The reason it is slower for rural exchanges is that they do not have the
backbone capacity. The DSL speed, which is only between the premises
and the exchange, will still be up to 8 Mbps. Even JetStream Starter still
has ADSL operating at full speed.

So ADSL reliability is unaffected.

regards,

P
----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Whitmore" <lennon@orcon.net.nz>
To: "Brian Gibbons" <brian@outersite.co.nz>; <adsl@lists.unixathome.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 7:36 AM
Subject: Re: Hello Telecom - Jetstream 500

> I think its wrong.. its 20c/M over 500M anywhere.. Looks like the Web
> Designers made a typo.
>
> I think I just Noticed..
> "The standard JetStream service has a minimum target speed of 2 megabits
per
> second download and 250 kilobits per second upload between your site and
our
> exchange if you live in an urban area. If you live in a rural area, the
> target line speed is 500Kbits/second downstream and 250Kbits/second
> upstream. This difference is due to the longer length of telephone lines
in
> rural areas"
>
> Umm. I thought it was 2M min anywhere? When did they change it? I've never
> seen in any thing from telecom that min speed is 500K in rural areas?? All
> DSL lines I've seen which connect at this speed are VERY unrealiable (ie
> disconnect all the time or don't connect at all)
>
> Thanks
> Craig
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian Gibbons" <brian@outersite.co.nz>
> To: <adsl@lists.unixathome.org>
> Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 6:35 PM
> Subject: Hello Telecom - Jetstream 500
>
>
> > Could someone from Telecom verify the wording on this page:
> >
> > (Packages - Jetline)
> > http://www.telecom.co.nz/content/0,2502,201948-200817,00.html
> > "For JetStream Home500 there is an international usage charge of 20c
> > (including GST) for each MB after the initial 500MB have been used each
> > month. Remember, you use MBs whenever you upload or download data on the
> > Internet. "
> >
>
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