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

[Michael Adams]

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.