Fixing something that wasn't broken, huh?
Your anxiety may be well founded Tim. I've been with Bigpond cable
(now "Cable Extreme") for 7 + years (2 houses) and look forward to
moving to iinet.
The 70 megs a second is theoretical. Unlike ADSL, one shares bandwidth
with those in your area who use cable. If they all watch Foxtel, you
won't get theoretical speeds. I get 19 Mbps at best. Normally 9.83
Mbps (depending on which mirror you test with).
Macs are no issue, what is an issue is upload if you want to host a
server or do a lot of video conferencing. Upload is crippled for some
reason (there is no need for it to be) compared to ADSL 2+. Their
silly "heartbeat" system went away recently. It was a pain.
Telstra support will be a challenge. Be prepared to be on hold and
cope with the brain-dead voice recognition system. And it seems cable
support (should you get a human) are all in Manila, so a few words of
Tagalog can't hurt :-)
Of course, all of above only my experience. perhaps others having
glowing reviews?
Best of luck.
On 10/11/2009, at 11:36 AM, Tim Law wrote:
Hello,
I've signed up to move to Telstra Cable internet as their deal came
out a
bit cheaper than iinet, and I was seduced by 'indications' of
70mBs. It's
using the same cable that was laid in my street a few years ago by
Foxtel.
We used foxtel for a short while, so their box is on the wall and I
expect
the hard wiring install shouldn't be too hard. They will install a
wireless
router with four ethernet connections.
I have been very happy with iinet's speed and service and there is
more than
a touch of anxiety about moving to Bigpond and their administration.
I've got 2 PowerPC Macs on airport running 10.5.8 and one iMac
PowerPC on
10.5.8 that will need an ethernet cable to the new router, or they
will
provide a wireless USB dongle to suit. I've also go a PC laptop
running
XP.
Has anyone had experiences with Telstra Cable internet and Mac
households
that are worth me knowing about?
Thanks
Tim
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