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| Thread ID: 66141 | 2006-02-12 20:20:00 | Telecom's latest UBS "offer" | gibler (49) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 429662 | 2006-02-12 22:59:00 | Ah! That's better :thumbs: | Murray P (44) | ||
| 429663 | 2006-02-12 23:18:00 | I'm indifferent, my line doesn't connect higher than ~1.5mb. Poos. | DangerousDave (697) | ||
| 429664 | 2006-02-12 23:20:00 | I'm indifferent, my line doesn't connect higher than ~1.5mb. Poos.Similar situation to my brother - but he only gets 600Kb/s, because of the distance to his exchange. However he doesn't need more than that. | Greg (193) | ||
| 429665 | 2006-02-12 23:53:00 | I am in the same boat as Greg its great news, that we in April will get a decent upload speed, but the question is how much it is going to cost :( (I have yet to read both threads & news story’s fully) |
stu161204 (123) | ||
| 429666 | 2006-02-13 00:15:00 | Dam you Telecom!! According to Stuff.co.nz - www.stuff.co.nz We are currently on Xtra Broadband adventure plan & according to the image on the above page we get 3.5M/128K :( ( The 128K sucks), & if we wanted 3.5M/512K we would have to pay $79.95!!!! (No way are we going to pay that to get better upload speed) :mad: :groan: Telecom sucks!!! :mad: :( |
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| 429667 | 2006-02-13 00:31:00 | i really dont care, im still better off on ihug, my cap is twice what it is on telecom, and everyone knows that gettting 3.5mbps is living in the clouds, telecom never delivers, NEVER, even on their 2mbps service people often only get 1mbps or slightly more. its b$, just unbundle the god damn lines! | Tux (606) | ||
| 429668 | 2006-02-13 05:11:00 | From TVNZ: tvnz.co.nz Telecom broadband offer criticised Feb 13, 2006 The founder of the internet provider Slingshot has called Telecom's latest broadband speed offer a joke. Telecom's internet service provider (ISP), Xtra, is to launch new download speeds and pricing on broadband services from April. New deals will offer the same broadband prices for both business and residential customers, which will mean a big price drop for business customers, Telecom says. The move follows a Commerce Commission ruling in December on the unbundled Bitstream Service (UBS) and a subsequent commercial agreement between Telecom and TelstraClear. But Slingshot chief executive officer Annette Presley wants the government and the Commerce Commission to create a level playing field. She wants to see the process changed so that smaller internet providers do not have to fight larger providers through the legal system. Telecom's new plans also include download speeds of up to 3.5 megabits per second (mbps) and three new services that offer an increased upload speed of 512 kilobits per second (kbps). Existing residential plans will have their download speeds increased to maximum possible speeds of either two or 3.5 mbps. Xtra will be progressively upgrading all current customers to the faster specifications for no change of price, and some plans will move to a lower price, Telecom says. A new entry level plan will also be introduced, priced from $29.95, providing what the company calls "a dollar a day broadband" for people who want a basic broadband service. "We want to attract new-to-broadband and new-to-internet customers - and this new Xtra Basic plan will help do that," says Matt Crockett general manager of Telecom's Wired Division. Telecom will make the speeds available to other ISPs on a wholesale basis. The new services will be available to customers from early April with existing customers receiving the upgraded speeds progressively from that month on, Telecom says. Still too slow Meanwhile, New Zealand's leading IT lobbyist says there's a risk internet access speeds will grow at an unacceptably slow rate if Telecom gets its way in a dispute with Call Plus, Ihug and Orcon. Telecom Users Association chief executive Ernie Newman says the three ISPs want the Commerce Commission to force Telecom to offer its wires for internet transmission at unconstrained speeds. But he says Telecom is trying to thwart Commerce Commission intervention by offering access at 3.5 megabytes per second. Ihug and Call Plus could not be reached for comment but Orcon says it is unlikely to battle Telecom through the Commerce Commission. Source: TVNZ Interactive/RNZ |
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| 429669 | 2006-02-13 05:26:00 | i really dont care, im still better off on ihug, my cap is twice what it is on telecom, and everyone knows that gettting 3.5mbps is living in the clouds, telecom never delivers, NEVER, even on their 2mbps service people often only get 1mbps or slightly more. its b$, just unbundle the god damn lines!I'll definitely be considering switching back to ihug if they can offer larger caps and faster upload speeds without having to switch tolls, but you have to remember that it isn't always the ISP's fault if you don't get full speed connections with every site. There are many sites whose owners refuse to invest in good hosting and thus the share a 100Mbps connection between hundreds of sites and thousands of users, thus resulting in slow download speeds. :) | maccrazy (6741) | ||
| 429670 | 2006-02-13 05:32:00 | Telecom's new plans havent improved at all. They all have severe restrictions with respect to data caps. What is the point in having speed improvements when you just hit your data cap faster? The prices have hardly changed at all. If you want faster upload speeds, you pay through the roof. The low price entry-level plan at 29.95 is a joke with a 200mb data limit. When will Telecom stop taking its customers for fools and start bringing us into the 21st Century? Summary of how crap Telecom plans are (they aren't cheaper at all): www.smnz.org |
manicminer (4219) | ||
| 429671 | 2006-02-13 05:34:00 | So are they upgrading the upload speed for free, or do you get the download speed for free & have to pay extra to upgrade your upload speed? | Greven (91) | ||
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