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Thread ID: 104491 2009-10-29 05:58:00 Xnet/Christchurch net Xypher (14353) PC World Chat
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825175 2009-10-29 09:26:00 Not sure what you're complaining about Butzilla,

www.speedtest.net (http://www.speedtest.net)

My Xnet has been playing up for the last 5 months. I remember when everyone, myself included, used to recommend them. Now I wouldn't even recommend them over dial up.

Time to get some opinions on good isps atm I think.
--Wolf-- (128)
825176 2009-10-29 09:29:00 Actually you'd be surprised, you can even play WOW on Dial-Up, and I've hosted Warcraft III games for months on 128k upload. It's your latency that affects gaming, not the download speed.

O.K here's my 2cents on WorldXChange a.k.a XNET. Been a user since late 2007. VFX plan.

From 6am to 6pm, Monday to Saturday(forget Sunday), it rocks!!! You can download anything fast as. Streaming videos on Youtube, not a problem. Download speed up to 350~400kb/sec.

After 6pm to 12am and so on, OH MY!! Talking about attack of the giant LAG monsters. Speeds are slow. Forget about youtube @ night, may as well go read a book or watch TV. Joining a server and play online games like Counter-strike, it's o.k, no problem but hosting 10 players game like War3 Dota, NO WAY!!!! :( Everyone complaints about LAG and SPIKE! "NOOB host, don't host again!! ur net is crap etc.... .... " -_-

Thinking about changing isp again. May be Snap or TelstraClear. Forget Telecom...
ButtZilla (15386)
825177 2009-10-29 09:31:00 I get crap speeds all day,every day, Its been many weeks since youtube was watchable, Months and months since it was regularly watchable.

We should be taking some action against the bastards.
Metla (12)
825178 2009-10-29 17:36:00 Yup they pretty much turned to custard when they rolled out their torrent plan, it affected all other users, though interestingly enough they still wholesale off Telecom a lot.

Try TelstraClears Cable in Chch :)
Chilling_Silence (9)
825179 2009-10-29 17:53:00 Vodafone is getting slow in the evenings too now, wonder if Telecom are doing something to slow down other ISP's, I mean the roadside cabinet can almost be seen from my lounge so shouldn't be that slow gary67 (56)
825180 2009-10-29 22:25:00 Thinking about changing isp again.
perhaps thinking about changing your username instead may help.
Greg (193)
825181 2009-10-29 22:48:00 What speeds is your modem sync'ing at gary67? Is it ADSL1 or ADSL2+? AFAIK in Nelson they only have ADSL1, so it's worth contacting Vodafone and having them contact Telecom to complain of congestion, as Vodafone will probably be online wholesaling the same connection you get with Telecom. Chilling_Silence (9)
825182 2009-10-30 02:00:00 An Xnet ate my baby....

I thought you said it was the Maoris?
Cicero (40)
825183 2009-10-30 02:25:00 I thought you said it was the Maoris?

Not Maoris on Xnet?
wratterus (105)
825184 2009-10-30 02:26:00 I thought you said it was the Maoris?
Who said the two are exclusive :rolleyes:?
Erayd (23)
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