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A speed I could only dream of

AussieMan

AussieMan

SOH Staff .."Bartender"
Many years ago I switched from dial up to broadband and later to ADSL and ADSL 2+. Needless to say I was disappointed with the speeds I was getting. After many "discussions" with Telstra and being told I was too far from the local exchange. My argument was that the fellow 6 doors down the road from me was getting speeds in the range of 800kb/s while I was stuck with an average of about 70kb/s. Finally on Monday after another call Telstra finally admitted there was a fault. The fault was rectified the next morning and I did a speed test while the tech was here and could not believe that I was getting a download speed of 6.5mb/s. Yesterday I downloaded the new ORBX Library Files in less than 3 minutes at a speed of 693kb/s. While there is still room for improvement it is a huge jump from 70kb/s to nearly 700kb/s. Plus the fact I can now look at the screenshots that are put up here. In the past I would start to look at the screenshots and while they were loading I could go and make a cup of tea. Also I can carry out other internet tasks while downloading without any noticeable degredation of speed.
 
For a minute I thought you might have been one of the very few connected to the NBN ................. :icon_eek:
Nice to know that Telstra came good for you Pat.
 
I think I'm lucky, I have 72.8 Mb per second due to a recent free fibre optic upgrade from British Telecom! Regards, Ian.
 
wombat666 said:
For a minute I thought you might have been one of the very few connected to the NBN ................. :icon_eek:
Nice to know that Telstra came good for you pat.
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Unfortunately at the moment I still have copper wire. Moving to the Central Coast shortly and over there they have fiber right to the house.
 
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