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Old 14-04-2008, 08:08 PM   #61
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Cant wait for ADSL2+....i need my weekly AMA supercross/motocross dose!!

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Old 14-04-2008, 08:11 PM   #62
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why do you feel that is poor? It's an awesome connection. Don't tell that to my mother, she's in the country and pretty much stuck on dial-up, unless she wants to pay over $100 a month for wireless and next to no download allowance.
It's worse than you think.

My ping is worse than it was on 1.5 and it takes longer to browse.

The only benefits are from file downloads.

Not only that, the speed changes from 5mbps-9mbps so it's also unreliable.

As fast as that speed seems to you, it's terrible. Australia gets crap speeds compared to the rest of the world.
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Old 14-04-2008, 08:23 PM   #63
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Old 15-04-2008, 11:18 AM   #64
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It's worse than you think.

My ping is worse than it was on 1.5 and it takes longer to browse.

The only benefits are from file downloads.

Not only that, the speed changes from 5mbps-9mbps so it's also unreliable.

As fast as that speed seems to you, it's terrible. Australia gets crap speeds compared to the rest of the world.
With ADSL generally the faster your speed the worse your pings are this is partly due to interleaving (1.5 mbit and slower does not use interleaving by default). If your ISP offers it try some different line profiles preferably one with interleaving disabled. Of course downloads will suffer slightly.
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Old 15-04-2008, 11:28 AM   #65
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It's worse than you think.

My ping is worse than it was on 1.5 and it takes longer to browse.

The only benefits are from file downloads.

Not only that, the speed changes from 5mbps-9mbps so it's also unreliable.

As fast as that speed seems to you, it's terrible. Australia gets crap speeds compared to the rest of the world.
I know you may have heard this before, but comparing one countries Internet to anothers is not really possible. Check out the population density in other countries compared to Australia. The size of this country is a limiting factor.

As for your Internet, I didn't look at your ping sorry. You should have explained why you felt your Internet was poor. What modem you using? Have you got filters set up properly in the house?

For my modem, I have made a telephone cable out of cat5e cable, and this actually improved my sync speed over the generic telephone cable I was previously using.
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Old 15-04-2008, 11:34 AM   #66
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Old 15-04-2008, 01:13 PM   #67
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Old 15-04-2008, 01:22 PM   #68
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Old 15-04-2008, 01:50 PM   #69
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Old 15-04-2008, 02:03 PM   #70
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Old 15-04-2008, 04:35 PM   #71
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Old 15-04-2008, 04:39 PM   #72
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Wow that is quick! We have a new winner! :
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Old 15-04-2008, 04:47 PM   #73
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looks like telstra put all their money into the nations capital for that new broadband stuff
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Old 15-04-2008, 05:09 PM   #74
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looks like telstra put all their money into the nations capital for that new broadband stuff
well yes that is where the money is.
but the third parties through competition will force telstra hand in the bush.
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Old 15-04-2008, 05:19 PM   #75
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Old 15-04-2008, 06:39 PM   #76
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Old 15-04-2008, 07:23 PM   #77
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second test even better.
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Old 15-04-2008, 08:32 PM   #78
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second test even better.
Gee that is an awesome result there ! :
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Old 15-04-2008, 08:42 PM   #79
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yeah i just wish it could be used on torrent's/p2p.
it's more like braging right's.
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Old 16-04-2008, 02:32 AM   #80
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Old 16-04-2008, 03:31 AM   #81
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5Mbps or 5MBps ? 5Mbps is pretty average these days (or even under average) and I doubt you get 5MBps on a residential connection.

p.s. I assume those downloaded movies are paid for, right? ...
yep. 'bully boy bill gates' and me are the best of mate's (you will use MY media players and i will have world dominence)

we get the 5meg speed at the mo. but no residential connection. it';s a dedicated connection.
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Old 18-04-2008, 08:42 PM   #82
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Old 18-04-2008, 09:56 PM   #83
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Meh, optus net cable.

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Old 19-04-2008, 10:48 AM   #84
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Old 19-04-2008, 11:22 AM   #85
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don't have a clue about our internet specs
probably telstra cable with a slow upload speed like that.
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Old 20-04-2008, 12:12 AM   #87
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what kind of connection is it?
Fibre I'm guessing.. not real sure though.
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Old 20-04-2008, 08:20 AM   #88
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