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From: David L. Jones on 19 Jul 2010 03:53
Don McKenzie wrote:
> Makes you want the NBN.

Not at the proposed cost.

> Residents at Point Cook near Melbourne have stopped queuing large
> downloads and started bringing on-demand movies down the pipe in under
> 15 minutes after swapping "abysmal" ADSL1 connections for superfast
> broadband.

What's the big deal?
My Bigpond cable connection has for years been able to pull a movie down in
under a claimed 10 minutes:
http://www.bigpond.com/internet/plans/cable/

And in practice it is indeed insanely quick at downloading anything that is
sourced directly from the local proxy server at Bigpond and not actually via
the net.
If the content comes via the actual net then it's still as slow as the
thinnest pipe.
Real shame I get charged for uploads though...

Dave.

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From: Mauried on 19 Jul 2010 04:32
On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:53:42 +1000, "David L. Jones"
<altzone(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>Don McKenzie wrote:
>> Makes you want the NBN.
>
>Not at the proposed cost.
>
>> Residents at Point Cook near Melbourne have stopped queuing large
>> downloads and started bringing on-demand movies down the pipe in under
>> 15 minutes after swapping "abysmal" ADSL1 connections for superfast
>> broadband.
>
>What's the big deal?
>My Bigpond cable connection has for years been able to pull a movie down in
>under a claimed 10 minutes:
>http://www.bigpond.com/internet/plans/cable/
>
>And in practice it is indeed insanely quick at downloading anything that is
>sourced directly from the local proxy server at Bigpond and not actually via
>the net.
>If the content comes via the actual net then it's still as slow as the
>thinnest pipe.
>Real shame I get charged for uploads though...
>
>Dave.
>
>--
>================================================
>Check out my Electronics Engineering Video Blog & Podcast:
>http://www.eevblog.com
>
>

What exactly does this article mean.
It seems that 3 out of 1500 residents are downloading movies.
What are the other 1497 people doing?

From: terryc on 19 Jul 2010 21:27
On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:53:42 +1000, David L. Jones wrote:

> If the content comes via the actual net then it's still as slow as the
> thinnest pipe.

Or, what will become more important, the capacity of the server to
respond.

From: Mr.T on 19 Jul 2010 22:18

"David L. Jones" <altzone(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:kwT0o.40920$Ls1.10002(a)newsfe11.iad...
> If the content comes via the actual net then it's still as slow as the
> thinnest pipe.

Something that still seems to be totally ignored in all the hype.

MrT.


From: Mr.T on 19 Jul 2010 22:20

"Mauried" <mauried(a)tpg.com.au> wrote in message
news:4c440d42.593076442(a)news.tpg.com.au...
> What exactly does this article mean.
> It seems that 3 out of 1500 residents are downloading movies.
> What are the other 1497 people doing?

Probably reading a few emails and maybe some online banking, at a projected
cost of $42Billion!

MrT.




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