>
> Last week finally I got Jetstart up and running no thanx to
> Xtra and their
> slowness at setting up my account. I used the Dynalink RTA020
> router. Real
> easy to set up. However last Thursday the first day that it
> was on I was
> impressed with it's speed. It compared favorably to our
> Jetstream where I
> work. It was much the same. However the next day and ever
> since it's been
> as slow as a dog. Only slightly better than my modem on file down
> loads. Normal surfing, email and news groups it's fine but
> file transfer
> is another story.
>
> I seem to remember some else posting the similar comments
> some weeks ago.
>
> Does Xtra give you the carrot of Jetstream for the first 24
> hours then
> throttle it back after that to the 128 K speed??

I've heard of this happening too. I think it has to do with when they update
the machine that does the rate limiting with new customer info. It probably
happens at a low-usage time like 4am or something, until then new customers
arent capped.

So the idea would be to build up a large list of downloads, buy a new
harddrive, get jetstart installed early morning, take the day off work and
do some hardcore leeching.

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Received on Mon Nov 5 09:04:59 2001