How fast is your ISP ?

[Gaz]

defiantly not accurate tho - I have to download a second file from the iinet FTP to max the connection out, was pulling 2 files at about 900k each.

[cs123]

Originally Posted by Whoosha

so what does it all mean :

2nd hit

That is what you would expect for a 1.5Mb/s ADSL connection.

[sgt_doofey]

Originally Posted by Cam

Eh thats nothing, get a decent private tracker and you'll see twice the speeds with a 1/4 of the seeds

Or, just use the free premium Usenet that Internode give you and download at full speed the whole time without having to upload

Originally Posted by Holden Man

This is the fantastic speed from Optus wireless. Good HSDPA signal.

Looks like where you are has congestion at the tower. That would suck.

[BLKWDW]

[Cam]

Originally Posted by sgt_doofey

Or, just use the free premium Usenet that Internode give you and download at full speed the whole time without having to upload

Are their plans any better? Last time I looked they sucked.. The idea of 50gb for $80 is enough reason to go with TPG, as well as having no uploads counted..

[SM1DY]

Good enough for Xbox Live, so I'm happy.

[Mark^^]

No idea what it all means, but I am about 26 Km from Canberra on a rural exchange and we know the main cable from home to the exchange has had several lightening strikes and Telstra person who last came to inspect it said he does not understand how we even get phone access.

[Kamshaaft]

Originally Posted by XR-CHIEF

1500 plan with TPG..slow as, on a wireless laptop though

Interesting, I'm only on the 512 plan with them as far as I know, and this is my results (still incredibly , but I get by):



I wouldn't have thought of changing them in the past, but now, well . I need ADSL2+ and something with some serious speed.

[fatbats]

[LeadFoot81]

Can anyone tell me if this is any good for Telstra ADSL (BigPond Turbo ADSL 1500/256kbpS)? i'm thinking of changing ISPs.

[XR8 Uterous]

[Kamshaaft]

Originally Posted by Ex Arr

Son of a gun! What plan are you on? I was looking at Netspace earlier and they're cheap as hell (TPG has been great, but Netspace is better value).

[XR8 Uterous]

Originally Posted by Kamshaaft

Son of a gun! What plan are you on? I was looking at Netspace earlier and they're cheap as hell (TPG has been great, but Netspace is better value).

ADSL2 55gb downloads (25gb on peak 30gb off) $60 odd per month. Reasonably happy so far, found it funny when I set it up all sales people I spoke to were aussie, and when I had a tech question they were all off shore and indian (not meaning to be racist). My speeds probably are not as good as they could be due to the old copper phone lines in my house.

[sgt_doofey]

Originally Posted by Cam

Are their plans any better? Last time I looked they sucked.. The idea of 50gb for $80 is enough reason to go with TPG, as well as having no uploads counted..

Depends on what sort of value you put on your internet. If you was a company which oversells their bandwidth (possible slow downs) and has their support based overseas but provide large quotas, then TPG is OK.
If you want a company with their own international network to the US, Japan and Europe, has Australian (Adelaide) based support and has been voted the number one ISP in Australia by Whirlpool and other independent surveys for a few years running, then Internode is better in that regard.
Each company has different business styles, so value is perceived differently for each company. Having said that, there is no doubt a lot of people on TPG who probably never have any problems. That's the beauty of the market, your free to choose where you want to go.

[sgt_doofey]

Originally Posted by LeadFoot81

Can anyone tell me if this is any good for Telstra ADSL (BigPond Turbo ADSL 1500/256kbpS)? i'm thinking of changing ISPs.

That's fine speed wise, but do look in to changing ISP. Telstra is the worst for value for money. You can get more bang for your buck elsewhere, but just don't go to Dodo.
http://bc.whirlpool.net.au is the place to start.

[Cam]

Originally Posted by sgt_doofey

Depends on what sort of value you put on your internet. If you was a company which oversells their bandwidth (possible slow downs) and has their support based overseas but provide large quotas, then TPG is OK.
If you want a company with their own international network to the US, Japan and Europe, has Australian (Adelaide) based support and has been voted the number one ISP in Australia by Whirlpool and other independent surveys for a few years running, then Internode is better in that regard.
Each company has different business styles, so value is perceived differently for each company. Having said that, there is no doubt a lot of people on TPG who probably never have any problems. That's the beauty of the market, your free to choose where you want to go.

Interesting..

I am on a 60gb Optus cable plan at the moment, looking at changing as I want decent upload speeds. Tossing up between TPG, Netspace and internode, but as you say there are plus' and minus' with both.. Other then the odd bit of work from home over RDP, and uploading stuff to my site, I dont really RELY on the net, its simply for torrents. Thus why I am leaning towards TPG, I can just set and the scheduler and forget it.

I am only 1.6k from the exchange so hopefully will get decent speeds, but I am ever worried about the possibility of crappy copper affecting my speed, and in tern ending up with a slower connection..

All I am getting at the moment:


Although I am downloading at 40kB's atm

[TC200six]

I'm on Bigpond 1500/256kbps and this is what I got

[MoreHPformyXR6]

Adam Internet ADSL2 my profile is on recommended atm with my ISP if I put it to an aggresive profile or thrillseeker I get higher result but this is what I get with there recommended profile which is what I use. When I use Adam's speed test mirror I get a tranfer rate of 777 KB/Sec. That test is at www.adam.com.au/speed

[Jason[98.EL]]

not to bad for a mobile broadband in an area that is known for slow speeds

when i complained they gave me a credit on my account till it is fixed

[Professor Farnsworth]

Originally Posted by Jason[98.EL]

not to bad for a mobile broadband in an area that is known for slow speeds

when i complained they gave me a credit on my account till it is fixed

the ping is pretty awful though

[fatbats]

dang it i went over my download limit now i'm limited to 256

[[ONEMPT]]

And thats not evan ADSL ;) lol

[Jason[98.EL]]

Originally Posted by Professor Farnsworth

the ping is pretty awful though

yeh thats where they say the issue is something about the amount of traffic causes the high ping and slower speeds on download and upload

Jason

[iliov]

[[ONEMPT]]

Originally Posted by iliov

WHOLY SHITEEEE!!!!!! what you running under that hood? lmfaoo

[GS608]

amsterdam? damn they got fast net!

[[ONEMPT]]

its all the weed hahaha

[AUSGTI]

Middle of the afternoon ADSL 2

[ClunkyMunky]

Yes, the slow upload speed is normal because Cable is an extremely asymmetrical connection... ~20MB downstream and 256K upstream...

[Professor Farnsworth]

Originally Posted by ClunkyMunky

Yes, the slow upload speed is normal because Cable is an extremely asymmetrical connection... ~20Mb downstream and 256K upstream...

fixed for you :P you need to get your geek on in this thread

waiting for adsl2+ to be set up. i'll post when it is.. meant to be going from 8Mb to 24Mb, but i doubt it will be that fast. Used to have bigpond 30Mb cable extreme year ago, ahh those were the days.