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| Thread ID: 86925 | 2008-02-01 20:12:00 | Upload speeds? | jason_f90 (3544) | Press F1 |
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| 636326 | 2008-02-01 20:12:00 | Just curious why the majority of ADSL plans only have 128K uploads and why a plan with 512K upload costs $20 more? We've gone from 2mbps to around 7.6mbps downloads in the past 3 years yet the upload speeds are lagging way too far behind. Personally, I'd happily sacrifice half my download speed for 1mbps uploads -.- |
jason_f90 (3544) | ||
| 636327 | 2008-02-01 20:17:00 | Tell that to Telecom and your ISP. Your not the only one. :annoyed: | wratterus (105) | ||
| 636328 | 2008-02-01 20:25:00 | Totally agree :( what a shame! Upload is as important as download IMO |
MaXimus (13013) | ||
| 636329 | 2008-02-02 01:56:00 | My RTA-230 tells me I can get 992 Kbps up, but I'm only using 160 of it. Quite sad really | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 636330 | 2008-02-02 02:08:00 | The way the ISP's look at it, is the average home user will download files more than Upload, hence the Speed difference. If you were running a PC that allows uploads / downloads for others- Eg: a web site allows downloading of programs etc, then you need to contact your ISP and advice of this. You may also then get charged differently, but if its legit they will change your speed /plan - may be like 100 questions to get them to do it. If you are using P2P programs and sharing files either legit or illegal, then good luck if you contact your ISP and have to explain why you want faster uploads. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 636331 | 2008-02-02 03:04:00 | I guess though we'll get it eventually, just like they unlimited the download | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 636332 | 2008-02-02 11:29:00 | The way the ISP's look at it, is the average home user will download files more than Upload, hence the Speed difference . If you were running a PC that allows uploads / downloads for others- Eg: a web site allows downloading of programs etc, then you need to contact your ISP and advice of this . You may also then get charged differently, but if its legit they will change your speed /plan - may be like 100 questions to get them to do it . If you are using P2P programs and sharing files either legit or illegal, then good luck if you contact your ISP and have to explain why you want faster uploads . Well TelstraClear Cable offers up 4mbit down/2mbit up plans with 10GB of data for $49 . 95 which is pretty reasonable so I don't see why ADSL can't compete with that . What's so hard about offering faster uploads? Is it because our existing infrastructure cannot handle it? The main reason I want at least a 1mbit upload is to get better online pings . 128K upload is terribly inadequate for intensive online games like Call of Duty 4, often people keep complaining that I'm warping around like a ghost . Also since "unbundling the loop", I was hoping to see ISPs offer more unique plans however the majority of them just blindly follow the sheep and more or less offer the exact same plan as others . |
jason_f90 (3544) | ||
| 636333 | 2008-02-02 13:13:00 | Well TelstraClear Cable offers up 4mbit down/2mbit up plans with 10GB of data for $49.95 which is pretty reasonable so I don't see why ADSL can't compete with that. What's so hard about offering faster uploads? Is it because our existing infrastructure cannot handle it? The main reason I want at least a 1mbit upload is to get better online pings. 128K upload is terribly inadequate for intensive online games like Call of Duty 4, often people keep complaining that I'm warping around like a ghost. Also since "unbundling the loop", I was hoping to see ISPs offer more unique plans however the majority of them just blindly follow the sheep and more or less offer the exact same plan as others. you say it like telecom cares i rang them up because i cant connect to ea link from my house (its a problem on their end) so i have to take my comp to someones house just to connect to ea link so i can update bf2142 with ns, they said its nothing to do with them its all on ea's end, but after providing them with all kinds of tests and ping results and god knows what else they said to me that its my problem i have to deal with it, couldn't believe how bloody rude the telecom call center was, not once, but twice, its like its written on the walls: "TELL THEM ITS THEIR PROBLEM AND LAUGH" once companies start charging for speed verses charging for this bs capping crap then i will leave my "go large go slow" plan (at this rate its never going to happen) out of all the companied ive looked at, telescum is the worst provider for Internet i've come across since zed4free or whatever it was lol, if it weren't for go large i would've already changed. cod4 lags liek hell for me too, middle of a scrim and BOOM LAG DEAD, battlefeild 2142, lags out, disconnected from ea master server, its bloody rediculous |
Codex (3761) | ||
| 636334 | 2008-02-02 21:23:00 | The " Go Large" was a promotion thing I feel to try and get more customers. Read the Blog Here (blogs.pcworld.co.nz) From PC worlds home page. As I mentioned before The way the ISP's look at it, is the average home user will download files more than Upload, hence the Speed difference. Well TelstraClear Cable offers up 4mbit down/2mbit up plans with 10GB of data for $49.95 So whats the Problem ? Go with Telstra if the plan suits. The down side is of course thats Cable, not ADSL, but Telstra do have ADSL, so if cables not an option they may be able to do something to suit. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 636335 | 2008-02-02 21:59:00 | How is cable (as opposed to ADSL) a downside? | Erayd (23) | ||
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