Hi everyone,

Just thought I'd share my Surf to Plus transition experiences (in brief).

1. My Jetstream meter changed to reflect 'Next month's plan: Jetstream Plus'
about 3-5 days before the end of my billing month.
2. At 11:30pm on the night before my month end, my speed changed from 64k to
256k.
3. I had to reset my modem to activate the speed change, which eventually
happened at about 1:30am the following morning.
4. My line rate stayed the same; ~1700 kbpsec, however my ATM speed dropped
from ~1650 to ~1350. This is a bit odd since I had thought that changes in
the system would mean that this speed would be higher (esp. for people on
the fringes, as I am).
5. My ping times are pretty much the same as when I was on JS Surf (if not
slightly better!):

Google.com
Surf:
Minimum = 230ms, Maximum = 250ms, Average = 238ms
Plus:
Minimum = 160ms, Maximum = 190ms, Average = 175ms

mail.orcon.co.nz
Surf:
Minimum = 50ms, Maximum = 51ms, Average = 50ms
Plus:
Minimum = 50ms, Maximum = 60ms, Average = 51ms

6. I used 80% of my monthly limit in 2 days :)

I will be performing some experiments on how the over-quota limiting works
in a couple of weeks (nearer to the end of my billing month :) (purely for
research purposes of course! :D ). Based on the fact that I had to reset my
modem to enable the speed change in the first place, I would guess that the
old system which requires a line reset to change the speed is still in
place. Surely telecom will have to change this as with 2meg you can
download a WHOLE lot in just a few days!

I'll keep you all posted on the results (and I'm keen to hear anyone elses
experiences on rate limiting as well).

Sam.

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