[nzlug] ./ - broadband isn't,broadband unless its at least 2Mbps

Robin Sheat robin at kallisti.net.nz
Sun May 20 14:42:43 NZST 2007


On Sunday 20 May 2007 13:03:47 David McNab wrote:
> and bang on 5pm on weekdays, my torrents slow from around 100kB/s down
> to 0.25kB/s.
I think there is some actual throttling going on there, I get ~150kB/s at 
night, and about 10 during the day on torrents, but I can download from an 
FTP site during the day at upwards of 200kB/s.


> > [Xtra's] existing plans are still ludicrously expensive... 2c/Mb excess
> > usage?!)
> They need to charge that to pay for the TV ads
It'd be funny if it didn't seem so likely....

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