The interesting thing is... I am currently (stuck) here in Oz on a
client site until next april.... And I happened (I'm in a very small
town with 2 pubs, so theres not a lot to do :) to pick up a flyer for
Xbox live...

The pamphlet states:
"recommended internet connection with upstream of 128k minimum"

It makes no mention whatsoever of the downstream requirements.... Which
is interesting.... So kiwis need to have 256k... But aussies only need
128k???

Actually, now that I think about it, maybe its because all the cable and
dsl connections over here are already 256k+ downstream, but some of them
only have a 64k upstream pipe.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-adsl@unixathome.org
> [mailto:owner-adsl@unixathome.org] On Behalf Of Neil Gardner
> Sent: Monday, 24 November 2003 10:14 a.m.
> To: 'Anonymous User'
> Subject: RE: Changes to Telecom ADSL Network
>
>
> >Was "upgraded" to an ERX on Friday (Rotorua, Lynmore
> exchange). I'm a
> >keen gamer who was getting good performance on the old
> system, but this
> >system has shot my ping to bits. The only way I can play with
> >voicecomms is on the jsg realm. Needs to be fixed asap!
>
> Oh but it can be fixed. Does anyone seriously think this
> isn't an effort to get all gamers off Jetstart and onto
> Jetstream 256? I mean, the 256k service only exists because
> telecom want to be able to say they support Microsoft's
> broadband gaming requirements...
>
> Give it 2 months and you'll start hearing things like "The
> 256k service is for gamers, the 128k service is our entry
> level always on connection
> - it's only suitable for web browsing"
>
> I'd love to be proved wrong - but I'm not holding my breath.
>
> Cheers - N.
>
>
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