Faster broadband (Was Re: [clug] stupid Communications ministers)

Neill Cox neill at ace-hosting.com.au
Sun Nov 19 22:01:36 GMT 2006


Coincidentally Internode have just announced 2.5Mbps upstream rates  
through ADSL2+ Annex M.

http://www.internode.on.net/adsl2/faq/annex-m.php

You need an Annex M capable modem (and an Internode ADSL2+ enabled  
exchange) but there is no extra cost for the increased upload speed.

Cheers,
Neill

On 20/11/2006, at 8:42 AM, Alex Satrapa wrote:

> On 18 Nov 2006, at 11:25, Jacinta Richardson wrote:
>
>> I agree with Steve.  I want faster upload because from a business  
>> point of view that's where we're suffering.  There are too many  
>> times when we saturate our upstream while our downstream stays  
>> idle.  Sure it would be nice to be able to pull various things  
>> down faster, but that has less of a negative impact on our business.
>
> You can get 512/512 ADSL today - just ask your ISP. It means much  
> higher costs than 1500/256, but you do get double the outbound  
> speed, and it's cheaper than hosting/colocation.
>
> Of course, there's always the option of hosting through somewhere  
> in the USA like Rackspace - they're very cheap and you get a  
> boatload of bandwidth for very little expense.
>
> Alex
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