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| Thread ID: 50560 | 2004-10-24 20:44:00 | My Jetstream Plan - Speed v Cost | alisam (4427) | Press F1 |
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| 284270 | 2004-10-24 20:44:00 | I am on the Jetstream Home 500 plan ie 2mbps, 500mb allowance, $59/month. I am certain I get nowhere near a 2mbps connection and the NZDSL Speedtest shows 858.9 Kbps or 105.3 Kbytes/sec. (after downloading the registry tweak). I did ask Xtra at the time about the speed and I seem to remember them saying that even though I was close to the Exchange, the Exchange could only handle 1Mbps (approx 18 months ago) I am thinking of changing to the new Everyday plan ie 1mbps and a 1gigabyte limit for $44.95. The extra allowance isn't really an issue, but I thought that since I don't get a 2mbps connection at present, plus its cheaper then I may as well switch. Any thoughts? Would you switch? |
alisam (4427) | ||
| 284271 | 2004-10-24 20:50:00 | I would switch. I you can't get anymore than 1Mbps then why pay for it? Plus you'll be getting 1GB limit (albeit still unreasonably pathetic for a fast connection) instead of 500mb as before - for alot cheaper. |
barmypom (6048) | ||
| 284272 | 2004-10-24 21:50:00 | I would. Why not? Currently, your paying for services that you cannot get... simply helping Telecom make more profit! Not only is it cheaper, you can also use 1gb a month instead of just 500mb. Your speeds will not be affected, because 1mbps is all that your exchange can handle anyway. |
~~~~~ s y ~~~~~ (2054) | ||
| 284273 | 2004-10-24 23:43:00 | You're not even reaching the 1mb speed cap set by Telecom for those new plans, couldn't you get the $40 plan with 1gb at 256k - unless you need the extra speed of course. - David |
DangerousDave (697) | ||
| 284274 | 2004-10-25 01:37:00 | > You're not even reaching the 1mb speed cap set by > Telecom for those new plans, couldn't you get the $40 > plan with 1gb at 256k - unless you need the extra > speed of course . They are now gone and replaced by the 2Gb/192Kb speed connection . The Surf plans are gone . I would take one of the new ones as they are the same price as the surf plans were and cheaper then full JetStream . |
Big John (551) | ||
| 284275 | 2004-10-25 22:16:00 | > Would you switch? Definitly |
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