Forum Archive Index - May 2000

["Trevor Gilbert" <trevor@tgif.co.nz>]

Talk to IHUG about their version of JETSTREAM. (ASDL Connection) Fast and
inexpensive it runs over the same line as your phone line. You are online
all the time. Cost = about $70 p/month.

TG


----- Original Message -----
From: Matthew Van Veen <mattvanveen@hotmail.com>
To: <sharechat@sharechat.co.nz>
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2000 9:40 PM
Subject: [sharechat] Internet Speed


> A question to any IT pers out there. My ISP is IHUG and I have a 56k modem
> fitted to my computer. Connection speed was never a problem until about
the
> last 2-3 weeks. Now I find when I do eventualy get connected the speed
> ranges from anywhere from 9000 to 40 000. Has anyone else found recent
> slowness when logging on or searching or trying to get into a new sight.
QU
> - Is it because of the introduction of i4free and Z-free that there is so
> many new users on the system that it has slow internet speed that much.
Also
> if they don't pay anything can they leave their computers connected all
day.
> Would this be the answer or do I have another problem. I feel like that
guy
> on Walker Wireless ad on TV - wanting to pick my keyboard up and throw it
at
> my computer. With the float of Walker Wireless, Safety Net etc I can see
> more people switching to these if speed becomes a problem as it is with
me.
> Also saves the problem of using phoneline when people trying to ring.
> Perhaps I need to look more closely into getting some shares in these. I
see
> these Companies are being touted to do well next couple of years before
> FIBRE OPTIC takes back over again.
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