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Thread ID: 104818 2009-11-09 08:50:00 Telstra Clear really slow! wallarro (11242) Press F1
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828581 2009-11-09 08:50:00 Hi all,

I signed up with 20GB Lightspeed plan and was connected last Saturday.

It is really slow!
I took about 6 measurements with speedtest.net over 2 days and the average is 0.28 Mbps download, 0.22 Mbps upload and ping 170ms.

That is slower than dial-up.

I sent an e-mail to Telstra earlier today and had trouble uploading a 1 kb csv attachment from speednet.

Anybody aware if there are trouble with Telstra lately?

I live in Wellington, Johnsonville suburb.

Cheers!
wallarro (11242)
828582 2009-11-09 08:58:00 No problems here in Chch, suggest a call to their customer service.
0508 888800
ADSL or cable?
KarameaDave (15222)
828583 2009-11-09 09:54:00 Ring them and talk to them about it - there is probably something wrong (i.e. wiring not done right, faulty modem) as it shouldn't be anywhere near that slow. somebody (208)
828584 2009-11-09 10:10:00 Don't know if this is relevant or not, but I am with Telstra Clear/Paradise on cable broadband, and for the last couple of days I have been noticing very long connection times and slow data downloads. This seems to be affecting off-shore sites and I have assumed it is an external problem, not with the ISP. Jayess64 (8703)
828585 2009-11-09 12:02:00 It is really slow!
I took about 6 measurements with speedtest.net over 2 days and the average is 0.28 Mbps download, 0.22 Mbps upload and ping 170ms.

That is slower than dial-up.That is extremely unusual - sounds like there is something wrong with your particular connection. If you haven't already, give them a call. Note that they will probably want to send a tech out to your premises to take a look.


Don't know if this is relevant or not, but I am with Telstra Clear/Paradise on cable broadband, and for the last couple of days I have been noticing very long connection times and slow data downloads. This seems to be affecting off-shore sites and I have assumed it is an external problem, not with the ISP.Are you sure the issue isn't DNS-related? I haven't noticed anything like this at all (I'm on 10m down, 2m up, located in Wellington.)
Erayd (23)
828586 2009-11-09 17:59:00 I'm in J'ville, not noticed any problems.

If you're using OpenDNS, ditch it :2cents:

edit: You're not connecting over wireless, are you?
the_bogan (9949)
828587 2009-11-09 19:32:00 0.28 Mbps download, 0.22 Mbps upload
That is slower than dial-up.


Where do you get 280kbps down and 220kbps up dialup? :P

One a more helpful note, I would call instead of email, I have had much better response times contacting them by phone than email.
inphinity (7274)
828588 2009-11-09 21:04:00 Sounds like a fault,

BTW speedtest.net is a hunk of junk, worthless for speed testing as its only single source, but it looks pretty.
Battleneter2 (9361)
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