[wellylug] Telstra Clear performance: (WAS: broadband recommendations, etc).

Bruce Hoult bruce at hoult.org
Tue Sep 11 16:49:19 NZST 2007


On 9/11/07, Centurion Computer Technology (2005) Ltd
<daniel at centurion.net.nz> wrote:
> How is the performance on you TC cable connection.  I  have one at work
> (10Mbit cable) and it's performance is very poor.  Connections to
> ftp.nz.debian.org is only at about 160kB/s where as my home maxnet ADSL
> does 400 - 700kb/s.  I find that I can't seem to get anything at all
> above 400kB/s.

That's about what I get on single streams from the USA (which it
probably is, given lack of peering .. did you check with mtr?)

I can max my 4 Mbps cable out with international traffic pretty much
any time I want, if I use 3 or 4 streams.




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