Cheaper faster broadband soon

[SpeedyGirl]

trust me, I don't forget why.. I deal with this crap almost every day, working for one of them
And most of Telecoms mula goes straight off-shore too..

Same Here!!!! :spudwave: Give it up people..... they will fight it out in court for YEARS!!!

[Storm]

Its "The Man" opressing all us poor brothers and sisters, thats what.


Still, maybe theres hope for my grandchildrens grandchildren to enjoy semi decent internet in years to come(Tui Ad)

[Hoon]

If they changed the ratio to 128k/7.5mbit (which the article is talking about), no-one would be able to use it because the upload speed wouldnt be able to cope.

Remember, a TCP/IP packet (the way web data is formatted) thats sent requires a response to be received. So the number of packets you can bring down is limited to the number of responses you can send back.

They don't say anything about offering 128k up with 7.5Mb down, that would be stupid. Min would have to be 512k up assuming a ACK packet is 40 bytes with MTU 576 + overhead =640bytes download so a u/d ratio of 6% in ideal situation.

Anyway its not the download speeds that I'm concerned about....its my monthly cap that I need more of!!

[TwoSeven]

Ditto - i've been bitching about our telstra cap for months now. They havnt changed anything for a couple of years. Its a real pain when you cant actually communicate effectively with people.

[Pixie]

Its "The Man" opressing all us poor brothers and sisters, thats what.

"Yeah! We want to be free to ride our machines without being hassled by The Man.
And we want to get loaded."

[Phenoix]

Now what would you be doing with an unlimited data cap now
Surly reading your emails wont consume 10Gig.
But the "exchanging" of data would probably do it

[Indiana_Jones]

I wouldn't hold your breath for too long there..

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-Indy

[geoffm]

hah... I'm still buggered... until smellycom upgrade the lines in our area (no way in hell) I can't get anything bar dailup....

My folks got Wired Country wireless recently through packingshed, due to the problems with their phone line. Seems to work ok. Might be worth a look if you are in the area.
Geoff

[pyrocam]

in the front page of the business herald today. a bunch of ISP's went to the commerce commision and winged because it wouldnt work.

and basically what telecom do is they allow 50 people per pipeline, that in itself is too many. and there arent enough pipelines in place to allow an entire suburb of shoreboys to download their latest Axel-F Crazy Frog remix mp3's at the same time without turning the highest speed internets into crappier than 56k connections.

if anyone wants to read the article ill get it scanned

[Beemer]

That would be awesome if it happens, because cost is the main reason I am not on broadband yet. I have a dial-up connection that usually runs at about 24kbs - pathetic! I could spend far less time on the net if pages opened faster! Bring it on, I say!

[sAsLEX]

My folks got Wired Country wireless recently through packingshed, due to the problems with their phone line. Seems to work ok. Might be worth a look if you are in the area.
Geoff

i got it and has some decent DL speeds of 150-200 KBs using torrents plus the cap doesnt seem to be imposed


out of the 30 OECD coutries only NZ and Mexico are yet to unbundle the local loop, and we pay the most for the shittest internet than the other too

[Brian d marge]

Right now I have absolutly NO idea about computers ,,,I switch it on it works ,,,and if it dont I reboot it till it does ,,or hit it ...or give it a drink

Anyway we signed up for 100Mb up and down fibre optic ....and we got a local speed of 33 Mbit and an International of 1.5 MBps not exactly the 100 that was advertised .....( isnt that sort of thing illeagal???)

Now I didnt even Know there was such a thing as an International speed ....

What would be a very good ( or the best ) internet around at the moment ??

I mean what I am getting at ,,is I am wanting to buy a used car ...I know nothing of cars ...but the salesman said it was a Porche ...but when I get it home I find out its only a trabant ...with one wheel missing ...so I ring up the help desk and they say what are you complaining about ,,,..every one else has the same ...and they dont complain .....

But you advertised a porche and sold me a trabant ......

So is this normal internet practice .... Just what exactly is this internet thing ,,,( now it seems to get a connection they talk to each other ...packets moving up as well as down ,,,,,)

What exactly IS the loop they are bundling .... wouldnt WiFi be cheaper ???

Signed
Internet confused ...

Stephen

[TwoSeven]

Now what would you be doing with an unlimited data cap now
Surly reading your emails wont consume 10Gig.
But the "exchanging" of data would probably do it

Try watching on demand tv, or a vid conf with someone.

[Lias]

Now what would you be doing with an unlimited data cap now
Surly reading your emails wont consume 10Gig.
But the "exchanging" of data would probably do it

One month I clocked up 28gb of traffic without a single p2p app open. With P2P software running I reguarly hit 65+gb a month, and thats on a puny 256k connection.

Give me a 10mb connection and I'll bankrupt myself buying blank DVD's

Compare our broadband to Hong Kong.. 100mb/s ethernet to your door, US$34 a month.. 10mb/s for US$16. Hell you can get 1Gb/s for USD$215. I know HK is very compact and largely very dense housing, but it sure throws out Telescums claims about data costing too much because of our geographical location.

PS: I would buy movies and music if they were reasonably priced.. When songs are about 10 cents each, and movies are $1-2, I'll start paying for em instead of copying em.. Until then, I'll keep pirating everything I can get my hands on, and sharing it for free. And dont get me started on the price of software.