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Wannabe Geek

# 130476 13-May-2008 08:32

When did you download: 8:28am
How long did it take to download the file?: 8 seconds

What ISP are you currently using?: Actrix
What broadband plan are you currently subscribed to?: Max/128

What city are you living in?: Wellington
Sync: 15021 kbps

08:28:58 (830.73 KB/s) - `FirefoxSetup2.0.0.14.exe' saved [6039048/6039048]

TechnoGuy001

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Ultimate Geek

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# 130581 13-May-2008 15:12

YAY seems Orcon has fixed the long delay when starting downloads (was instant this time!)

When did you download?: 3:10 PM
How long did it take to download the file?: 19 seconds

What ISP are you currently using?: Orcon
What broadband plan are you currently subscribed to?: Surfer 20 GB Broadband

What city are you living in?: Havelock North

ADSL sync speed = 3488

TechnoGuy001

590 posts

Ultimate Geek

Subscriber

# 130585 13-May-2008 15:23

Done another one but everything unplugged apart from my modem.

When did you download?: 3:22 PM
How long did it take to download the file?: 10.53 seconds

What ISP are you currently using?: Orcon
What broadband plan are you currently subscribed to?: Surfer 20 GB Broadband

What city are you living in?: Havelock North

ADSL sync speed = 4416

photoman

217 posts

Master Geek

# 130591 13-May-2008 15:32

I decided to test this last night (around 10pm), but had to abort it. When the timer got to 1hr34mins I decided enough was enough. Will have to give it another go tonight, but considering it's been like this for a while not, I'm not holding out much hope.

coffeebaron

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# 130633 13-May-2008 17:26

When did you download?: 5:23pm
How long did it take to download the file?: 1 min 21 seconds

What ISP are you currently using?: Voda / ihug
What broadband plan are you currently subscribed to?: FS/128
What city are you living in?: Auckland
ADSL sync speed = 2800

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euanandrews

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# 130639 13-May-2008 17:42

When did you download?: [5:45pm]
How long did it take to download the file?: [1 minutes and 13 seconds]

What ISP are you currently using?: [xnet]
What broadband plan are you currently subscribed to?: [River]

What city are you living in?: [Wellington]

manhinli

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# 130670 13-May-2008 19:07

I've now got around 30 records - keep them coming in!

Still haven't got any details between 1am-6am, 11am to 3pm, 11pm-1am (though some are in work hours).

Please do note that one of the requirements is the broadband plan - not the speed (unless like Actrix which they only name them by speed). This is used for referencing plans in possible future comparisons.

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manhinli

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# 130684 13-May-2008 19:56

Whoa.... Google Pages got thrashed!

So off goes Firefox to my New Zealand Connections iPhone site, also located in CA - you can view my updated link in my original post.

This might or might not affect speeds (I'm obviously hoping for the latter!) I'll make sure this doesn't affect it too much by just averaging this over a period of a month.

So get cracking!

P.S. I will release records (not results, or graphs) by the end of the week!

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Geek

# 130711 13-May-2008 21:11

When did you download?: 9:07pm
How long did it take to download the file?: 18Seconds

What ISP are you currently using?: Vodafone Ihug
What broadband plan are you currently subscribed to?:Broadband 3

What City are you living in?: Auckland

TechnoGuy001

590 posts

Ultimate Geek

Subscriber

# 130760 14-May-2008 06:53

When did you download?: 6:51AM
How long did it take to download the file?: 19.3 sec

What ISP are you currently using?: Orcon
What broadband plan are you currently subscribed to?: Surfer 20 GB Broadband

What city are you living in?: Havelock North
ADSL sync speed: 3584

TechnoGuy001

590 posts

Ultimate Geek

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# 130825 14-May-2008 11:18

This is at uni, not from home.

When did you download?: 11:15AM
How long did it take to download the file?: 59.4 seconds

What ISP are you currently using?: EIT
What broadband plan are you currently subscribed to?: ?

What city are you living in?: Taradale

cyril7

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# 130841 14-May-2008 12:08

When did you download: 12:26pm
How long did it take to download the file?: 21 seconds

What ISP are you currently using?: Xtra
What broadband plan are you currently subscribed to?: Explorer Max/128

What city are you living in?: Kapiti
Sync: 6240 kbps

TechnoGuy001

590 posts

Ultimate Geek

Subscriber

# 130937 14-May-2008 18:25

So much for orcon "fixing" there download issues.

When did you download?: 6:22 PM
How long did it take to download the file?: 22 minutes 32 seconds

What ISP are you currently using?: Orcon
What broadband plan are you currently subscribed to?: Surfer 20 GB Broadband

What city are you living in?: Havelock North
ADSL sync speed: 3584