RE: ADSL choices [OT]

["White, Peter" <peter.white@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good point.  There's nothing on the Nildram site (that I can see) about
contention rates, which is a bit naughty, but I remember seeing elsewhere
that the pro rate is 20:1.

I knew there was a good reason for asking ;-)

Pete
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From: ian.bird@xxxxxxx
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Sent: 31 March 2004 16:26
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Subject: Re: [ukha_d] ADSL choices [OT]



You may find the pro version of your current setup gives you a better
contention ratio of say 20:1. These other guys may be 50:1 so your download
speed may well be limited by the other folks using the line into the
exchange and not the bandwidth you are paying for.

Ian




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31/03/2004 16:07
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All

I got a flyer from my existing ISP - Nildram - today, and they do a 1MB
connection for =A334pm, versus my existing 0.5MB 'pro' connection for
=A332=
.
The only difference on the comparison table is that the 1MB service is
limited to 150GB p/m, which I think is more than sufficient for me! (most
of
my traffic is corporate email, but no more than 40mb p/day).   The only
other difference is that I have to pay an extra =A33.50 for a static IP,
which
I get free with my current package, but having said that, I asked for one
when I set it up and never got it, and I've not really had a need for one
since.

So, shall I change?  I also loose the phone backup connection, but I've not
used that once in my 8 months with Nildram.

I'm not sure why I'm asking this having typed it, it seems a rather obvious
choice....

Pete









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