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Re: 256k unleashed?

From: Craig Whitmore <lennon_at_orcon.net.nz>
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 21:10:07 +1300
Message-ID: <000801c70e0d$a16234c0$de0dea3c@office.orcon.net.nz>

----- Original Message -----
From: "Raimund Eimann" <raimund@cs.auckland.ac.nz>
To: <adsl@lists.unixathome.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 7:17 PM
Subject: 256k unleashed?

> Hi,
>
> I've got several 256k/40GB plans and at least 3 out of four are going at
> line
> speed, delivering download speeds from OZ (mirror.pacific.net.au, for
> instance) of up to 500kbytes/s. The router shows bitrates of 4800 kbit/s
> down
> and (an unchanged) 160 kbit/s up.
>

Telecom is putting all the DSL lines to as fast as they can go and then do
the rate limiting on the RANs. (This is how things used to be a few years
ago).

I guess with some people the rate limiting is not happening at the RANs
properly.

Thanks
Craig

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