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Sorry guys, not skyline related but heck, its kinda related since we all require net to access SAU :)

Anyway, just scooped out TPG.. They have a really cheap deal goin on for ADSL connection at $79.95 a month for a 512/128 speed with free USB ADSL modem.. This is amazing.., cheapest ADSL 512 ever!!!!

I bloody went on the 256/64 plan 2 weeks ago payin $69.95 a month when 512/128 was $139.95. Can't you believe they dropped the price to $79.95 over a 2 week internal.. and now for me to switch over to 512/128 plan I have to pay extra $99 connection fee?? I Feel JIBBBEDD..

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the only people that are getting ripped is anyopne that is connected with telstra......They got what $80 for 3 gig a month...pfftt that. i pay 80 per month for 6 gig on peak and 6 gig off peak which makes a massive 12gig on 512/128 connection speed.....oh yeah and i don't get charged for downloading over my limit....they just throttle back the connection speed.....check out www.iinet.com.au......and one more thing it makes my internet cheaper than the guy who works at telstra gets it

duncan... i'm planning on hopping onto TPG as well, I'm jus guaging how the quality is... *** the tech support... what's the speeds like, how's the conjestion level, what are your peak speeds and off peak speeds like?

pavel - my sister is with DODO but generally speaking have u checked out properly if the issue is with ur provider and not ur pc or modem???

i work in Tech for another company so i dont gain anything from lying to u about ur connection...

what PC specs and modem?

Originally posted by funkymonkey

duncan... i'm planning on hopping onto TPG as well, I'm jus guaging how the quality is... *** the tech support... what's the speeds like, how's the conjestion level, what are your peak speeds and off peak speeds like?

I think the speeds were pretty average - from this thread.....

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/sh...&highlight=adsl

...I did a test at this site

http://bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/

tonites results are:

400kb/s = 21 sec for 1 mb.

As I understand it ADSL is affected by distance from exchange? we're approx 3km away from ours.

3kms? is that the length the wires travel or u have to travel... cause u could be right next door to it but the cabling to get to ur house may take 4kms

btw use a proper test like a local FTP to guage ur speed... 400kb/s is physically impossible on adsl. unless u mean 400kiloBITpersec

Originally posted by inark

pavel - my sister is with DODO but generally speaking have u checked out properly if the issue is with ur provider and not ur pc or modem???

i work in Tech for another company so i dont gain anything from lying to u about ur connection...

what PC specs and modem?

Me PC:

P 4 1.7

512 RAM

30 GIG HDD

- etc.....

56K modem: D-Link dfm-560e

My hardware is ok, its the ISP, when i signed up like 4-5 months ago it was fast, now its all SLOW!!! i might chage to http://www.neighborhoodcable.com.au/produc...lup_geelong.php

yep, kbps, not KB per second.

And yeah, 3km away, could be longer cable-wise but it is straight down a main road - i haven't checked with a tape measure :O

I just ran it again:

Details

Your raw speed was 375182.44 bits per second which is the same as:

Communications

375.2 kilobits per second

How communication devices are rated. Kilo means 1,000 and mega means 1,000,000. Examples include 56k modem and 10Mbit Ethernet

Storage

45.8 kilobytes per second

The way data is measured on your hard drive and how file sharing and FTP programs measure transfer speeds. Kilo is 1,024 and mega is 1,048,576.

1MB file download

Suggestions on how else to test speed?

lol yeah its always the ISP :O

when was the last time u reinstalled the modem driver? DFM560s arent the greatest modems. Are you using the latest driver? Have you tried locking the modem down to a more stable speed?

Tried a decent external modem?

Could also be the phoneline... things change over time, like line quality... ever seen a telstra techie van around the neighbourhood?

theres so many things that can affect the way it works

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