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| Thread ID: 109079 | 2010-04-23 08:52:00 | Hello Slingshot | --Wolf-- (128) | PC World Chat |
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| 879319 | 2010-04-23 08:52:00 | FINALLY got around to getting my ass off Xnet... Changed to Slingshot because they had a good plan (FS down and 15gb a month) for only a few bucks more than Xnet and the "download as much as you want in the stupid hours of the morning and not use any of your monthly usage" thing appealed to me. Anyway point is, did a test same time the other night on Xnet on Slingshots speed test, got 0.76mb down....well over 100 ping... Just did a test now, first night on Slingshot, same site (wonder if it shows a slightly higher speed for their own customers?), roughly same time... Download Speed: 25916 kbps (3239.5 KB/sec transfer rate) Upload Speed: 130 kbps (16.3 KB/sec transfer rate) Latency: 34 ms Jitter: 1 ms Packet Loss: 0 % Whoa.....25mb down....I know i'll never actually get that but everythings loading/buffering soo much faster. Point is, GET OFF XNET. |
--Wolf-- (128) | ||
| 879320 | 2010-04-23 12:41:00 | Very nice! | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 879321 | 2010-04-23 23:38:00 | Nice until you need customer service.... it's run by psychotic clowns. | KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 879322 | 2010-04-24 01:17:00 | "download as much as you want in the stupid hours of the morning and not use any of your monthly usage" thing appealed to me. yea. been with slingshot for ages now, i let my downloads run in the night when data is free :thumbs:, i think i used up 80GB of free data on my first month on slingshot's new plans. Download Speed: 16470 kbps (2058.8 KB/sec transfer rate) Upload Speed: 615 kbps (76.9 KB/sec transfer rate) Latency: 7 ms Jitter: 0 ms Packet Loss: 0 % |
ronyville (10611) | ||
| 879323 | 2010-04-24 01:41:00 | Download Speed: 25916 kbps (3239.5 KB/sec transfer rate) Upload Speed: 130 kbps (16.3 KB/sec transfer rate) Latency: 34 ms Jitter: 1 ms Packet Loss: 0 % Whoa.....25mb down.... Nice, but pity about the upstream being so low How far are you from the cabinet\exchange? |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 879324 | 2010-04-24 10:49:00 | Not too worried about the upload...never been on a FS upload plan. No idea how far, is there a test to find out or would I have to ring? Also question: I have a D-link router (which they don't support), but setting it up the Slingshot tech guy told me to enter "username@jetbuster.co.nz" , which I did (obviously with my username and password) and it works, but in the email they say to enter "username@slingshot.co.nz"...what the hell is jetbuster? |
--Wolf-- (128) | ||
| 879325 | 2010-04-24 11:26:00 | This will tell you: www.telecomwholesale.co.nz AFAIK you don't *need* to authenticate these days with most ISP's, as physical access to the line is enough to prove you are "authorized". I had a client who had been with Orcon for several months but were using their old Maxnet username to authenticate in the Router because nobody had told them to change it. So, when I upgraded their router, I used user@jetstreamgames.co.nz / password (I think that was it) and it too worked. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 879326 | 2010-04-24 11:30:00 | Can you post what you think of it after a week wolf? Might join them if they are really good. | nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 879327 | 2010-04-24 11:46:00 | This will tell you: www.telecomwholesale.co.nz AFAIK you don't *need* to authenticate these days with most ISP's, as physical access to the line is enough to prove you are "authorized". Not really, It will tell you which cabinet you are on but it doesn't say where the cabinet is. To do that, you have to go looking along your street until you find a green box with the cabinet number on it.... They authenticate by the line's phone number now, not username\password. I was told this when I asked if I could use my account at a friends house, so he could download some things without infringing on his data cap. (I have 2Mbit and he has 17Mbit so it would have been much better if he could have used my account at his house) Obviously they used to authenticate with the username and password in the router some years ago, but not anymore. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 879328 | 2010-04-24 11:47:00 | To do that, you have to go looking along your street until you find a green box with the cabinet number on it . . . . Really . Well why did Xnet could only provide me 1 . 8Mbit a few yrs back :groan: The green box is like 10m from my letter box . |
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