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| Thread ID: 28361 | 2002-12-17 09:55:00 | New Jetstream connection | Andrew B (867) | Press F1 |
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| 106924 | 2002-12-18 02:17:00 | Xtra Jetstream Starter (or JetStart) is 128Kbits with a 5GByte cap on international traffic. NZ traffic is not counted. I play 1 or 2 hours each night (my kids surf the next when I'm not around). Battlefield 1942 gobbles around 30 - 40 Mbytes per hour mainly on local NZ servers. Total traffic per month approx 2GB. If I approach the 5GB international traffic limit, I get an email. If I am close to 5GB I get a phone call from Xtra. Plus there is the JetStreamGames realm where you get full DSL speed (ie 2Mbits) free. I can download heaps of demo games from their FTP site. |
nzStan (440) | ||
| 106925 | 2002-12-18 03:57:00 | Yippeee Now THAT"S exactly the simple side-by-side 'arithmetic' I wanted - you beauty, crozier - thanks HEAPS Now I might even be able to get our telecommuter onto Jetstart as well ! |
Woof (2402) | ||
| 106926 | 2002-12-18 04:54:00 | aw gee shucks... :8} :8} :8} :8} Glad to be of help - it's only because I had to justifyit myself a few weeks ago. Enjoy it when you get it! |
crozier (2004) | ||
| 106927 | 2002-12-18 05:48:00 | There's a huge difference between full Jetstream and Starter, dependent on line conditions and distance from exchange. I'm only in a mediocre area, with potential upper limit of 6.5 Megabits per sec, and generally get between 300 - 500 KiloBytes per sec, with frequent downloads at very close to 1 MegaByte per sec - that equates to a 5 meg MP3 in about 6 seconds - Starter just doesn't compare. | Greg S (201) | ||
| 106928 | 2002-12-18 05:51:00 | Yes, but it's still fast enough for people who downloads lots of stuff and want to finish the download faster tha usual. e.g: a 10MB file takes at least 20 minutes to download on 56k but with Jetstream Starter, it takes around 5-6 minutes to download! |
utopia (2200) | ||
| 106929 | 2002-12-18 06:04:00 | nzStan, how did you get those figures for BF1942? is there some program that measures how much goes in/out? I download a lot of music videos (usually around 25-40 megs), as well as a load of other things, and generally use up around 3gig a month. 5gig (I mean, 5000 megs:)) is plenty for me. |
tango (2697) | ||
| 106930 | 2002-12-18 06:46:00 | keep in mind that Xtra/Telecom has that special deal of $99 for phone line, JS and ISP charge...a good deal and only one bill to pay. | falvrez (390) | ||
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