Re: cable internet
On 09/09/2010, at 10:59 AM, Gordon Campbell wrote: The issue I had with the Netgear was regular rebooting I am also using Telstra Cable (and have done for as long as the service has been available) and I have to say that I have not had this problem with the Netgear device. The only real issue I have had is with slow upload speeds, although these do seem to have improved recently. Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 064 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- 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
Re: cable internet
I have an ADSL2 account with an ISP who provide ADSL2+ with apparent 24 mb/sec download / 1 mb/sec upload rates at competitive price BUT I cannot get more than ~7mb/sec download and 0.7 mb/sec upload. From weeks long investigation including changing modems, I conclude that that I am getting as much as the Subiaco exchange and line will allow, even though I live within 3 kms of the exchange. Can anyone confirm that they get more than ~7mb/sec download and 0.7 mb/sec upload wit ADSL2+ under similar circumstances. iMac 27 10.6.4 apple mail and safari Marcus Marcus F Harris woom...@cryptodome.com.au mob: [+61] 0417965618 On 08/09/2010, at 2:16 PM, Hugh Griffiths wrote: Hi, I am with Telstra and have been for many year mostly because my phone line is “not eligible” for asdl through some other providers and I have a Telstra cable to my house. I have had no problems with Telstra but want to know what my options are for other providers using cable, and who might approximate the 30Mbps that Telstra claim from the new modems. Best Regards Hugh Griffiths mobile +61 407 477 311 office +61 (0) 8 6424 4801 Any commercial terms stated or implied are subject to final approval and negotiations. Not an offer or acceptance. All correspondence directly pertaining to the act of doing business will continue to be transmitted for your information as allowed under the SPAM Act 2003. This includes but is not limited to quotes, order confirmation, and shipment advices. This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. -- 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
Re: cable internet
i'm in bayswater have 2.8mb/s a friend in bicton has 0.5mb/s telstra ruling says from 0.064mb/s it's broad band, that's the reason why we never get a prober internet in WA James On 08/09/2010, at 21:54, Woomara wrote: I have an ADSL2 account with an ISP who provide ADSL2+ with apparent 24 mb/sec download / 1 mb/sec upload rates at competitive price BUT I cannot get more than ~7mb/sec download and 0.7 mb/sec upload. From weeks long investigation including changing modems, I conclude that that I am getting as much as the Subiaco exchange and line will allow, even though I live within 3 kms of the exchange. Can anyone confirm that they get more than ~7mb/sec download and 0.7 mb/sec upload wit ADSL2+ under similar circumstances. iMac 27 10.6.4 apple mail and safari Marcus Marcus F Harris woom...@cryptodome.com.au mob: [+61] 0417965618 On 08/09/2010, at 2:16 PM, Hugh Griffiths wrote: Hi, I am with Telstra and have been for many year mostly because my phone line is “not eligible” for asdl through some other providers and I have a Telstra cable to my house. I have had no problems with Telstra but want to know what my options are for other providers using cable, and who might approximate the 30Mbps that Telstra claim from the new modems. Best Regards Hugh Griffiths mobile +61 407 477 311 office +61 (0) 8 6424 4801 Any commercial terms stated or implied are subject to final approval and negotiations. Not an offer or acceptance. All correspondence directly pertaining to the act of doing business will continue to be transmitted for your information as allowed under the SPAM Act 2003. This includes but is not limited to quotes, order confirmation, and shipment advices. This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. -- 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 SAD Technic Video Productions, Electronic repairs U3 / 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA 6053 +618 9370 5307,+618 6262 5707, 0414 421 132 http://www.iinet.net.au/~saddas skype: barleeway over 40 years in electronics -- 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
Re: cable internet
Hugh, You say you have Telstra cable to your house. That means that you can get Foxtel, and Telstra-only Internet trough that cable. That Internet should have very satisfactory speed. The national telecommunication competition arrangement forces Telstra to allow other providers to use its landline network where there is enough space in an exchange for other providers' DSLAMs. However, the arrangement does not include Telstra's cable network, so Telstra maintains a monopoly over its cable network. The result is that providers other than Telstra can only provide you with ADLS+ services through Telstra's landlines, and not through Telstra cable. Telstra sometimes claims that some of its exchanges are too full to allow other providers to rent space for their DSLAMs. Such exchanges are therefore 'not eligible' for other providers to use. However, I have heard of several cases where Telstra suddenly 'found' space for other providers' DSLAMS in an exchange soon after subscribers contacted their local federal MPs about their problems. You may wish to contact your local MHR, or any of the 12 senators that represent you to see if they can organise a bit of telecom competition in your area. If you can get together with some other similarly-effected residents from your area you will have greater success. Good luck. Hi, I am with Telstra and have been for many year mostly because my phone line is “not eligible” for asdl through some other providers and I have a Telstra cable to my house. I have had no problems with Telstra but want to know what my options are for other providers using cable, and who might approximate the 30Mbps that Telstra claim from the new modems. Best Regards Hugh Griffiths mobile +61 407 477 311 office +61 (0) 8 6424 4801 Any commercial terms stated or implied are subject to final approval and negotiations. Not an offer or acceptance. All correspondence directly pertaining to the act of doing business will continue to be transmitted for your information as allowed under the SPAM Act 2003. This includes but is not limited to quotes, order confirmation, and shipment advices. This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. -- 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 Regards, Ray Forma 50 Harvest Road, North Fremantle WA 6159, Australia Tel Fax +61 (0)8 9335 6568 Mob +61 (0) 428 596938 -- 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
