Re: Broad band speeds

[Paul Kitchener]

Ken Woods wrote:

 Good mornin' all,

 I am considering broadband, what does the list think is the best download
 and upload speed combination, and which is the recommended 
modem/whatever To

 get.

 Ken


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A while back Westnet increased our download allowance here from 4G 
peak/4G off-peak to 8G/8G.


This was too much for us to find at the time so instead we increased our 
speed to 512k/128k-4G/4G from 256k/64k-8G/8G for the same $59.


Brilliant, many more streams now behave better and with 2 people using 
the connection 512k services this well.


We made a good move because since then the download allowance has been 
increased to 14G/14G anyway!


We have given up trying to reach *that* limit;)

I like the Netcomm modem range and it seems Westnet does too, as they 
dropped all other brands off of their list a while back.


I wish there were more ports than 20 in my NB1300 ADSL Router though, 
but thats because BitTorrent wants to use up 9 of them!

I do have enough ports left though.
I'm also running an FTP server through it without any fuss.


Good Luck

Paul

re: Broad band speeds

[Trevor Lee]

Good mornin' all,

I am considering broadband, what does the list think is the best download
and upload speed combination, and which is the recommended modem/whatever To
get.

Ken


Hi Ken,

512/128k is considered by many to be the 'sweet spot' with regards to 
price vs performance. The 512k will give you a good download speed, and 
the 128k up will make sending large emails less painful.


I would probably recommend the Dlink 504G 4 port router as a good one to 
get at the moment, as we have sold a heap of these and have had no 
issues all.


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Regards

Trevor Lee
Highway 1 Internet Solutions