ADSL advice in Oz?
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ADSL advice in Oz?
Being out of the golden triangle, I have no access to cable for internet access, and until now satellite has been the only possibility. Now Telstra tell me they are going to update the local exchange to accept ADSL in January.
While I would dearly love broadband access, anecdotal evidence from various computer mags indicates a lot of very unhappy customers of ADSL, who say that when it's working it's fine, but the advertizing bait of "always on line" is a gross exaggeration due to technical problems, and that some people's connections are down more often than they are up. The general feeling seems to be that Telstra are still blaming teething problems for a technology that has now been available to the public for a couple of years.
If anybody has any personal or even second-hand experience, or even second hand experience of ADSL access, good or bad, I'd love to hear about it.
While I would dearly love broadband access, anecdotal evidence from various computer mags indicates a lot of very unhappy customers of ADSL, who say that when it's working it's fine, but the advertizing bait of "always on line" is a gross exaggeration due to technical problems, and that some people's connections are down more often than they are up. The general feeling seems to be that Telstra are still blaming teething problems for a technology that has now been available to the public for a couple of years.
If anybody has any personal or even second-hand experience, or even second hand experience of ADSL access, good or bad, I'd love to hear about it.
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I'm bringing this back to the top because I have now posted in D&G asking for responses.
In addition to the previous questions, while I realize how fast aactual downloading of large files etc is, does cable/satellite/ADSL make everyday access of sites proportionately faster, or do you still spend a fair amount of time waiting for sites to load?
In addition to the previous questions, while I realize how fast aactual downloading of large files etc is, does cable/satellite/ADSL make everyday access of sites proportionately faster, or do you still spend a fair amount of time waiting for sites to load?
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The broadband technology is not normally at fault where permanent connectivity is concerned, it's more to do with the service provider. Your best option is to do a little digging into the quality of service this service provider gives, i.e. customer discussion boards on the host's website etc.
Generally speaking, you will notice significant improvements in viewing anything on the net. You must bear in mind however, that transfer speeds are restricted by the slowest link in the connection. In other words, if you are one of many visitors to a site which has a small connection to the internet itself, then the transfer will be slow and there's nothing you can do apart from try again later. This said, the majority of broadband customers enjoy very good transfer rates for 90%+ of the time.
Generally speaking, you will notice significant improvements in viewing anything on the net. You must bear in mind however, that transfer speeds are restricted by the slowest link in the connection. In other words, if you are one of many visitors to a site which has a small connection to the internet itself, then the transfer will be slow and there's nothing you can do apart from try again later. This said, the majority of broadband customers enjoy very good transfer rates for 90%+ of the time.
