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| 186491 | 2003-10-25 09:38:00 | Has anyone used "Sliptream Jetbuster"? They claim to make your"JetStart" run at 256k instead of 128k. These figures have got to be wishfull thinking, as in my experience JetStart can be slower than Dial-Up. At the moment it is going to sleep & takes ages to connect. Last night it went off line completely for a couple of hours. |
Mzee (158) | ||
| 186492 | 2003-10-25 10:10:00 | Its just Jetstream Starter with ISP caching of commonly accessed data. Downloads are still 128k For light duty surfing, some advantage I guess, but for file downloads, none. My Jetstream Starter runs fine. You obviously have a problem there, but its simply not correct to label all JS Starter services as poor. I use an ethernet connected router, its connected 24/7 (even though the computers are not) and apart from a failure on the Telecom platform last year for a few hours, its never been off line. Last week they must have had a small oops, as my speed was 2 Mb + for most of the time, but back to 128 kB now. Even at 128kb, its at least 4 x the speed of my dial-up, and never drops below 16 kB/s data transfer, which is dead right for 128 kb (128 / 8 = 16) |
godfather (25) | ||
| 186493 | 2003-10-26 22:16:00 | > Last week they must have had a small oops, as my > speed was 2 Mb + for most of the time, but back to > 128 kB now . That small "opps" only affect Xtra ADSL/JetStream Starter customers . > Even at 128kb, its at least 4 x the speed > of my dial-up, and never drops below 16 kB/s data > transfer, which is dead right for 128 kb (128 / 8 = > 16) Just a question here, I thought that the max speed you can do on a 128K connection is 20KB/s ?? Not 16KB/s |
stu140103 (137) | ||
| 186494 | 2003-10-26 22:24:00 | I did the maths for you above Stu. 128k/bits per second 8 bits to a Byte 128/8=16 16 kB/s Subtract from that the overhead (error correction bits, control bits) and add to that the effect of compression. They tend to cancel out, and apart from the "surge" effect at the beginning of a file, always sit in the 16 - 17 kB/s range for me, where they should. How do you calculate the 20 kB/s? |
godfather (25) | ||
| 186495 | 2003-10-26 22:35:00 | > How do you calculate the 20 kB/s? That is ( I think) what my dad said. |
stu140103 (137) | ||
| 186496 | 2003-10-27 01:59:00 | > That small "opps" only affect Xtra ADSL/JetStream > Starter customers. No it didn't - it was network wide. |
whiskeytangofoxtrot (438) | ||
| 186497 | 2003-10-27 08:38:00 | I think they have some extra compression and somewhat degraded images thrown in there to get the "speed" up. | Rod ger (316) | ||
| 186498 | 2003-10-27 09:04:00 | > > That small "opps" only affect Xtra ADSL/JetStream > > Starter customers. > > No it didn't - it was network wide. I do not think so, I never got that speed boost that GF & a few other PF1 got, so it was Not network wide, if it was I would of got it as well..... |
stu140103 (137) | ||
| 186499 | 2003-10-27 09:22:00 | A few ihug jetstart customters I know got much faster speeds on ADSL. I didn't notice a difference using orcon though. | segfault (655) | ||
| 186500 | 2003-10-27 09:43:00 | After using a dial-up connection with Xtra for yonks ( about 5 years ) I have to say that the connection worked fine. I never had to use the help desk apart from finding someones password which they forgot when the hard disk was reformatted. I now pay $61.88 GST included for a Broadband connection which can go up to 11 Mps. Normally I get 64 Kbps for downloads. Uploads I don't know about as I haven't checked them yet. I upload to the odd Web site I made but haven't bothered to check as it takes a few minutes. Over the last couple of days I downloaded Mandrake Linux 9.1. Three CDs. I had Saturday off work and built a computer. BTW..... I live in the boondocks...... Tokoroa. |
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