Indeed,
"Launch" is a great app (although I grew weary of having to have one
machine always running Launch. A broadband router that runs the
bigpond client seems less tedious when more than one machine is
involved).
If you are wanting to work out speed only, there is a nice Applet at
<http://bmods.briscomp.org.au/> that will give you upload and
download performance.
I typically get around 5.66 Mbps download and 115 kbps upload on
Bigpond cable. I am eagerly awaiting ADSL2 with dedicated DSLAM in my
area (my line won't cope with it currently) to give me the upload I
want (so I can put my website on a server at home).
This is cable's big limitation in my opinion. Even new Cable Extreme
is only 256 kbp upload compared to a possible 1000 kbps from iinet
<http://www.iinet.com.au/broadband/> or hopefully Telstra in the near
future. But not a big deal if download speed is the only concern.
Cheers,
Stephen
On 24/03/2006, at 10:11 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:
On 23/03/2006, at 5:05 PM, Hugh Griffiths wrote:
Has anyone any recommendations for usage meters for cable modems, and
also has anyone any recommendations for speed meters for cable
modems.
I also remember some time ago someone on the list wrote a really neat
little seabreeze widget for dashboard, I just cant find the info
if they
still have that and could repost it it would be greatly appreciated.
Have you tried Jamie Curmie's Launch! ? Its sole purpose in life is
to connect cable modems to Telstra. It has its own usage meter and
a bunch of other features. You can find the latest version at
versiontracker.
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FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
Perth, Western Australia
Phone (618) 9332 6482 Fax (618) 9332 0913
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