xtra's 'go large' managed bandwidth not working,time for?

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stacey1122

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Topic # 10252 12-Nov-2006 15:33

well with hundreds of people complaining in this forum and other forums about the slow download speed of xtra's go large plan,isn't it time for xtra to have another plan tailored for heavy downloaders and doesn't have managed bandwidth?

On the 'go large' plan i am downloading between 20-25kbps with http downloads. I can download about 90mb per hour between 12am-4pm.So i would be able to download about 1440mb of data between these times daily.

Over a period of 30days that would equal 43.2GB. Now i would rather download at 100-300kbps,so i think telecom should change it's current 'go express' plan from a 2gb data cap to a 50gb data cap and not have the bandwidth managed and once a user reaches a data cap they're lowered to 64kbps until the rest of the month.

Because unfortunately i don't think telecom has the network capacity to offer unlimited data yet. hopefully telecom upgrades their network to be able to handle unlimited data over the next few years.this is the only reason why 'go large' users are getting slow speeds.

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Reply # 52091 12-Nov-2006 16:23

stacey1122: well with hundreds of people complaining in this forum and other forums about the slow download speed of xtra's go large plan,isn't it time for xtra to have another plan tailored for heavy downloaders and doesn't have managed bandwidth?

Hundreds of people??!? In this forum too?!!? I'd like to see where... other forums I could accept (like Telescum (who will still complain if Telecom made broadband 5c per TB and free landlines) and gameplanet) but there has hardly been hundreds here.

And to answer the other part - there are plans, they are called the pro plans (see Xtras site for details).

i think telecom should change it's current 'go express' plan from a 2gb data cap to a 50gb data cap and not have the bandwidth managed and once a user reaches a data cap they're lowered to 64kbps until the rest of the month.

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Reply # 52871 17-Nov-2006 20:28

complane it take 2 min to the ASA on line

http://www.asa.co.nz/complaint_form/complaint_form.htm

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Reply # 52873 17-Nov-2006 20:44

Err was anything in the original post about FALSE ADVERTISING? I see nothing ..

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