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ADSL2+ rocks
Hi all.
recently, my ISP Internode began offering ADSL2+ through Telstra ports, as I am on a Telstra port, I contacted my ISP to see if they could estimate what my speed would be. They worked out Im 1.6 ks line length from my exchange, ad ADSL2+ is available. So I went for it, and wow Im glad I did. They said i should get at least 10 megabit. My modem syncs at 14 megabit and I can download files at between 1.2 and 1.4 megabytes/sec. Compared to my old speed of 1.5 megabit its chalk and cheese. I can also upload at around 700k as well, up from 256.
I use a Netcomm NB9W Voip routermodem with latest firmware.
I did replace my old ADSL1 line filters with ADSL2+ ones. Link worked with old filters but thought it best to get the proper ones.
The switchover was painless, my net went offline, then a minute or so later the modem re synced at 8 megabit, then another minute later resynced at 14 megabit ADSL2+
Even IIS is snappier now, with images uploading faster and of couse large images downloading much faster.
bring on the National Broadband network. As it is, Internode in partnership with the initial NBN rollout in Tassie offers a whopping 25 megabit, for LESS then their comparable ADSL plan. needless to say when it is rolled out in Newcastle I will be changing to it, as it will be nearly twice as fast again ad my current link, and possibly cheaper!
I cannot understand the detractors of the NBN. By the time its rolled out people will have plenty of uses for the speeds it offers. Just going from 1.5 to 14meg is absolutely brilliant. Going to 25, 50 or 100 meg would be awesome.
Ive attached shots of a download roaring along, it stayed at that speed for the duration of the dl. Also a shot of my ADSL stats.
Scott
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