241.9 KB/sec transfer rate)

Hmmmm Can't imagine why I've stuck with cable. Btw not the best results I've had here either. :yes:

UPDATE:

From home again...
Download Speed: 6884 kbps (860.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 2196 kbps (274.5 KB/sec transfer rate)