Hi Adrian, Thanks for info.
> I had a _very_ similar case to you elevated to Level 2 support twice. > they said that they were clueless as to what was causing the problem > until I said I would go elsewhere. Do I have another choice. I mean if lines belong to telstra it sounds logical that anywhere I got I might have the same problem?!? Download test from TPG: 2011-02-06 08:36:43 (149 KB/s) - `test3.iso' saved [52328448/52328448] ping test with 9% packet loss: 64 bytes from www.tpg.com.au (203.26.27.38): icmp_seq=60000 ttl=124 time=15.0 ms --- tpg.com.au ping statistics --- 60000 packets transmitted, 54381 received, 9% packet loss, time 61064532ms the speed is terrible but at least I can browse the internet. I used to he 600 - 800 KB/s thanks Lubos On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Adrian Levi <adrian.l...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 4 February 2011 22:42, Lubos Rendek <lu...@linuxconfig.org> wrote: >> Hi Andrew, >> >> I'm on ADSL2. I had constant speed for years and it was always around >> 6 - 8 Mbps. Suddenly it dropped to 0.3 - 4 Mbps but on average I have >> 0.9. As you also mentioned I too believe that the weather is to be >> blamed. >> >> My Telstra land line had such a nose that I could not make a phone >> call. Telstra technician came and said that there is nothing wrong >> with it and they charged me $105 incorrect call out fees :-) TPG ( my >> current internet provider ) confirmed weak signal but when the >> technician came he allegedly did not find any problem. Of course he >> did not find anything wrong he was on my premises for 10 minutes and >> at that time everything was fine. > > You can use these maps to cross check what sync speed you should be > getting compated to other people in your area. > http://www.tpg.com.au/maps/ > > I had a _very_ similar case to you elevated to Level 2 support twice. > they said that they were clueless as to what was causing the problem > until I said I would go elsewhere. > > In my case I'm on the Business Unlimited plan at work. It is speed > limited to 1M/1M between 7pm and 7am and unlimited in speed (dependant > on line sync) and download quantity the rest of the time. I had a > Billion 7404VNOX that I think was causing some problems. I swaped that > out to a Netgear DGN2000 for the purposes of testing. > > Im my case I was downloading faster during the speed limited times > than during the day. Downloading Tpg's speed test iso > (http://www.tpg.com.au/test3.iso) Also on the weekend I could download > at the maximum rate. > > Best of luck in dealing with TPG's support, I had to hold their hand > through the process, they kept on expecting me to 'reboot the router - > hey look it's fixed' when it failed. I humbly suggested that was > unreasonable. > > Adrian > > -- > 24x7x365 != 24x7x52 Stupid or bad maths? > <erno> hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to > ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my > apartment it is. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/aanlktik-xuwv9um09j3+wnyuhjuvd68_alngmj_7p...@mail.gmail.com > > -- http://www.linuxconfig.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/AANLkTi=9S=h=l9vqxbhibdnwk7_9t6_fxpxdosxki...@mail.gmail.com
