Chuckmeister Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 I just got my new internet connection going from iiNET on their new Dslam account which is an uncapped connection. I must live close to the exchange because the open speed is 800k sec and I'm getting 765k per second. I've just checked on the heaviest thread on the Perth forum which was a photo competition... and also checked my photobucket account and it would appear that there is no loading time I thought this day would never come Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mezzacam Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 I, Am so damn jealous I have 1.5mb Telstra ADSL and it goes at around 130 - 150kb... I'd KILL to live closer to an exchange and get uncapped... You are so lucky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gianniz Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 may i ask how much you are paying for that service? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamking Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 I am on the 1.5mb Telstra ADSL but i am switching to iinet i hate the speeds after i get capped. I wont be on the uncapped plan. It isn't availiable in my area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckmeister Posted March 2, 2005 Author Share Posted March 2, 2005 49.95 I think I'm paying. It is only available in the areas where they have installed there own infrastructure though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Tang Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 doh! - i'm on 512/128 and get average download of 35k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mezzacam Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 Hah, Yeah 512 isn't all it's cracked up to be. I'd probally either get 256kb, or 1.5mb... That's my thoughts on the topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burek Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 I got Dial Up well good enougth to play Diablo 2 online you are lucky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucifer Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 Using dial up will cost you just as much or even more then getting boardband cost of those connection you have to do everyday they all add up in the end for $50 a month you get fast internet, faster download, bla bla bla........ im no ISP, so please leave me alone its just my 2 cents worth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 ahhh broadband. i remember the days when I was young and had that. when it first got connected back in 1999 to optus cable, man it was awesome. 600+ kbps, instant loading of pages. then everyone started to use it. now its lucky to get over 300kbps. that was at my parents, so i got to enjoy it in the early days, now I have my own place and only have access to satellite for broadband. so dialup it is for me. it sucks going from broadband to dialup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
show Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 well im on 1500 and loving it , not a bad price aswell for what ive got $55 a month and 12 gig downloads , plus some extra's well worth the upgrade i think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrOrange Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 Chuck its not 'uncapped' as such. You still have a limit. Your connection will get shaped once you reach your bandwidth quota and your connection speed will be reduced dramatically I'd be on the iinet plans if they still allowed free WAIX access.. WAIX is still free but counts towards your monthly quota Hopefully telstra gets the hint and removes the restrictions on its infrastructure so the other isps can start offering faster speeds as well. IInet have hit the nail on the head this time, they must be killing the other ISPs hahah Either way, im still jealous of your 800kb/s transfer speed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.d.m Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 but the iinet adsl 2 has 10gb peak and 10 gb off peak before shaping , all for $49.95 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckmeister Posted March 3, 2005 Author Share Posted March 3, 2005 Well I've had a bit more time to play around now that I've settled a little Local servers are downloading at about 700-750k per second. I downloaded a game demo off iiNET's server which was 25meg. Firefox starts to download files even as your picking a directory to save it in, and by the time I picked my download directory and pushed OK the file was half downloaded. About another 20 sec's and the whole file was done I've tried a couple of overseas servers and one went as low as 250k per second I think there will be a variation on things like server equipment etc for different sites but all in all its still damn quick. I went from Telstra's 25k adsl to dial up for 10-15 days while waiting for this, to the speed I'm on now, so the speed is awesome coming of dialup. Mr Orange - I actually said that the line was uncapped. When signing, they will only tell you that the minimum speed you will get is 150k up to 800k depending on your location to the exchange. With shaping, I've got 10/10 gig before this applies but for another 10bucks I can get 20/20 gig. Also uploading does not enter any equasions which is nice, though I dont upload much. Uploads are up at 100k sec though I haven't tryed anything yet. The other thing I noticed coming off telstra to iiNET is Service. I'm actually getting some Chuck Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrOrange Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 Hah yeah, i read your post wrong Bet your loving every minute of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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