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| 257733 | 2004-08-03 01:02:00 | NZ Herald Article (www.nzherald.co.nz) Telecom trimming JetStream options 03.08.2004 By PAUL BRISLEN Telecom plans further consolidation of its JetStream line-up with the JetStream games realm next on the chopping block. |
nzStan (440) | ||
| 257734 | 2004-08-03 01:55:00 | nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo now how will i download my horribly oversized game mods? :'( (goes and crys in a corner) |
lagbort (5041) | ||
| 257735 | 2004-08-03 02:01:00 | > now how will i download my horribly oversized game > mods? That's why we have Work connections after-hours, or currently flat-rate 256kbps JetStream Surf plans ;-) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 257736 | 2004-08-03 02:19:00 | yes but even on 256k 1gb takes quite a while to download | lagbort (5041) | ||
| 257737 | 2004-08-03 02:20:00 | hmmm......Thats ruined my day,seems my recent purchase of 1942 was a waste of time. Looks like i shall once again start looking for a Telescum alternative,i shall see if i can get away from using any of there services,I wonder if they ever consider that pack raping there customers is counter-productive. |
metla (154) | ||
| 257738 | 2004-08-03 03:44:00 | Unlikely, Telecom still have too much control. If they can get away charging more and offering less and still keep the lion's share of the market why would they change? Besides Telecom is still having far too much fun shafting everyone, precisely why I went with Telstra. Now if only Telstra would invest a bit more money and make their network a bit larger so the rest of the country can switch, then we may see some changes. | Sb0h (3744) | ||
| 257739 | 2004-08-03 05:55:00 | This has got to be the worst news ever for people on the Gb rated plans (not unlimited). It's also bad for the people with the "unlimited plans", they'll be over their cap in no time and will be cut down to 64kb/s which is probably terrible for gaming. I think all the Jetstream gamer's in the country will be on a riot over this. |
kiki (762) | ||
| 257740 | 2004-08-03 06:06:00 | jetstream@telecom.co.nz or 0800 738 738 |
nzStan (440) | ||
| 257741 | 2004-08-03 06:12:00 | Online gaming doesn't use that much data - my son and I am online gaming quite a bit and have never exceeded 10 gigs - 6 was the most any month and that included a few mp3s and mpegs that month. T he JSG Realm pings weren't any better than normal 256k pings anyway, it's latency, not bandwidth that matters (as it happens my latency has turned to custard but that's another story). What I will miss is the ability to download game mods, patches, drivers, videos and so on from the JSG FTP at full speed. J :( |
Jester (13) | ||
| 257742 | 2004-08-03 06:25:00 | Jester, The JSG realm used to be really really good. This is from a couple of years ago. Recently it has turn to custard. Playing Battlefield 1942 can chew up 30MB per hour. And like you say - the JSG FTP server is a marvelous source for downloading demo games, patches, Linix distro, movies etc at full ADSL speed. |
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