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Re: Is This normal with Jetstart??

From: Chris Hellberg <chris_at_ipsm.net.nz>
Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2001 09:16:11 +1300
Message-ID: <3BE5A20B.5030507@ipsm.net.nz>

Paul Warner wrote:

> 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??

> Paul Warner
>
> paul.warner@bigfoot.com
>
A few people have been finding their jetstart connection uncapped for a
day or so and it's unrelated to the ISP you choose.

What sort of download speeds are you getting for file transfers?

Chris

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