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Thread ID: 73589 2006-10-25 17:04:00 Does your broadband feel unleashed yet? Join Geoff's test Chris Keall (10417) Press F1
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494151 2006-10-27 18:53:00 ^ In another country IMO Overdrive_5000 (4950)
494152 2006-10-27 20:01:00 Xtra have shaped P2P so don't excpect anything better.
They state that they will shape p2p during peak times, its outside peak times.
my mate can easily get 100kBps on p2p even during peak times but I cant get over 30, something is wrong here.
muzzle (10342)
494153 2006-10-27 20:23:00 My heart bleeds for all you frustrated torrent & p2p types. Nothing personal, and I know it is a broad generalisation, but for years as a group you have been able to impact other users' internet speeds through excessive downloading, and now that Telecom has done something practical about it and levelled the playing field you don't like it. Well, that's how the rest of us used to feel when our broadband connections crawled.

I am now getting up to 7.25Mbps download and 468kbps up load. I have always had a full speed connection but in recent years traffic levels have kept my speeds well below maximum. I need my line for business, and my productivity is going to go up from these changes, so I'm as happy as can be right now.

No doubt there will be some improvements to the application of the "fair use" policy as traffic patterns settle down, but my bet is that the screws will soon be tightened if user abuse shows up again.

Cheers

Billy 8-{) :D
Billy T (70)
494154 2006-10-27 20:37:00 Yeah fair enough, Even http traffic is excessively slow on this end. 13KBps in fact. My connection has passed speed tests at over 4Mbps! muzzle (10342)
494155 2006-10-27 20:59:00 national traffic seems to be ok but international traffic is as slow as snail Overdrive_5000 (4950)
494156 2006-10-27 21:05:00 national traffic seems to be ok but international traffic is as slow as snail

Hmm yeah, Maybe thats what I'm experiencing here.
muzzle (10342)
494157 2006-10-27 22:13:00 They state that they will shape p2p during peak times, its outside peak times .
my mate can easily get 100kBps on p2p even during peak times but I cant get over 30, something is wrong here .

same with me, according to their policy we know that traffic will be shaped in the peak times ONLY . but it seems its shaped during off Peak aswell .

Now if i call xtra technical support and explain, they will come up with so many studpid reasons as to why this is happening . (firewall etc . . . ) .

How should we solve this by our selfs muzzle?? . you have my full support . . lol/
gum digger (6100)
494158 2006-10-27 22:36:00 every thing i use the net for is international :(
thing is i upgraded my PC for the games i like to play online
but ping is so bad i cant

since i cant play games my old duron 700 would have been fine
but now ive spent money and upgraded Pc for nothing since my games have no single players options :(
leper0666 (11197)
494159 2006-10-27 22:51:00 DATA RATE minus 15% = actual download speed*

Ihug,
data rate 6656kbps, theoretical max 5657kbps.

Speed test:
4213kbps down
132 up

Whats the deal with ihugs plans now? No offpeak.. and less data for your money. Argh

Yep every time they increase the speed they decrease the limit. It went from 40+40 to 20+40 and now just plain 20 + pay after
Big John (551)
494160 2006-10-27 23:00:00 It won't change unless you change your plan. With Ihug, if you want the $10 discount you now have to have your tolls and phone line with them for the new plans. It is no longer good enough just to have your tolls.

Where did you get that? I just changed my plan and did not bother with the homeline. Just the tolls still and the e-mail came back saying my payment is $80 per month just as it should be.
Big John (551)
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