[WXC/VFX] Xnet Speed Improvement Today ?

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nothingbutipod

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#27856 9-Nov-2008 00:11

Whoah ! I can stream youtube and not timeout on international sites today. Speedtest done at midnight (I'm located in Auckland City Downtown with nDSL).
I really hope this is not a one off thing, anyone else notice difference today ?

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#176878 9-Nov-2008 00:28

Everyone must be watching the election . . .

Kyro

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#176881 9-Nov-2008 01:14

Always been able to stream videos at midnights, its during the times 3pm->11pm that you cant without waiting the 3 minutes to buffer the 1 minute video.

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#176887 9-Nov-2008 09:31

I concurr, it was definately better last night, youtube videas actually worked

nothingbutipod

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#177636 12-Nov-2008 19:55

Xnet is back to normal dial up speed now.
Oh and bye xnet... I'm moving.

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#177680 13-Nov-2008 00:51

Hey guys some people do not have trouble at all with their xnet torrent internet. Unfortunatlly I am not one of them. :(

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#177684 13-Nov-2008 06:18

pistolpower: Hey guys some people do not have trouble at all with their xnet torrent internet. Unfortunatlly I am not one of them. :(

Are you on the torrent plan? If so that's your reason.

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#177769 13-Nov-2008 12:11

Well, I am on Xnet Torrent....

2 weeks ago, my internet was doom and gloom... Websites totally unsurfable (even sites like facebook or yahoo mail). Only the NZ ones were OK. Download speeds on BT down to about 5kbps/30kbps (and that's only because I limit upload)...

But now.... Vast vast improvement. Yes, YouTube videos still need to be bufferred (about 30s for 2 mins of video)... BT speeds consistently reaching 200kbps down (over 10pm-1am).... But hey, considering that off peak data is free, I do think that it's acceptable.

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#177775 13-Nov-2008 12:33

jesseycy:

But now.... Vast vast improvement. Yes, YouTube videos still need to be bufferred (about 30s for 2 mins of video)... BT speeds consistently reaching 200kbps down (over 10pm-1am).... But hey, considering that off peak data is free, I do think that it's acceptable.

Err no, 10pm - midnight is on peak and youll be getting charged as such.... so wouldnt surprise me if things looked good over that time period.

In saying that, I actually had some data come through over night, files Ive downloading for 3 weeks are almost finished so maybe things are on the up after long last... but Im still on the look out for a new ISP just in case...

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#177793 13-Nov-2008 13:43

I've seen some improvement too; but the real litmus test "can I stream YouTube unbuffered at night", is still no. So they still have a bit of work to go.

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#177808 13-Nov-2008 15:42

I dont think I can stream youtube at anytime of the day anymore, without drops to buffer :(

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#177832 13-Nov-2008 17:30

martin308: I dont think I can stream youtube at anytime of the day anymore, without drops to buffer :(

Hmmm, then maybe you have some other issue. There should be no problem during the daytime 8am-5pm.

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#177925 14-Nov-2008 10:26

xpd:
jesseycy:

But now.... Vast vast improvement. Yes, YouTube videos still need to be bufferred (about 30s for 2 mins of video)... BT speeds consistently reaching 200kbps down (over 10pm-1am).... But hey, considering that off peak data is free, I do think that it's acceptable.

Err no, 10pm - midnight is on peak and youll be getting charged as such.... so wouldnt surprise me if things looked good over that time period.

In saying that, I actually had some data come through over night, files Ive downloading for 3 weeks are almost finished so maybe things are on the up after long last... but Im still on the look out for a new ISP just in case...

Yes, I understand that. But 12am-2am, it's still going fast of over 200kbps.... And I've just confirmed this again last night.... As for the "YouTube test", it's still no.... But hey, considering that off peak data is free, I'm happy for now...

Just a wonder guys... If you have updated to SP3 recently, you might need to repatch your tcpip.sys again...