Is 5kb a sec a steep cap?

[<<Onafets>>]

Do you think i should call Telstra about it?

 

[NdMk2o1o]

Do you think i should call Telstra about it?

I would have ripped their throats out by now, that is barely usable.

 

[human_error]

Do you think i should call Telstra about it?

I would - if you can't load webpages (such as speedtest) then that's more than just a speed reduction it is essentially cutting off the connection - it could be a fault causing the speed loss so give them a call.

 

[<<Onafets>>]

Thanks for the help guys, out of curiosity, what do you guys get capped to?

 

[NdMk2o1o]

I don't.

 

[Frick]

Nothing. Only the cheapest of the cheapest connections here do that.

I've got 100/25 included in the rent.

 

[human_error]

Thanks for the help guys, out of curiosity, what do you guys get capped to?

Not managed to hit my cap with talktalk in the UK. Probably because for the last 2 months my internet barely works for more than an hour before cutting off due to a fault they are failing to fix.

As i said earlier BT is ~120gb, be is unlimited and sky are not telling users what their acceptable usage cap is. It's a complete shambles out here in the UK for finding out what the cap is on "unlimited" contracts. You can get ones with specific caps but they vary based on price (obviously).

 

[<<Onafets>>]

OK thanks guys, totally pissed now, never want to deal with telstra again, probably going TPG, at least their independent.

 

[NdMk2o1o]

Not managed to hit my cap with talktalk in the UK. Probably because for the last 2 months my internet barely works for more than an hour before cutting off due to a fault they are failing to fix.

As i said earlier BT is ~120gb, be is unlimited and sky are not telling users what their acceptable usage cap is. It's a complete shambles out here in the UK for finding out what the cap is on "unlimited" contracts. You can get ones with specific caps but they vary based on price (obviously).

Mate talk talk are the worst ISP you can go with, seriously. They are not fixing faults, their whole service is shit, I ordered it once in my life and the very day it came on I rung them up cause the speeds were terrible (I know they say give it 2-3 days, but I am talking like 750k-1mb max on a line that can do 6mb), luckily it was activated within 7 days so I cancelled under the distance selling act, but seriously did you not read up on them before you signed up?

 

[<<Onafets>>]

750k - 1mb i would die for, i sound POVo

 

[human_error]

Mate talk talk are the worst ISP you can go with, seriously. They are not fixing faults, their whole service is shit, I ordered it once in my life and the very day it came on I rung them up cause the speeds were terrible (I know they say give it 2-3 days, but I am talking like 750k-1mb max on a line that can do 6mb), luckily it was activated within 7 days so I cancelled under the distance selling act, but seriously did you not read up on them before you signed up?

I pay £7.50 a month for phone+broadband. After trouble with BT i wanted to avoid BT completely and go with an unbundled LLU service which limited me to talktalk for unlimited usage. They worked fine until 3 months into the contract and now i use my mobile phone as a wireless hotspot for my internet access (on a true unlimited usage contract). Don't worry I've learnt my lesson - I'm moving to BT phone+be online unlimited broadband next month

 

[NdMk2o1o]

I pay £7.50 a month for phone+broadband. After trouble with BT i wanted to avoid BT completely and go with an unbundled LLU service which limited me to talktalk for unlimited usage. They worked fine until 3 months into the contract and now i use my mobile phone as a wireless hotspot for my internet access (on a true unlimited usage contract). Don't worry I've learnt my lesson - I'm moving to BT phone+be online unlimited broadband next month

If your line is on an LLU you can go with any LLU provider, BE is another one. I wasn't even going to have a phone with Virgin as I use my mobile/work phone for everything, though it worked out cheaper being on their XXL package and now I have unlimited any time calls as the 1st 2 months the call cost was £20+ (damn mrs )

 

[Fourstaff]

I am right at the end in the 50mb bracket WHOOOOOOOOOOSHHHHHHH ........... see me go!!!! :shadedshu

My uni's internet (which I am using right now as my main connection) goes up to 100/53 mbps up/down. Your point is invalid Fair use policy of 5Gb worth of download per 24h still applies though, and no p2p.

 

[RejZoR]

dash way dat ... thats not a cap, that dial up

Hehe, yeah. My 56k on a good day reached even 6KB/s back in its days...

 

[Red_Machine]

My work is 2up/2down. The upload test spikes around 5, but immediately drops to 2; could that be a limiter kicking in?

 

[1nf3rn0x]

I think that plan is crap, man that plan is from 5 years ago XD. Change your subscription to the newest just go to telstra website and press change my plan, its free if it costs the same. Easy as that. For $50 u now get 50gb download at 30mbps/5mbps and capped at 512kbps

 

[slyfox2151]

i skiped over most of the posts since most if not all are not from australia.




your BEST options are,
change to Telstra cable or Optus cable, both have much higher plan caps and high speed.

Optus offers 20mbps and 100mbps (150GB plan is what im currently on $70 per month)
Telstra has 17mbps/32mbps and 100mbps in certain area's (200gb plan avalible)



i highly reccomend Cable over ADSL2 anyday. distrance to exchange does not matter, you may be slowed down slightly during peak times as cable is a shared medium.... however where i live (brisbane, enoggera) there is little to no other people on the cable connection... so its always at 21mbps.



for questions reguarding internet in australia: http://whirlpool.net.au/
is the best place to look.


(quick link to all plans in australia, sorted by price / location / medium / speeds / download caps): http://bc.whirlpool.net.au/bc/?action=search

 

[hat]

Thanks for the table, i've only ever hit 1mbs on p2p once :{

So let me get this straight:

10GB a month
Cable
Capped at 5kb/s
Cant load a simple page
Upload at 10kb/s NOT capped
DL at 256kb average NOT capped
At $50 a month

Im really getting screwed here aye!

Definitely. We pay $40 a month for 10mbit down, 2mbit up... no limit on bandwidth.