ADSL2+ Vs TESLTRA CABLE
For the purpose of this column I will try and keep opinion out of it and just present the facts.
Please know that these facts pertain to me and may vary at your place.
Firstly I will say that I was a Telstra Cable customer for several years and found the service to be reliable and fast. However, without going into it Telstra recently pissed me off so I decided to look for some alternatives.
Having enjoyed cable speeds, a regular ADSL connection was going to seem pedestrian so I looked at IINET’s ADSL2+ which promoted speeds up to 24000kb’s per second. That sounded okay so I thought I’d hook up with them. Below is the comparison.
It is important for you the reader to know that I am comparing Tesltra standard cable not Cable Extreme (which is one of the things Tesltra did that pissed me off!)
Speed tests for this exercise were done with Line Speed Meter, an awesome speed tester which I recommend everyone have. Go to www.tcpiq.com to get it. Its free!
Prices for Internet access quoted here are based on having a full phone service with the same company. The phone plans are so similar as to not have made a difference for me but for those who are interested I did do a quarter comparison. I make one local call a day and four to five long distance calls a week and the price difference was negligible even with Tesltra’s free local calls!
TELSTRA STANDARD CABLE UNLIMITED: $59.95 per month
You get 10Gigabytes of usage and then will be shaped to 64kbps after that.
Uploads are counted in your usage.
Speeds advertised is up to 8000kbps down 128kbps up.
I got around 7900kbs per second download on a regular basis. Upload speed was around 112kbps
A good stable connection
IINET ADSL2+ LIGHT $49.95
You get 10gigabytes down peak (8am to midnight) plus 10 gigabytes down off peak (midnight to 8am) you will then be shaped to 64kps for that period where you have exceeded your quota. IE if you have downloaded 12 gig peak but only 5gig offpeak you will not be shaped during off peak hours.
Uploads are free and do not count towards usage.
Speeds advertised are up to 24000kbps down and 1000kbps up.
The fastest Speed I have achieved is 15482 kbps down. Upload is consistent between 700 and 800kbps
Not as stable as cable but not to unstable either.
Oh and with IINET you get a free dial up account so if you travel with a laptop you can connect anywhere in Australia to the dial up account. Handy when I go to my sisters who has a PC but no internet
I have not for the purpose of this exercise included extra’s such as web space or extra email addresses because who uses these things anyway?
Please know that these facts pertain to me and may vary at your place.
Firstly I will say that I was a Telstra Cable customer for several years and found the service to be reliable and fast. However, without going into it Telstra recently pissed me off so I decided to look for some alternatives.
Having enjoyed cable speeds, a regular ADSL connection was going to seem pedestrian so I looked at IINET’s ADSL2+ which promoted speeds up to 24000kb’s per second. That sounded okay so I thought I’d hook up with them. Below is the comparison.
It is important for you the reader to know that I am comparing Tesltra standard cable not Cable Extreme (which is one of the things Tesltra did that pissed me off!)
Speed tests for this exercise were done with Line Speed Meter, an awesome speed tester which I recommend everyone have. Go to www.tcpiq.com to get it. Its free!
Prices for Internet access quoted here are based on having a full phone service with the same company. The phone plans are so similar as to not have made a difference for me but for those who are interested I did do a quarter comparison. I make one local call a day and four to five long distance calls a week and the price difference was negligible even with Tesltra’s free local calls!
TELSTRA STANDARD CABLE UNLIMITED: $59.95 per month
You get 10Gigabytes of usage and then will be shaped to 64kbps after that.
Uploads are counted in your usage.
Speeds advertised is up to 8000kbps down 128kbps up.
I got around 7900kbs per second download on a regular basis. Upload speed was around 112kbps
A good stable connection
IINET ADSL2+ LIGHT $49.95
You get 10gigabytes down peak (8am to midnight) plus 10 gigabytes down off peak (midnight to 8am) you will then be shaped to 64kps for that period where you have exceeded your quota. IE if you have downloaded 12 gig peak but only 5gig offpeak you will not be shaped during off peak hours.
Uploads are free and do not count towards usage.
Speeds advertised are up to 24000kbps down and 1000kbps up.
The fastest Speed I have achieved is 15482 kbps down. Upload is consistent between 700 and 800kbps
Not as stable as cable but not to unstable either.
Oh and with IINET you get a free dial up account so if you travel with a laptop you can connect anywhere in Australia to the dial up account. Handy when I go to my sisters who has a PC but no internet
I have not for the purpose of this exercise included extra’s such as web space or extra email addresses because who uses these things anyway?
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