Hi - I know there has been screeds of posts about xnet's poor international speed, but can anyone offer any last ideas on improving my connection?
I was on the torrent plan and eventually held out hoping xnet's speed would increase. A helpdesk operator (very friendly) last year advised that if I went off the torrent plan, my speed should improve. I recently bit the bullet and dropped off the torrent plan, and my download speed got worse and sites took longer to resolve (http downloads...not talking about p2p). I played with my mtu settings and changed it from 1492 to 1500. Speed improved slightly and I could resolve sites quicker. real world test downloading from megaupload, rapidshare and filefactory ranged between 12Kb/sec to 40Kb/sec (approx 7pm). Speedtest.net showed a download test from Washington as 453kb/s.
I rang the helpdesk. The helpdesk operator's (I will keep nameless for now) response was "That's Xnet for you" and offered no solution or suggestions apart from also telling me there isnt enough bandwidth for all the users. Didn't even take my name or details and check anything.
Can anyone offer any other ideas in regards to MTU or anything, etc since the helpdesk is only capable now of agreeing that the speed is bad.
Alternatively.... who are people flocking to now for reasonable (dont need blazingly fast...just usable) internet?
(Also I work in an IT-related customer service... I would never say "thats my company for you" if a customer phoned up a little unhappy wanting assistance)
~DJ