On Friday 27 October 2006 09:33, you wrote:
> I just did a test from our wireless ISP that covers Botany and the
> surrounding area, using the www.consumerspeedtest.org.nz we got the
> following speeds.
>
> Download Speed: 1808 kbps (225KB/sec transfer rate)
> Upload Speed: 1100 kbps (137.5KB/sec transfer rate)
>
> Is this comparative to a 256/128k jetstream connection?

Definitely not!

Download Speed: 2229 kbps (278.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 474 kbps (59.3 KB/sec transfer rate)

That's from a 3.5/512MB Ihug plan which I pay $80 for (it's been grandfathered
just now). I believe that my speed is quite decent for an ADSL connection too
i.e a lot of people are getting far worse speeds on the same type of plan.

By the sounds of it you are better off staying on your wireless.

> The bonus is that its flat rate and we don't get charged for excess
> bandwith but then the 256/128k jetstream connections seem to be the same so
> I'm wondering if it's worth moving to one of them

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