Internet is just bad here it seems. I've never reached the megabytes per second as long as I can remember. This has been with IInet and Telstra. I really can't see why it isn't faster.
Australians and the Internet
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What you paying and roughly how far from the exchange are you? If you're getting tops of 500KB/sec on ADSL2+, you might wanna look at the ADSL1 speeds (most ADSL2+-capable modem/routers are ADSL1 back-compat) and see if it's worth changing to the $69.95 20/1mbps 100GB/month ADSL1 (aka: ADSL1-Home 4).Rems said:
http://www.westnet.com.au/broadband/plans.html <- I'd suggest punching in your landline number (including area code) to check what you can get and compare what's available. Westnet is technically iiNet, so you could technically keep to iiNet as the plans one has are basically the same as the other (hell, iiNet provides what's basically the ADSL1-Home 4 account at ADSL2+ speeds without the need to pay for landline, known as Naked Home-1 under Naked DSL on their site. something Westnet doesn't exactly offer, but that's not surprising).
Where the hell do you live? in queensland i'm lucky to get 80 kb/sec i had to leave my computer on for 2 days for TF2 to download. Its also running on the top brand netgear usb to router so i am running a good router.kman123 said:
I'm with Optus. I used to live close to the exchange, and would hit speeds of 14 mbs. I then moved 3 suburbs away, and am still connected to the same exchange. I now get 300k per second. I'm pretty damned annoyed, but not much I can do, due to my distance from the exchange.
I live in the center of Australia's biggest city. According to Telstra, my internet dropped out 90 times today. This is a completely accurate number.
I'm sure you don't need to ask what I think of Australia's internet.
I'm sure you don't need to ask what I think of Australia's internet.
Why the hell do we have a download limit, unlike those lucky koreans or canadians...WHY does our internet suck!!!
I live about 30km from the nearest town, so I can't get access to any ADSL or cable internet. The best I can get is satellite, which downloads at about 500kb/s on a good day, 250 otherwise. The problem is that I only get about 4gig of downloads for $60/month, before betting shaped down to 10kb/s downloads. But at least I shouldn't get slowed by the filter, because my ISP (skymesh) isn't participating in the filter program.
But seriously, the filter and our entire nanny-government can fuck right off. Do they really think plain cigarette packaging will stop people buying it? what are we, 5-year-olds. And game censorship etc. rage rage rage.
But seriously, the filter and our entire nanny-government can fuck right off. Do they really think plain cigarette packaging will stop people buying it? what are we, 5-year-olds. And game censorship etc. rage rage rage.
THIS IS WHY WE NEED THE NBN!
*Waves a pathetic, yet incredibly expensive little flag*
Jokes, jokes... let's all waste 50 billion!
i have 120-250kb/s dl speel, only 12 gig limit... basically because we're too far from the exchange... despite living in a densely residential area... bah!
*Waves a pathetic, yet incredibly expensive little flag*
Jokes, jokes... let's all waste 50 billion!
i have 120-250kb/s dl speel, only 12 gig limit... basically because we're too far from the exchange... despite living in a densely residential area... bah!
I'm in Aus and I average my downloads at about 400KBps, but my area isn't particularly busy. I would get way faster if my exchange was closer though.
That is going to be such a pain in the fucking arse. Having to double check every pack of cigs you buy because it'll be far too easy for the person selling them to accidentally grab the wrong pack.Gregg Lonsdale said:
Of course, when it comes to tobacco the government is firmly in favour of anything that looks like they're being proactive but will in no way interfer with their multi-billion dollar tobacco tax revenue stream.
Or if we have to have download limits... WHY ARE THEY SO UNREASONABLY SMALL?StormShaun said:
Okay, not all of them are but you pay through the arse for the half decent ones.
You lot do seem to have it pretty poorly, hopefully yours is at least consistent though, mine can decide to be anything between 10kb/s to 2mb - depending on it's mood (usually it likes to settle in at about 100-200kb/s if it's in a good mood)
I live in a small town with 1 IGA (1.5km walk each way to/from home), 5 bars/hotels, 1 RSL, 1 Chinese takeaway, 2 banks (ANZ, Commonwealth), railway that forms the rough centreline of the town, and a 40-50km drive into Wagga if I want a Big Mac, hit DSE, or watch a movie at the cinema.
And yet for as crappy and small this town is, I seem to get one of the best net connections mentioned in this thread so far. DAMN!
And yet for as crappy and small this town is, I seem to get one of the best net connections mentioned in this thread so far. DAMN!
Technically, all the major providers have caps here in Canada, or at least in Ontario (regardless whether you mean total caps or throttling).StormShaun said:
I use a company that buys bandwidth wholesale from the majors and sells it for WAY better offers. (I use Teksavvy - cable if other Canadians are interested)
I get a max of around 1.5Mb/s averaging around a 1Mb/s if it's a good connection (Steam, Xbox Live, healthy torrent etc). It's a 10mbps down/1mbps up for about 50 bucks a month with a hilariously huge 300Gb cap. I have had some HEAVY months and never gone over.
I would seriously recommend Teksavvy to anyone sick of Bell or Rogers horrible service/value (the major providers in Ontario). Great rates, and good customer service.
Well,, my download should be 40 MB/s but I only get about 2-3 MB/s /troll
I suppose it's only fair, had shitty internet for 10 years before, around 300 KB/s
I live in the Netherlands, And in UK I've got a max of 30 MB, and in the USA I got about 25, I think. A connection in Amsterdam is at it's best. 40 MB/s
(I only get 2-3, but I am happy with that. It's like a silver egg laying chicken and a gold egg laying chicken. I'd take my silver and be happy, ty very much)
I suppose it's only fair, had shitty internet for 10 years before, around 300 KB/s
I live in the Netherlands, And in UK I've got a max of 30 MB, and in the USA I got about 25, I think. A connection in Amsterdam is at it's best. 40 MB/s
(I only get 2-3, but I am happy with that. It's like a silver egg laying chicken and a gold egg laying chicken. I'd take my silver and be happy, ty very much)