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| From | "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | aus.computers |
| Subject | Re: Netflix to be geoblocked |
| Date | 2016-01-24 14:36 +1100 |
| Message-ID | <dgiv5fF2u81U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | (13 earlier) <dggsqbFgtlhU1@mid.individual.net> <56a358c9$0$35528$c3e8da3$b280bf18@news.astraweb.com> <dghp75Fo6luU1@mid.individual.net> <56a3feb1$0$63817$c3e8da3$38634283@news.astraweb.com> <dgiki7Fke4U1@mid.individual.net> |
"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message news:dgiki7Fke4U1@mid.individual.net... > > > "F Murtz" <haggisz@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:56a3feb1$0$63817$c3e8da3$38634283@news.astraweb.com... >> 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. Most likely its water getting into a bad joint when it gets wet. >> 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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