[wellylug] [OT] Internet & Citylink

[Jethro Carr]

On Mon, 2005-02-28 at 23:10, Gordon Paynter wrote:
> > Ihug appears to have some good deals - can anyone comment on their blink
> > (asdl) service? I think it's from Telecom's UBS, but I can't be sure.
> 
> I have the blink 256 service.  
> 
> It is via Telecom. I pay Ihug $50, and Telecom nothing.
> 
> I've just looked at the Web page, and the plan seems to have changed.  Traffic 
> is apparently unlimited (it was 20 GiB when I signed up) and the cost is $50 
> (it was $60 last time I was billed).  Note that you save another $10 if you 
> elect to use Ihug for toll calls.

yeah, I noticed that the site said that it costs $50 with ihug 'direct
dial', but it didn't mention how much without.

> > What's performance like? (ie: how close is it to 256kbs?)
> 
> Note that 256 kpbs (note: that's kilo-bits per second, not kilo-bytes per 
> second) only applies to downloading.  Upload speed is officially 128kpbs.  

Yep, I'm aware of that - divide kilobyte by 8 to get kilobits. thanks
for pointing it out though.


> I am currently doing a Debian upgrade at a rate of about 280kpbs (i.e. faster 
> than advertised), though naturally it is slower at other times too.  I have 
> seen faster-than-advertised upload speeds lately too.

that's good. I guess it would depend on my exchange.


> > Also, would I be able to access the citylink ftp server from ihug? I
> > think it might be only accessable to isp's which are peered with
> > citylink...
> 
> I cannot connect to ftp.citylink.co.nz any longer. I now hit 
> http://http.us.debian.org for debian updates.  I have enough bandwidth, and 
> little enough use for it, that this is not a problem, except in rare cases 
> where I want an updated package fast.
> 
> 
> > I understand that this isn't really linux related, so please reply to me
> > offlist. (dodocaptain at paradise.net.nz)
> 
> Given this touches on access to Linux software on citylink's FTP servers, I 
> don't think it's off-topic.  Posted to list.


thanks Gordon.


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