Broadband speed - Auckland - WTF has happened

**vifferman** · 12th May 2009, 12:14

Hmmmmmm.....

**Blackshear** · 12th May 2009, 12:17

About normal for me, sometimes a bit higher DL.
UL has always been a total fucking joke.
That being said, I manage to download around 100GB a month, last month I downloaded 117GB

$50 unlimited FTW!

**Ragingrob** · 12th May 2009, 13:05

Finally back to normal speed, the last week it's been down to dial-up speed on occassion!

**Skunk** · 12th May 2009, 13:12

Not too bad for a home connection.

**Patch** · 12th May 2009, 13:15

Originally Posted by YellowDog

Try the test here:

http://www.telecom.co.nz/broadband/speedtest#

Not so good, is it?

The test is relative and dependent upon the server you are connecting/downloading to and from.

Below is the data used to calculate your download speed:

Download time: 1.543 seconds
Size of file: 1058 Kilobytes
Estimated line speed: 5595.1 (kilobits/second)
Estimated line speed: 685.7 (kilobytes/second)

According to the numbers it is slower - but be fucked if I noticed it at all, must be 'cause I have a life

**discotex** · 12th May 2009, 13:17

Originally Posted by Blackshear

UL has always been a total fucking joke.

$50 unlimited FTW!

You can hardly whinge about having 128kbps upload speed when you're on Go Large which was always advertised as full/128k (before it was pulled).

**EJK** · 12th May 2009, 13:17

Christchurch

**Blackshear** · 12th May 2009, 13:23

Originally Posted by discotex

You can hardly whinge about having 128kbps upload speed when you're on Go Large which was always advertised as full/128k (before it was pulled).

I can whinge if I want!
I've argued with them that the guy who phoned up offering the plan said 'FULL UNCAPPED SPEEDS (Meaning plural, i.e, not just DL speed)' several times.
But it was in the fine print, so I guess it's just a downside to unlimited download I guess.

My mate and I have been arguing over how long it was available for, any idea?

**discotex** · 12th May 2009, 13:40

Originally Posted by Blackshear

I can whinge if I want!
I've argued with them that the guy who phoned up offering the plan said 'FULL UNCAPPED SPEEDS (Meaning plural, i.e, not just DL speed)' several times.
But it was in the fine print, so I guess it's just a downside to unlimited download I guess.

All the online stuff was obvious it was a full/128 flat-rate plan but yeah...

Either way if you're still on it you waived your rights to complain buy staying on the plan after the notice that came with the credits and the plan being pulled. Anyone left (including myself) is on a purely best-effort service. It's not fair to compare that to the rest of Telecom's broadband products. Too much like apples and chickens.

If you want full speed you have to accept a cap. Can't have it both ways when you live miles away from the rest of the internet.

Originally Posted by Blackshear

My mate and I have been arguing over how long it was available for, any idea?

Was less than a year. More like 6 months from memory.