well its taken a month, a bunch of headaches and more questions than answers, but my telstra cable is finally setup.
comparison:
(and thats on a good day)
Is it worth the trouble and an extra $10 a month? if it can maintain over 10mb/s 24/7 then yes.
The provided modem/router is pretty useless... wont tell you speeds or chart usage or even let you change login username (wtf, stuck on admin forever). Now just to figure out if I can use my Fritzbox for Wifi only...