Re: Netflix to be geoblocked

From	"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	aus.computers
Subject	Re: Netflix to be geoblocked
Date	2016-01-24 11:35 +1100
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"F Murtz" <haggisz@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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> Rod Speed wrote:
>>
>>
>> "F Murtz" <haggisz@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:56a358c9$0$35528$c3e8da3$b280bf18@news.astraweb.com...
>>> Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "F Murtz" <haggisz@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:56a330bc$0$25313$c3e8da3$e408f015@news.astraweb.com...
>>>>> Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Petzl" <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:qp46ablg6rola5v7ri1lvolm3r0qul50hq@4ax.com...
>>>>>>> On Sat, 23 Jan 2016 15:24:14 +1100, F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Petzl wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 23 Jan 2016 13:51:17 +1100, F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> news13 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 23 Jan 2016 01:00:26 +1100, F Murtz wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I tried that but after going to the trouble of finding a UK
>>>>>>>>>>>> postcode etc
>>>>>>>>>>>> it drove me mad with constant buffering, when and if I get
>>>>>>>>>>>> fibre,(Probably never) it might work.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> You will still have that problem. Fibre is just replacing the
>>>>>>>>>>> cruddy
>>>>>>>>>>> copper between you and the exchange and that same choke points
>>>>>>>>>>> will apply.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I am in a place with no choice other than Telstra Where my
>>>>>>>>>> connection
>>>>>>>>>> has been artificially slowed  to account for bad lines.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> What speed you get?
>>>>>>>>> Never had a good line since it was put in had must be a 1000
>>>>>>>>> "technicians" look at it all replacing what they thought was a bad
>>>>>>>>> "break". Then it seemed the Advertiser got a swarm of complaints
>>>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>>>> poor quality lines and gave the Telstra's service manager number.
>>>>>>>>> He selected two of his own technicians wasn't 10 minutes before 
>>>>>>>>> one
>>>>>>>>> reported my phone was wired wrong. That increased my speed from
>>>>>>>>> 300Kb/s to bit over 2Mb/s
>>>>>>>>> http://www.speedtest.net/
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/5021270836
>>>>>>>> Was a bit better a while back after the last line fault(regular
>>>>>>>> occurrence) because the tech rerouted it but not so good now.
>>>>>>>> Couridjah.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ring up Telsta ask to speak to the "Service Manager" SPECIFICALLY to
>>>>>>> send out REAL technicians to fix it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That "speed" is usless!
>>>>>>> They won't give you even half price for less than a quater of their
>>>>>>> product. I'm guessing but looks like you have the same deal I had,
>>>>>>> something about wiring hooked up to dual pairs?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Unlikely given that he said its just been rerouted with little 
>>>>>> effect.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Just after rerouting it was over 2 Mbps for a while but it is not now.
>>>>
>>>> Interesting. That's still obscenely low for 5 KM but does suggest
>>>> that the dslam is deliberately reducing the speed because of the
>>>> error rate rather than some physical problem like dual pairs.
>>
>>> That is what I was told once when I complained. When I first got the
>>> service it was fast but after a line fault after a storm
>>
>> Yeah, you can get either water into a joint or lightning damage.
>>
>> What symptoms did you get with the line fault ?
>
> So long ago and so many line faults, at one stage the outputs on my modems 
> kept blowing up but that has not happened since I put a surge protector in 
> the phone line
>>
>>> they put the restriction on
>>
>> Did that give you the 2Mb or the 700Kb ?
>
> also can not remember and I did not do a speed test in the beginning when 
> it was not there,the 700 is only recent and it has shot up by loads 
> now,can not figure it out, all over the place.
>
> http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/5023438238

Yeah, its clearly varying dramatically.

> If it stays where it is it will do but I don't hold out any hopes,Still 
> recon it could be faster

Yeah, that's pathetic for 5KM.

>>> I have had no opportunity to see what it would be like without it now
>>> as they will not remove it.
>>
>> Not clear what that is about.
>>
>>> Some one told me
> telstra told me they would not remove the programing that slows it down.
>
> Dont know where I heard that I could possibly alter it myself.
>>
>> Where ?  In whirlpool presumably ?
>>
>>> there is a way for individuals to log on and play with it but I have
>>> not researched that possibility yet
>>
>>> By the way some of my trouble may be with my modem as it sometimes
>>> speeds up a bit if I reboot.
>>
>> Reboot the modem itself or the PC/laptop ?
>
> Reboot the modem,it is only a cheap TP LINK TD WB8960n

They're not too bad, nothing special, but not too bad.

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