ah ok... in that case, telecom hasn't followed through with what they
have said (yet). Im still connected at 7616kb. and perhaps that
explains why i can seem to upload faster than 192kb. my bad.

On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 16:01:22 +1300, Simon Byrnand <simon@igrin.co.nz> wrote:
> At 15:33 19/11/2004, cj wrote:
>
>
>
> >your adsl modem will not show 2mbit unless you actually have that bad
> >a connection with the exchange. what you see on the modem's
> >information page will always reflect what speed you are can achieve,
> >but your speed is throttled to 2mbit by telecom.
> >
> >even in jetstream starter 128k days, my modem reported around 7600kb
> >connection. the fact that your upload speed is reduced merely
> >indicates that your upstream connection this time around is slightly
> >slower than it can be.
> >
> >of course this is all IMHO =P
>
> Unfortunately you're a bit behind the times... it has been reasonably
> widely published that Telecom was going to start capping the DSL line
> speeds based on what plan you're on, (there is a press release on the
> Telecom website even) instead of letting it connect at the full potential
> DSL line speed for your line. Check the archives for this mailing list and
> you'll find plenty of references to it, and comments from people on UBS who
> have already had their DSL line rate capped to 320Kbit.
>
> Regards,
> Simon
>
>

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