| Forum Home | ||||
| Press F1 | ||||
| Thread ID: 70666 | 2006-07-12 01:27:00 | Broadband Installation - Can you believe this????? | Bob_Bond (10568) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 470189 | 2006-07-20 08:53:00 | I recently got a $150 refund from telescum for my slow broadband speeds (similar to yours). They told me that yes the line is congested at peak times but no, there are no plans to upgrade the exchange at this time. So they know there is a problem, they know its their fault, and they are not going to fix it. Once I rack up another 3 months of slow service I will be demanding another $150 refund. |
DeSade (984) | ||
| 470190 | 2006-07-20 08:59:00 | ...being that 1 kilobyte equals 8.192 kilobitsUmmm.... what? No it doesn't - 1 kilobyte equals exactly 8 kilobits. 1 Byte = 8 bits 1 Kilobyte = 1024 Bytes (8 bits X 1024), or 8192 Bits 1 Kilobit = 1024 Bits So: 1 Kilobyte (8192) divided by 1 Kilobit (1024) = exactly 8 |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 470191 | 2006-07-20 13:21:00 | Ummm.... what? No it doesn't - 1 kilobyte equals exactly 8 kilobits. 1 Byte = 8 bits 1 Kilobyte = 1024 Bytes (8 bits X 1024), or 8192 Bits 1 Kilobit = 1024 Bits So: 1 Kilobyte (8192) divided by 1 Kilobit (1024) = exactly 8 Seeing as I was referring to internet and not data storage conventions - Kilobit From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The standard definition is 1 kilobit = 10(to the power of)3 = 1,000 bits. In the context of storage-memory and address-space sizes, the alternative binary definition of 2(to the power of)10 = 1,024 bits is occasionally used (see Binary prefix), although this usage is ambiguous. Link en.wikipedia.org Certain units are always understood as decimal even in computing contexts. For example, hertz (Hz), which is used to measure clock rates of electronic components, and bit/s, used to measure bit rate. So a 1 GHz processor performs 1,000,000,000 clock ticks per second, a 128 kbit/s MP3 stream consumes 128,000 bits (16 kB, 15.625 KiB) per second, and a 1 Mbit/s Internet connection can transfer 1,000,000 bits (125 kB, approx 122 KiB) per second (assuming an 8-bit byte, and no overhead). |
straitjacket (9698) | ||
| 470192 | 2006-07-20 13:32:00 | straitjacket, it would be better to back out gracefully, counting frequencies and counting in binary are only superficially similar. | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 470193 | 2006-07-20 13:33:00 | So Bob, apart from dish out refunds, are they actually gonna do anything about your speeds? | straitjacket (9698) | ||
| 470194 | 2006-07-20 13:35:00 | straitjacket, it would be better to back out gracefully, counting frequencies and counting in binary are only superficialy similar. granted, but I never learned to back down gracefully, and I especially missed the lesson on "keep your mouth shut and let ppl think you're stupid...etc" :o |
straitjacket (9698) | ||
| 470195 | 2006-07-20 15:27:00 | Thank the Great Gaea for your perseverance. This makes very depressing but familiar reading. I bet you live in the Western Hills? I had half the same runaround but only half because I actually believed all the lies and gave up and am stuck with dialup. I hold no hope for unbundling. I do hope this message gets to Cunliffe and every electoral politician going. I will start all over agin now. |
Apteryx (294) | ||
| 470196 | 2006-07-20 20:23:00 | So Bob, apart from dish out refunds, are they actually gonna do anything about your speeds? Well I don't know, straitjacket . I was going to wait for them to at least sort out the discount regarding the connection before getting stuck in on the speed issue, but after reading some of the posts above I think I might at least start querying the speeds now though . . . . . . . . maybe I'll wait till after my PAS (part of the CA exam buildup thing) workshop this weekend . I bet you live in the Western Hills? No, Apteryx, actually otherside of the city . I live up on the hill above Scorching Bay . Part of the problem (as they tell me) is that the nearest exchange is the Miramar exchange (which is about 5kms away) . It's pretty dumb that the only exchange on the whole Miramar peninsula is in Miramar, which leaves large suburbs like Strathmore and Seatoun so far from the exchange that they can't get broadband at any reasonable speeds . Especially since we all know who lives in Seatoun <koff> Peter "I can direct anything" Jackon <koff> . (Maybe he gets a direct fibre optic cable run to his house . . . . . . . or isn't within 100 metres of a Telstra cable - ROFL) . :D |
Bob_Bond (10568) | ||
| 470197 | 2006-07-20 21:45:00 | I recently got a $150 refund from telescum for my slow broadband speeds (similar to yours). They told me that yes the line is congested at peak times but no, there are no plans to upgrade the exchange at this time. So they know there is a problem, they know its their fault, and they are not going to fix it. Once I rack up another 3 months of slow service I will be demanding another $150 refund. Really? They know mine isn't peak times, its all the time. And I get the refund each month, not after 3.....its permanently on my file now, so at least I can skip the helpdesk and just go straight to accounts and don't have to go through the whole whinge every time now. I've been encouraging everyone else off my exchange to do the same too. When the total cost of refunding everyone exceeds or matches the cost of fixing the exchange then they'll fix it. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1 2 3 | |||||