[nzlug] Broadband bandwidth drop: WTF?

[Cliff Pratt]

Robin Sheat wrote:
> On Monday 21 January 2008 20:05:03 Cliff Pratt wrote:
> 
>> I think that the 2Mbps is a *maximum* that you can get under ideal 
>> conditions (eg distance from the exchange, quality of line come
>> into it). Most people get less than that - many a lot less than
>> that.
> 
> The maximum for an ADSL line is something like 8Mb (I think). An
> average line should be able to reach 2Mb quite happily. For example,
> I'm currently connected at 7616 Kbps, although the actual rate I get
> depends on things like the time of day (as apparently Telecom is
> quite bad about over-committing their DSLAMs).
> 
Ah yes, of course. But if he is being sold 2Mbps that still won't be
guaranteed, will it?

Cheers,

Cliff