[hblug] Unleashed - yeah right..[OT]

[t94xr]

*cough*
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3851225a11275,00.html
*cough*

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Adams" <mbadams at paradise.net.nz>
To: "Hawke's Bay Linux User Group" <hblug at linux.net.nz>
Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: [hblug] Unleashed - yeah right..[OT]


> On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 10:24:45 +1300
> chris morris wrote:
>
>> Anyone here bothered to reboot their routers and check the speed of
>> their "unleashed broadband" ?
>> As of the 26th all those on ADSL plans such as PDQMax should have no
>> speed limits on their download and upload speeds.
>>
>> Some interesting info here
>> http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/tux-love/2006/10/hey_hey_its_max_day.html
>>
>> It seems removing a limit (that couldn't be reached anyway due to over
>> subscribed lines etc) has had little effect on the actual
>> download/upload speeds obtained in the real world..
>>
>> My pre-MAX measured speed on my "old" 3.5/.512 plan was about 1600kbps
>> down and 300kbps up.
>>
>> Now that the "restrictions" have been lifted, my download speed is
>> roughly half of what it used to be.
>>
>> wonderful...
>
> Try at different times of day. If you try during business hours it
> sucks. It is throttled to balance load which means slower at high use
> times.
>
> -- 
> Michael
> Those that can, do; those that can't, teach.
>
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