Hi all,
Quick follow up to my earlier note, I've been in touch with Westnet
and they helped me log in to and reconfigure my ADSL modem to use the
G.DMT protocol (the modem was on Automatic). This increased my sync
speed (a lot), and I was able to download a file from the Westnet
download vault at ...
760KB/sec ... or in equivalent terms to my 8Mb plan ... 5.94Mb (do
the math :)
.... 2007 is the year of the packet engineer :)
In lay terms, I'm paying for an 8Mb plan from Westnet, and have
proved to myself I can get 5.9Mb of that in good conditions (which I
am Ok with, perhaps if I was right next to the exchange I might go
looking for the rest of my 8Mb). And everything does seem faster.
So I'll withdraw my suspicions about the value of the faster plans.
By the way, according to the Westnet tech the switch to G.DMT isn't
Westnet specific. So I'll try this on my home router as well. Maybe
if you're on ADSL and *not* getting what you think is a reasonable
connection speed, perhaps revisit your modem setup with your ISP's
tech support and ask about G.DMT.
Regards,
Glenn.
PublicityShip.
On 02/01/2007, at 1:48 PM, Glenn Nicholas wrote:
Hi everyone, happy new year!
Since there have been a number of posts on ADSL recently, thought
I'd post my experience of the Westnet upgraded 8MB service.
I use iiNet ADSL2+ at home (Shenton Park, around 4.5km to
exchange in Subiaco). The peak speed I see *occasionally* is
around 400KB/sec (as reported by Activity Monitor), which is
around 4MB/sec. But more often than not it is between 1-3MB/
sec. I don't keep records, but it does seem that the speed has
been slowing down (ie. less 4Mb peaks, and more often 1.5MB).
At the office (Shenton Park, 4km to Subiaco Exchange), I was on
the 1.5MB Westnet plan, and I used to see 150KB/sec on Activity
Monitor, exactly as expected. I've upgraded to the new 8MB plan
as of 1/1, but am only seeing 160-170KB/sec at peak (ie.
~1.6MB-1.7MB). I've asked Westnet if there is anything I need to
tweak, but suspect it will come down to 'it depends on distance
and link to exchange'. Suggests I either pay extra for
1.6-1.7MB, or downgrade to 1.5MB.
I double checked this using two Australian based speed test
sites, which both confirmed around 1.2MB. The links to the speed
test sites are available on Westnet (go to Help, then How fast is
broadband ADSL).
Would be nice to actually get something faster than 2-3MB. But
not keen on trying Amcom unless there was a good reason to expect
it would be any different.
Regards,
Glenn Nicholas.
PublicityShip
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