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Originally Posted by Screwdriverone
Unfortunately I am going the opposite direction, I noticed the other day that my previously quite good 4M down, 800k up speed had dropped to 2M and 384k up (I use Optus at home which is co-located in the Telstra Exchange), so while not being able to prove it, I assume there is some shenanigans going on in the doling out of ADSL speeds in my area.
Even the modem sync information is reflecting the drop shown in the Speednet tests so its pretty annoying to halve an already ordinary link speed for no reason.
Oh well, bring on the borg and then I can assimilate my mind to the net directly without any external peripherals.
Cheers
Chris
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I know that OPTUS no longer supply new connections where there is no OPTUS service in the exchange as with our area. Once they have a system available they may provide a full service. Although the de-regulation of Telstra Wholesale and retail has changed the goal posts a bit OPTUS still a dark horse when it comes to connections.
They may have reduced your speed as your service may have been connected prior to the policy change.
I recently found that I can change to another provider like IINET without major price changes and as they have a service in the exchange I can be routed through their backend provider which is usually more efficient than Telstra. One thing that was said to me is that from my home to the exchange I have to still rely on the Telstra infra-structure, I believe the infrastructure (RIM) may still be restricted, but things change from the exchange.