Thanks Stephen, > Fixing something that wasn't broken, huh? Yup :-\
http://www.ozspeedtest.com/ shows Your line speed is 8.24 Mbps (8242 kbps). Your download speed is 1.01 MB/s (1030 KB/s). Via my current iinet account. Tim On 10/11/09 9:54 AM, "Stephen Atherton" <sather...@asia.apple.com> wrote: > 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 >> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >> > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
