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Thread ID: 115866	2011-02-07 04:19:00	How is this possible ?	hotkiwi (6379)	PC World Chat

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1175900	2011-02-07 04:19:00	my broadband connection is with Paradise (Telstra Clear). I livge in Albany, just north of Auckland. I have a 2 MBps connection. Speedtest.net gives me average speeds of 150-250 kBps. If I complain about it, then for about a week it goes up to 0.8 MBps, onl;y to drop the week thereafter again to 150-250. I conclude that my phonecall has impact. How can that happen? What do they technically do to give me that pathetic temporary improvement in speed. Is this a sign that another ISP may achieve far better results with the same exchange?	hotkiwi (6379)
1175901	2011-02-07 04:45:00	Paradise does not rate that high, you might be better off with a tin and some string.	DeSade (984)
1175902	2011-02-07 05:16:00	I have a 2 MBps connection What is the actual plan ? Telstra dont have a Cable plan at that speed,or are you on ADSL with Telstra -- If its ADSL, that type , used to be called PDQ, is not that stable. Cable as far better. if its Cable: All but their top end plan is --- Up to 15 Mbps / 2 Mbps Their plans (www.telstraclear.co.nz) My line speed sits on average of 13-14 Mbps. Its higher later at night - less traffic. Do a real speed test - Speednet is to inconsistent. Go to This one in Aussie (http://www.ozspeedtest.com/) - select the 3 or 9 MB test - (9 is more accurate) According to speedtest, my upload is almost twice as fast as my download ----- errrrrr NO! Edited: Heres my results @ 6.15pm Data: 9 MB Test Time: 5.2 secs Your line speed is 14.54 Mbps (14536 kbps). Your download speed is 1.77 MB/s (1817 KB/s).	wainuitech (129)
1175903	2011-02-07 07:53:00	It will be ADSL as it is in Albany.	mikebartnz (21)
1175904	2011-02-07 10:00:00	Yes, that is correct. It is ADSL and it is their PDQ package. the PDQ package has a major pricing advantage. it adds 10 GB blocks when required, and only then you pay 11 $ for the next pack. Als Telstra, speak paradise ignores ongoing questions to look at why the connection is too slow (everytime you get them on the phone after a 45 minute wait, they want you to go through the whole exercise of unplugging ADSL filters etc etc again; waste of time). I will ow try nznet.co.nz. See what they can do with their 100 GB plan for 99 bucks.	hotkiwi (6379)
1175905	2011-02-07 10:03:00	My results with my 2 MB Paradise pack: Data: 3 MB Test Time: 45.81 secs Your line speed is 535 kbps (0.53 Mbps). Your download speed is 67 KB/s (0.07 MB/s).	hotkiwi (6379)
1175906	2011-02-07 10:05:00	What is the actual plan ? Telstra dont have a Cable plan at that speed,or are you on ADSL with Telstra -- If its ADSL, that type , used to be called PDQ, is not that stable. Cable as far better. if its Cable: All but their top end plan is --- Up to 15 Mbps / 2 Mbps Their plans (www.telstraclear.co.nz) My line speed sits on average of 13-14 Mbps. Its higher later at night - less traffic. Do a real speed test - Speednet is to inconsistent. Go to This one in Aussie (http://www.ozspeedtest.com/) - select the 3 or 9 MB test - (9 is more accurate) According to speedtest, my upload is almost twice as fast as my download ----- errrrrr NO! Edited: Heres my results @ 6.15pm Data: 9 MB Test Time: 5.2 secs Your line speed is 14.54 Mbps (14536 kbps). Your download speed is 1.77 MB/s (1817 KB/s). i just did that 9MB test line speed: 2.29Mbps download speed: 286KB/s :(	GameJunkie (72)
1175907	2011-02-07 10:48:00	On Telecom (a little south of Albany, but north of the Bridge - ADSL2+ with interleaving off): Test run on 07/02/2011 @ 09:41 PM Mirror: Optus Data: 9 MB Test Time: 10.08 secs Your line speed is 7.5 Mbps (7497 kbps). Your download speed is 937 KB/s (0.92 MB/s). *** And according to my modem: 924MB/s down/ 17,226 MB/s up *** And on Speedtest.net to an Auckland server:	johcar (6283)
1175908	2011-02-08 08:51:00	Not bad guys, interesting what different speeds in a 5 km zone........ Paradise/Telstra Clear is crap. I switch to NZnet	hotkiwi (6379)
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