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| 1105696 | 2010-06-01 08:48:00 | I have been an Xtra customer for years now except for a period some time back with Paradise. Am just signing up for their "Total Home Lite", which is $80 for landline and broadband and other bits and pieces. Now my query is - the possible terms are 12 or 24 months. If I sign up for 24 months then I get a free Thomson modem. I have an existing D-Link G604T, which is ADSL2 compatible and works pretty well. The seller from Telecom says that the Thomson modem TG585 is more modern and we would get faster internet as a result. That seems quite likely, but is he correct please ? Their description of the modem is here - www.telecom.co.nz Please advise if you can - would I get better speeds :confused: Thanks Misty |
Misty (368) | ||
| 1105697 | 2010-06-01 08:53:00 | Try both you'll soon find out. Altho the Thomson doesnt have Ethernet ports like the Dlink does it? Is the plan ADSL2? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1105698 | 2010-06-01 09:34:00 | Yehp, it will be faste, marginaly only, BUT youl use less broadband due to the better design of the thompson, and the thompson wears out less. I use a thompson at the moment, just switched from a d-link. they are horrible little modems, lmewire was alot faster in the region of 50kb per download. from 102kb avg | Mr_Olympia (7727) | ||
| 1105699 | 2010-06-01 10:07:00 | Try both you'll soon find out. Altho the Thomson doesnt have Ethernet ports like the Dlink does it? Is the plan ADSL2? Hi Speedy Yes, the plan is definitely ADSL2. Would be surprised if the Thomson didn't have Ethernet ports - I will have to check on that !! Misty |
Misty (368) | ||
| 1105700 | 2010-06-01 10:11:00 | Yehp, it will be faste, marginaly only, BUT youl use less broadband due to the better design of the thompson, and the thompson wears out less. I use a thompson at the moment, just switched from a d-link. they are horrible little modems, lmewire was alot faster in the region of 50kb per download. from 102kb avg Thanks Mr_O Are you saying that the D-Link were "horrible little modems" ?? - just checking to make sure I have picked that up. They are small ! and that limewire was faster with D-Link ? Misty |
Misty (368) | ||
| 1105701 | 2010-06-01 10:13:00 | Hi Speedy Yes, the plan is definitely ADSL2. Would be surprised if the Thomson didn't have Ethernet ports - I will have to check on that !! Misty Depending on the model, I know one of them has only got 1 port (that connects to the NIC), not 4. So, you wont be able to connect anything else to it. Unless you buy a separate switch |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1105702 | 2010-06-01 10:18:00 | Depending on which modem it is, I know one of them has only got 1 port (that connects to the NIC), not 4. So, you wont be able to connect anything else to it. Unless you buy a separate switch Hi Speedy It's the TG585, the better of the two. So that should be okay ? Cheers Misty |
Misty (368) | ||
| 1105703 | 2010-06-01 10:21:00 | I have no idea how good thomson modems are. I've got the other modem you've got. But, I'm not on a ADSL2 plan. Dont have any idea which one would be faster for limewire. I dont use P2P programs | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1105704 | 2010-06-01 10:24:00 | I have no idea how good thomson modems are. I've got the other modem you've got. But, I'm not on a ADSL2 plan. Dont have any idea which one would be faster for limewire. I dont use P2P programs I don't use P2P either Speedy :) Jim |
Misty (368) | ||
| 1105705 | 2010-06-01 10:27:00 | Err you said limewire in post 5. Thats a P2P program | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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