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Thread ID: 74172 2006-11-13 21:19:00 Telstra cable broadband - user experiences? aros (11463) Press F1
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498831 2006-11-13 21:19:00 I'll be interested to know whether people are getting anything like the advertised speeds on Telstra broadband (specifically cable, NOT adsl).

My area (Lower Hutt) is in the coverage area, but I currently use Xtra broadband. I'm contemplating changing, because despite being on one of the supposedly "unleashed" plans I'm getting 2 meg down and 450k up on a good day. (according to nzdsl.co.nz speedtest)

Far cry from the 3.5 down/720 up carrier speeds my router reports, and not really good value for money when you consider the competition...

What's the evening/weekend slowdown like on Telstra?

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aros (11463)
498832 2006-11-13 23:34:00 I'm in lower hutt using cable, no problems getting the 4meg down and 2meg up, although this does depend on where you are downloading from. plod (107)
498833 2006-11-14 00:45:00 I'm in Wellington on their 10M/2M plan. When downloading i average 900KB/s - 1190KB/s (approx 1MByte/s), all day. and use a download manager on slower sites. NZ pings are about 15-30ms :) dm2000 (11464)
498834 2006-11-14 03:16:00 I wish I lived in the covered areas :( byte (11156)
498835 2006-11-14 05:02:00 I'm in ChCh and I usually get between 3 and 4 Mb down and between 1.5 and 2 Mb up. But what annoys me are the mini drop outs of a few seconds that occur several times a day. TideMan (4279)
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