OLLIE 26 Report post Posted July 23, 2007 Go here speedtest.net and test your speeds, post them up here and share your views. just vent a bit of steam, the online herald article fueled my fire my speeds are 1344 KB upload and 450 KB download a year ago I switch to a 4MB plan with xtra we never got over 3.5 MB but since then the speed has decreased as more people sign up and put load on the exchanges, it is appalling that my speed has been cut down to less than a 3rd of what i pay for. Who is responsible for this atrocity?! someone must be made accountable for this discerning issue! everyday i hear adverts for broadband and for online video etc.. it really annoys me because hardly anyone in this country can view video websites properly because of our slow speeds and latency and it's made worse the more people join up. what is being done to solve this problem we have? NZ is miles behind the rest of the world! I need answers, the public need answers and we need to see results. Also if Telecom comes out with a solution and charges horendous prices for it i will perhaps murder somebody, should i be prosecuted for murdering somebody, or can i just say is was a marketing tool to market my anti telecom movement, because that would be ok then right? Anyhow in summary, lines need to be upgraded, internet speeds need to be regulated at no less than 10MB everywhere, the cost should be less and all past CEO's of telecom should be fined $10 million each and forced to use only dial up for the rest of their lives. Thank you for hearing me blabber on. Ollie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nobimmer 694 Report post Posted July 23, 2007 261,101 haha Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mackt 1 Report post Posted July 23, 2007 Great topic - definitely needs a rant It's hard to believe that a country the size of NZ can't get it together around broadband speeds, with such a small population! I tried to support the small guys down here i.e Woosh but moved out of their coverage area so had to get ADSL. Went with XNET, haven't regretted at all, haven't had a problem for over 12 months now. Todays speeds 4500kb/s download and 120kb/s - pretty normal results for me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bravo 35 Report post Posted July 23, 2007 (edited) I agree. Have always agreed and been screaming this for years. I'm 2495 down and 135 up. I'm on a 2Mbits speed down and a 128kbits up plan so thats not bad. Still crap that I pay $30 p/month for 2Gb at that speed. And there are good and bad times too. Die ISP's, Die. Edited July 23, 2007 by bravo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joel 0 Report post Posted July 23, 2007 I got 3512 kb/s download and 122kb/s upload Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gus 5 Report post Posted July 23, 2007 easy on the hernia ollie 6596 Kb/s down for me 120 Kb/s up did i mention that is whilst downloading 4 torrents? God Save the Queen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ED1RTY 2 Report post Posted July 23, 2007 easy on the hernia ollie 6596 Kb/s down for me 120 Kb/s up did i mention that is whilst downloading 4 torrents? God Save the Queen Internet will own you when you get back to NZ 1524 down and 163 up Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drifty325i 0 Report post Posted July 23, 2007 Dam mine is slow! Im on telecoms wireless data card 920 download and 34 upload ? whats the bloody go lol. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cale 36 Report post Posted July 23, 2007 Haha! 50kb/s down at the best of times, prob 1kb/s up if I'm lucky. Yes, I don't watch video, I waste my life waiting for pages to load, and I hassle my parents to death about it. Does anyone want to sponsor me? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike 1 Report post Posted July 23, 2007 1800 down and 668 up. Telstras 2Mbit plan but just got notification today that it will increase to 4Mbit from 1st august, will be interesting to compare now and then. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hotwire 352 Report post Posted July 23, 2007 Mine is crap too & it took about 30 sec to load the speed test page! 497 down & 137 up Did a second test: 858 down & 137 up Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greenday-rulz21 6 Report post Posted July 23, 2007 2231 down, and 131 up. On xtra's Go plan 3GB. Interesting they say 128kb max upload speed, but got more than that. I find that Telecoms service isn't wonderful, but since they're raised the bar from 1GB to 3GB its improved noticeably. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drifty325i 0 Report post Posted July 23, 2007 1426 up 26 down that time, is it me or is telecoms wireless really slow? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
my_e36 43 Report post Posted July 23, 2007 1346 download and 134 upload. Xtra Go Large. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dnz 0 Report post Posted July 23, 2007 2756 down 125 Up Was a lot faster in the past though and im finding some sites slow as hell to load..but that might just be them (youtube and gmail give me greid a lot) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gus 5 Report post Posted July 23, 2007 just re did it for me, no torrents this time 6961 Kb/s 245 Kb/s pwned bitches Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
*sic 1 Report post Posted July 23, 2007 (edited) f**ken PWNED Edited July 23, 2007 by *sic Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jpp 0 Report post Posted July 23, 2007 3140kb download, 71 kb upload. I'm on a home network however, and right now 3 of 5 computers are in use, dunno what they're doing though. We paid $60 this month for net -- mostly downloading movies / e30 skid vids. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew 30 Report post Posted July 23, 2007 TelstraClear business plan - advertised fast as your line goes down with capped 768 upload. I'm actually bang on my target speed - amazing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carl 3 Report post Posted July 23, 2007 Note that different ISP's have different global providers so can affect downloads from different regions, look at the ISP chart for info ISP Topology Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carl 3 Report post Posted July 23, 2007 Haha, using the Auckland server Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nic325i 0 Report post Posted July 23, 2007 11800 both ways - University of Auckland Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
efirty 0 Report post Posted July 23, 2007 82 download, 134 up Have complained to xtra numerous times about the speed of our broadband, got 3 months credited to our account and a technician came and had a look at our set-up. He said there was nothing he could do. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M325is 0 Report post Posted July 23, 2007 1280 download and 159 upload on Woosh Wireless Auckland. My signal strength is sh*t cos I dont have a window near the antenna. Gas bottle is a great antenna holder, yes that is petrol right beside it. Woosh sucks, when we move soon, its going! We have to chug through bimmersport here... soooo slow Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
*sic 1 Report post Posted July 24, 2007 aus broadband for home rocks all nz face.. hands down Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
