Adsl2+ Vs Cable Internet

[R31Nismoid]

Where are the plans offering 100?

[PENGUYEN]

I think he means the 30mbit cable as in the network runs at 100mbps And that with no one on it people could get 85+? I'm not sure. All I know is cable runs from sharing bandwidth.

[iplen]

"Premium cable" is the marketing speak for it

http://www.bigpond.com/internet/plans/bund...-bundles-plans/

Not trying to spam etc, but it sure is cool, speeds are not quoted there, but I had not looked before so will have to get it added on the site.

30mbps is "Elite," this sits above that, as you will see from the pricing.... I talk to 30+ people a day about this stuff day in day out.. The figures are right.

[R31Nismoid]

The elite is this ye?

http://www.bigpond.com/internet/plans/cabl...ans-and-offers/

How often is 'no-one' on it though to see 85,000kbps?

Only issue with telstra's plans is the data allowance is pitiful

[sloutch]

"Premium cable" is the marketing speak for it

http://www.bigpond.com/internet/plans/bund...-bundles-plans/

Not trying to spam etc, but it sure is cool, speeds are not quoted there, but I had not looked before so will have to get it added on the site.

30mbps is "Elite," this sits above that, as you will see from the pricing.... I talk to 30+ people a day about this stuff day in day out.. The figures are right.

I am using the fastest plan on ADSL2+ bigpond can offer at the moment. Honestly, i don't see how good it is. Speeds are pretty average and i'm about 1km from my exchange.

[iplen]

Cable speed goes "turbo" 8000, elite 30000, premium 100000, not too sure if there are any clearer ways to say it?

[R31Nismoid]

I guess no speeds or anything being quoted doesnt help...

The pages doesnt even have "premium" written on it anywhere

[Ehgriez]

You only get those speeds in canberra or melbourne i forget which it is. You also have to be on a bundle to get those speeds and its setup over the phone or by select telstra stores in the area.

They are soon expanding i think.

I work for Telstra also as a disclaimer.

[DivHunter]

All over the place due to it being live but this one was the best of three from our web server.

And from work being too far from the exchange for anything good.

Home is shaped atm so that probably wouldn't go too well.

[Mean_R34]

This is the kind of garbage speeds I get on ADSL2 living 3.9km from my exchange.

Several of my mates I play online with who use Telstra cable get really low pings. It becomes a huge disadvantage playing online FPS's, to the point you just cannot compete. They're just took quick on the trigger response over IP.

For driving games, ping doesn't really matter.

As I don't game much these days, I'll take the slower speeds, cheaper prices, better quotas & no upload counters.

Edited July 5, 2010 by Mean_R34

[jrm]

That's really whacked; I get similar speeds to you (living 4km from the exchange), but my latency is fine (17-20ms). Sounds more like a router / DSL line profile issue to me?

[bozodos]

f**k off spammer