Nathan Legg wrote:
> I have been dealing with ihug for the past few months trying to find out
> why my international downloads are so slow. At one point I had received
> a small credit on my account, but get told later on that it was done
> purely as a good will guesture. I wont be getting any more refunds. I've
> spoken to the helpdesk an insane number of times and I'm just not
> getting anywhere. You name it, I've tried it.
>
> Basically on my supposed 2mbit plan, internationally I get between 256k
> and 1mbit downloads. Nationally I get up to 1.8mbit. This is supposed to
> be acceptable. They tell me I'm 4km from the exchange. Yet if that's an
> issue why can I get up to 1.8 mbit nationally, or 2mbit prior to
> changing to bliink? They then blab on about it's because the traffic is
> coming internationally and that "there are so many variables..."

LOL I'm seeing the same thing on 2Mbit Xtra.

At times it drops to 56K and Real Player adjusts my settings. I've
tried international speed test sites in various countries around these
periods and they all report 56K-256K (these are worst case numbers).

If I go to the jetstream games speed test site though, it constantly
returns around 1.8mbit. It used to be 2048 or something and I was
actually thinking about calling. The reason I haven't is that I figure
that their agreement probably allows for 2 seconds of latency and a
minimum of 2 bits per hour download speed.

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Cheers,
Matt Riddell
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