[Waverley ARS] RE- ISP bandwidth

[Bruce]

Just beware Eddie;

*if you go VOIP with TPG you MUST purchase one of their VOIP modems when you
sign up and monthly payments by CC no DD
*if you have any problems, their help desk are 'script-jockeys'
[Although there is an alternate way of getting help from within Australia
;-) ]

You might also want to find out your distance from the exchange and quality
of service before you get too excited over speed. I'm 2.8 klms from exchange
so the maximum _theoretical_ speed is 9mbit but do I not achieve anywhere
near that (thanks testra for crappy lines and pits that fill with water when
it rains).
A case here of sacrificing speed for a stable connection.

Having said all that, I've been on ADSL2+ 30gig since July last year with
TPG without too many dramas.

73
Bruce
Vk2jai


-----Original Message-----
From: members-bounces at us.cactii.net [mailto:members-bounces at us.cactii.net]
On Behalf Of Eddie Hanham
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 12:24 PM
To: Binu VU2NGB
Cc: members at vk2bv.org
Subject: Re: [Waverley ARS] RE- ISP bandwidth

Thanks Simon for recommendations and Binu for testing site.

I have Bigpond Cable, did the test and got 598/114 Kb/s and latency 
of 229ms from Palo Alto CA. Got 470/118 and Latency 169ms from NY on 
Good Friday.

Pay $57 per month (with 10% discount with phone) for 10Gig 
(unlimited) with shaping down to 56kb when over ; one email and an 
additional @ $1 per month. Pay for upload and download combined.

Seems ADSL 2 much better performance per buck and TPG better ISP.

Don't have Optus and thinking of going TPG ADSL2 and VOIP phone.

Any other comments.

Eddie
VK2BEH


> My ISP is internode on their  HOME-Extreme-Value plan paying 
$60/month and 
> getting 20GB download..
> I just did the speed test and the result is 5770 / 874 (Kbps) when tested 
> with the ISP and with a server in CA, it was 1532 / 798(Kbps).
> You can do speed tests at http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest
> 
> So far I am very happy with the service. Less down time compared to iiNet 
> (old Ozemail) and ADSL2+ is good too
> even though I am more than 3km away from the exchange.
> 
> You can compare the prices against the service at 
> http://bc.whirlpool.net.au/
> 
> Cheers,
> Binu
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Simon Buxton" <sb at cactii.net>
> To: <members at vk2bv.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 9:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [Waverley ARS] RE- ISP bandwidth
> 
> 
> > Eddie
> >
> > We have ADSL2+ here from TPG for the 18Gb limit service at 24/1Mb and
> > fixed IP for $50 per month - much cheaper than the slower ADSL1 since
> > lower Telstra fees are paid by ISP. If we exceed our download, the line
> > is restricted to 256/256kb. You may not need the same download limit
> > unless you import a lot of video stuff, so could be cheaper. Also unlike
> > bigpond they don't charge uploads against your usage (essential when you
> > have a server or send huge emails).
> >
> > For details see
> > http://www.tpg.com.au/products_services/adsl2plus_pricing.php
> >
> > 73 Simon
> >
> > Eddie Hanham wrote:
> >>
> >> PS:         My TLS bandwidth reduced to 56k again so looking for
> >> another ISP!!
> >>
> >>
> >>
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