[plug] Does Telstra Set Speeds for there Exchanges?

[tlee]

I am also a member of a newsgroup run out of USA and I am reading lots and lots
of winging about cable. They say it works faster for a time, but you are
downsped by the number of hits to the server and that it ends up being no faster
than twisted pair.
Also complaints about DSL - I don't know is the mean ADSL, but one complainant
said belltel connected him to a dead pole. Three weeks later they got it right
and again he said it was faster for a time, but that as soon as everybody in the
neighbourhood? started using it, the line downsped, making it no faster than
twisted pair. I despair of ever gettting realtime internet, because the more
popular it gets the more it clogs. Not only that but most people settle down to
visiting only a few sites - like foxtel with 50 channels and you may watch 5 of
them. Perhaps if you are doing a lot of downloading faster access is important,
but I have seen next door at work where they pay $300 pcm for a special line,
and the web seems no faster then mine. What do others think?

Kai wrote:

> G'day all,
> >From what I know, Tel$tra's guarenteed connection is 2,400 bps.....and
> Gavin, you're right, they use "Pair Gain" to get more users on one line and
> save themselves money - what they don't don't tell the customers is because
> of the way pair gain works, they'll never get above 28,800 bps or around
> that speed. Some are even unlucky enough to get no more than 14,400 bps.
>
> I work at an ISP, we get heaps of customers blasting us about their low
> connection speeds and they should be getting faster because "we've got a 56k
> modem, so what's wrong with your end????", also, dropouts ! Once Telstra
> admits to having pair gain (which they don't do easily) then we have to let
> the customer know that because of Telstra's phone system in their area,
> they'll prolly continue to get low line speed and dropouts - unless Telstra
> WANTS to do something about it....
>
> Pair Gain's known for dropouts ! When one user is on the net and then
> another user (neighbour) tries to make a call, the line bandwidth is halved
> so the neighbour can make a call, you can see what this would do to the
> internet connection !!
>
> I might email or write to Telstra and ask them if their guarenteed
> connection speed is written anywhere in legal terms....for a laugh if
> nothing else.
>
> /Kai
>
> > If you're connected to a RIM (a device to split wire pairs in areas which
> > have limited available cable in the stree), you'll be sharing the line
> > to the exchange with someone else in your street, and you'll be lucky
> > to get 28.8k.
> >
> > So I _would_ like to see such a guarantee in writing - it sucks finding
> > out one day that Telstra split your line and 'gave' half of it to your
> > next door neighbour. They don't (need to) tell you and most people don't
> > know...
> >
> >
> > Gavin.