[WXC/VFX] Why is it NEVER possible to watch streamed video on Xnet 'fullspeed' ADSL?

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#35436 10-Jun-2009 08:49

http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/0906paowdnv/event/index.html <- I'd like to watch that, but as with every Apple event and every other damn streamed video in existance over a minute long I cannot on Xnet.

Why do I pay between $100 and $200 per month for such awful service? I must be mad or plain stupid to keep putting up with this...

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#223482 10-Jun-2009 09:09

You have two options: stay or move on. You put it clearly that you are either mad or stupid, so make a decision and show us that you are not either.

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#223483 10-Jun-2009 09:15

...or broke.

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#223489 10-Jun-2009 09:38

I am moving back to Telecom due to this very issue oh and xbox live connection issues. Rang Telecom Wednesday last week. Phone cut over yesterday. Broadband cutover on Friday all pretty painless.

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#223611 10-Jun-2009 14:29

You get what you pay for.. paying for quality and using less seems to be a lost art these days.

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#223805 10-Jun-2009 23:43

I got into the habbit of pausing the video as soon as it starts. Then muck around for 5 minutes before playing.

Not the ideal situation, but ah well, what you gonna do?

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#223827 11-Jun-2009 06:22

Won't work for streamed video that is not cached or live feeds. But yeah - that's what I have to do with video that starts playing before it's downloaded (different from streamed).

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#224094 11-Jun-2009 17:33

argada: I got into the habbit of pausing the video as soon as it starts. Then muck around for 5 minutes before playing.

Not the ideal situation, but ah well, what you gonna do?

Change to a ISP that has better international links and bandwidth like Telecom, Telstra, Maxnet and maybe Snap!

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#224114 11-Jun-2009 18:39

Ragnor: Change to a ISP that has better international links and bandwidth like Telecom, Telstra, Maxnet and maybe Snap!

None of them are affordable for the amount I download.

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#224138 11-Jun-2009 20:04

this always seems to be a problem. The sheer distance and end points that things have to travel mean that reliable streaming video (from Europe especially) is but a dream.

Be interested to see how your experience on Telecom is.

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#224142 11-Jun-2009 20:47

im interested where you can get 100g for less than $130.00 that Snap offers with constant speed 24 hours

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#224192 11-Jun-2009 23:38

Wow. What am I doing wrong? I very rarely have a problem with streamed video - although I have never tried any Apple sites. ;)

Maybe it is the high-speed machine I usually use - PIII @ 1.6 GHz, or perhaps it is the abundant 512 MB of Ram? Could be luck I suppose.

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#224209 12-Jun-2009 01:18

I'm on a 2.8GHz Core 2 Duo extreme, so I think it may be the ISP :-)

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#224210 12-Jun-2009 01:19

vexxxboy: im interested where you can get 100g for less than $130.00 that Snap offers with constant speed 24 hours

100g? Huh?

Also last time I checked Snap charged twice as much per GB.

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#224499 12-Jun-2009 21:33

Snap's $2 a gb is still alot cheaper than many other ISP's, I'm happy paying that for a more stable service!

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#224519 12-Jun-2009 22:43

Last I checked a PIII 1.6 wouldnt play h.264 stuff, so if its working you must be watching the low quality feeds on youtube that were encoded for internet 5 years ago type speeds - a great match to xnet.

Try watching a HQ or HD on youtube, or something on vimeo and see how xnet+dinosaur go, I know that xnet+decent computer gets a buffer-fest anytime that normal people are awake so its not worth trying.

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