New Xtra Jetstream Plans *yawn*

http://www.telecom-media.co.nz/releases_detail.asp?id=2926&page=index

Pricing still won't convince me to change, its still a ripoff.

 

i just wish they would lift up the 128k 5gig to atleast 15gig a month
id be happy all i download are music videos and mp3s

 

Change ISPs then. IHUG offers 10GB and I think it's Orcon that offers
15GB.

I was using Xtra but have switched to IHUG because of this.

 

Yeah i did join orcon for like a month since i was online gamer i was
getting terrible pings i dunno what its like now so i went back to
xtra. i gotta sacrifice something

 

At broadband speeds? Or the dribble that 128k gives you?

 

do these prices drops effect existing jetstart users?

 

Red herring. We are talking 128K in this thread.

 

Dont think i think at full jetstream.
I'll go 256k ill just use p2p new zealand and download mp3s and videos
since nz traffic is free and nz p2p doesnt let internationals on

 

How does 128k equal "jetstream" speed?

Lennier

 

Jetstart/stream are words of propaganda.

ADSL, along with DSL are technical acronyms for two different types of
broadband service - one being high-speed both ways and the other being
high-speed one way only (the other being 56k modem speed).

Lennier

 

I was of the impression that the uplink was 56k.

If it is faster than that here in NZ, I would expect and welcome
correction.

Of course I got the most important fact of symmetry vs Asymmetry correct -
a point that you did not acknowledge.

Lennier

 

For full speed ADSL here in NZ, the uplink is 512kb
For the junior(rate limited) ADSL, the uplink is either 128k for the 128k
down, and 256k up for the 256k down...

 

It probably is in NZ. With a usable broadband costing $888 per month
I wouldn't expect anything else.

You have already been corrected! But you can keep waiting for
your expectations to be satiated for all I care.

I did acknowledge it - by not refuting it.
I forgot, however, to congratulate you for pointing out the
bleeding obvious.

 

Are those legal MP3s or pirated?

 

Cool - thanks for the info.

Lennier

 

I have seen full speed jetstream with 896k up and 7.6 megs down
My link speed
DSL status: OK (upstream 800, downstream 6560 kbit/s)
PPP status: OK (VCC1)
Ethernet status: OK (10Base-T)
Uptime: 67 days, 12h 54m 48s

Not that it does you much good as one tech said in the adsl mailing
list
Telecom's adsl is like a ferrari with a lawn mower fuel tank Goes
realy fast but you can only go round the block

The data caps are just a bad taste joke What telecom should be doing
is uping the limit to say 5gig for the same price as the 500meg plan
Thats how they will get more customers
"Overclockers do it hotter and faster"

 

And:
Cost: ????
Usage: ????