Slow Internet

[Sam.]

My internet is slow. We probably used our monthly usage, but it was fine until my sister switched if off last night (when I was in the middle of something!). Now I only get fast internet back for 1 day before school starts.



So I may not be on Off Topix as much, because I can really only have 2 tabs open at any one time.

 

[Sam.]

It seems a bit better now, but maybe I've just gotten used to it.



Oh yeah, last night it took me 45 minutes to download a 6MB backup of my website

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[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

That sucks. We dont have any caps here so its the same speed all the time.

I had cable internet (6 mbps) but recently downgraded to DSL (768k). Its more than 5 times slower but Ive adapted to the crappyness of it. Saving quite a bit of money this way.

 

[Raven]

Hate it when that happens. My computer has been slow recently too. Hope you get it sorted.

 

[Kasynlie]

Ours is 400MB per day at full speed download / 128Kbps upload.



If we exceed our daily limit, we get slowed to dial-up speed until 2AM the next day.

 

[Nathan]

I hate getting capped internet, Sam, may I ask which ISP you are with cause I know Telstra (bigpond) actually resets your usage like a day early

 

[Sam.]

E-Wire.



I'm going to do a full backup of my website tomorrow, which will take at least 3 hours. It seems to have gotten a tiny bit better - either that or I have gotten used to it more. Whatever the case, it's making it really hard for me to do anything on my website, but I managed to take the time to secure my blog (and wait for the pages to load).

 

[Peaceful]

Mine was being a pain the last few days. It has reset now, so it's much faster, it was strange because i wasn't even capped. Damn Australian service providers.