[AusNOG] News: Telstra to clamp down on peer-to-peer

[Rod Veith]

Hi Mark,

Based on what Optus claim, you have a reasonable expectation.

If for some reason you don't get faster downloads, you ask for your money back and cancel your contract because they didn't deliver what they claimed. 

BTW, they aren't the first ISP, and won't be the last, to make claims they can't deliver (*still annoyed the Full High court recently ruled in TPG's favour on their 'unlimited ad' claims - in my view TPG should not be advertising this claim unless the majority of the population can receive this offer or they clearly spell out the areas in which it is available in font sizes as large as the ad).

Rod



-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Andrews [mailto:marka at isc.org] 
Sent: Friday, 8 February 2013 12:41 PM
To: Rod Veith
Cc: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] News: Telstra to clamp down on peer-to-peer


Optus charges $20/month additional for a DOCSIS 3.0 modem with a higher link speeed to be provisioned [1].  If I was paying that extra $20/month I would expect to faster downloads even if the traffic is flowing over congested links controlled by Optus.
Otherwise it is just a con.

Mark

[1] Optus Cable Premium Speed: For cable customers only. Upgrades your cable broadband connection to Optus’ fastest DOCSIS 3.0 internet service which increases download speeds for Australian-hosted content. Actual download speed can be affected by factors such as your equipment and LAN performance, settings, hardware, software, internet activity, location of content accessed and congestion.
WiFi connection may not be as fast as wired device. Only Optus-supplied DOCSIS 3.0-compliant EMTAs will be supported. Computer must meet minimum system requirements Pentium 4+ for Windows or PowerPC G5/Intel for Macintosh) and may need network settings optimised.

https://www.optus.com.au/shop/broadband/phone/plans

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