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| Thread ID: 121258 | 2011-10-18 08:27:00 | So i got a question | Ninjabear (2948) | Press F1 |
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| 1238263 | 2011-10-18 08:27:00 | Question for all of u If you sign up broadband max speed and you ask the sales rep , How fast will my broadband be and he the rep says "up to 100mbps" depending on your geographical area. Is that false advertising? We are just talking about ADSL2, not cable |
Ninjabear (2948) | ||
| 1238264 | 2011-10-18 08:48:00 | No its not false advertising -- the key words they use "up to 100mbps" that would be under ideal circumstances , they also forgot depending on the Internet speed over all, time of day, where traffic is coming from, etc. Take at the moment :mad: -- anything over seas ( mainly the USA) is either dead / pages not loading or so slow dial up would be faster, even loading PF1 had to have several goes other wise it times out. Yet earlier today I was hitting the max speed I can get on my plan 1.5MB /sec |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1238265 | 2011-10-18 09:41:00 | No. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1238266 | 2011-10-18 09:52:00 | No, it isn't false advertising. | goodiesguy (15316) | ||
| 1238267 | 2011-10-18 13:26:00 | but as we know ADSl2 cant achieve up to 100mbps . Doesn't that sound a bit fake? | Ninjabear (2948) | ||
| 1238268 | 2011-10-18 17:41:00 | It's very analogous to buying a car to use on the Auckland motorway. The car salesman is quite correct to say the car is good up to 160km/hr, however, due to circumstances beyond his and your control, there will be times when traffic volume, road works, accidents and narrowed atreries result in you going much, much slower, and at times at a crawl. | Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1238269 | 2011-10-18 17:49:00 | Up to is anything in between 0 and 100. So 1, 2, 2.5, all comes under the category. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1238270 | 2011-10-18 18:31:00 | Up to is anything in between 0 and 100. So 1, 2, 2.5, all comes under the category. It is not possible to get 100mbps on ADSL2 Up to 24Mbps would be a more reasonable response |
Safari (3993) | ||
| 1238271 | 2011-10-18 18:57:00 | For ADSL2+ I too would have presumed that 24mbps would be the maximum. If it was VDSL2, then it's entirely accurate that it *could* be up to 100mbps... |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1238272 | 2011-10-18 19:07:00 | You also have to keep in mind that you were talking to a rep -- did he have it written down on paper or show where it was advertised at a certain speed -- if not then its very hard to prove what was actually said. He also may have gotten his bits and bytes confused. :) | wainuitech (129) | ||
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