Re: cable internet
Hi Hugh, I've got Telstra Cable, pretty much for the same reason you're looking at it. Even though I was eligible for ADSL, the speed was terrible (2-3Mbps if I was lucky) and it would constantly drop out and be generally unstable, requiring many reboots of the router. Telstra Cable on the other hand has been great (even if it is a bit pricey) and is very stable. Using Speedtest.net I consistently get speed of around 11-12Mbps download and 1Mbps upload. You're probably unlikely to ever get the theoretical 30Mbps in the same way that you're unlikely to ever get ADSL2+'s theoretical 25Mbps, but I would guess that you'll probably get a good service. I'm very happy with it. A tip though, the Netgear combined modem/router that they offer (Bigpond Home Gateway they call it I think) is not very good at all. Go for the Motorola modem instead and hook it up to your own router or a computer setup with Internet sharing. Gordon On 8 September 2010 14:16, Hugh Griffiths hgriffi...@lgc.com wrote: Hi, I am with Telstra and have been for many year mostly because my phone line is “not eligible” for asdl through some other providers and I have a Telstra cable to my house. I have had no problems with Telstra but want to know what my options are for other providers using cable, and who might approximate the 30Mbps that Telstra claim from the new modems. -- 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
RE: cable internet
Gordon, thanks for that, what is wrong with the NetGear? I as you have, have been by and large very happy with Telstra, even though they don't theoretically support mac for self install of the modem, the Telstra guy talked me through it and was very patient. I have a Motorola surfboard sbg900 and am seeing speeds of 9-10 up and 1-1.2 down but Telstra have told me if I get the netgear ( which I have but not installed yet) I should see a marked improvement on that as the SBG is only rated to 17 Mbps, but the other one is rated to 30Mbps? Best Regards Hugh Griffiths mobile +61 407 477 311 office +61 (0) 8 6424 4801 Any commercial terms stated or implied are subject to final approval and negotiations. Not an offer or acceptance. All correspondence directly pertaining to the act of doing business will continue to be transmitted for your information as allowed under the SPAM Act 2003. This includes but is not limited to quotes, order confirmation, and shipment advices. -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Gordon Campbell Sent: Thursday, 9 September 2010 9:51 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: cable internet Hi Hugh, I've got Telstra Cable, pretty much for the same reason you're looking at it. Even though I was eligible for ADSL, the speed was terrible (2-3Mbps if I was lucky) and it would constantly drop out and be generally unstable, requiring many reboots of the router. Telstra Cable on the other hand has been great (even if it is a bit pricey) and is very stable. Using Speedtest.net I consistently get speed of around 11-12Mbps download and 1Mbps upload. You're probably unlikely to ever get the theoretical 30Mbps in the same way that you're unlikely to ever get ADSL2+'s theoretical 25Mbps, but I would guess that you'll probably get a good service. I'm very happy with it. A tip though, the Netgear combined modem/router that they offer (Bigpond Home Gateway they call it I think) is not very good at all. Go for the Motorola modem instead and hook it up to your own router or a computer setup with Internet sharing. Gordon On 8 September 2010 14:16, Hugh Griffiths hgriffi...@lgc.com wrote: Hi, I am with Telstra and have been for many year mostly because my phone line is not eligible for asdl through some other providers and I have a Telstra cable to my house. I have had no problems with Telstra but want to know what my options are for other providers using cable, and who might approximate the 30Mbps that Telstra claim from the new modems. -- 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 -- This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. -- 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
Re: cable internet
On 9 September 2010 10:41, Hugh Griffiths hgriffi...@lgc.com wrote: Gordon, thanks for that, what is wrong with the NetGear? The issue I had with the Netgear was regular rebooting. There's quite a bit of discussion about this on Whirlpool and it has been traced back to issues with the number of simultaneous connections that the device can handle (a common issue with cheap routers). Basically, think of P2P software or games that scan through a list of servers. These open up a a huge number of connections to many different IP addresses all at the same time, in the case of BitTorrent software it could be hundreds of them. The routers have limited memory and resources and they usually crap out if too many connections are opened up too fast. Some of them react by seizing up and some by rebooting. The Netgear that Bigpond initially supplied me would reboot, which was pretty annoying. So now I have a Motorola SB5101U modem connected to a Billion 7404VGO that I've modified to use an ethernet port for WAN. This setup has worked great for me. Gordon -- 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
