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JoshDude
July 3rd, 2007, 07:58 AM
Ok, my Australian service provider, Telstra, has this whole way of getting back at users. If you go over download limits etc, they slow your internet so badly that you cannot download anything, nor watch movies on sites like youtube or anything. You can barely load pictures in Google either.

So my question to you is: what can i do to bypass this slow internet? (The internet connection is excellent but it goes slowly). Is there anything i can do at all to speed it up?

Thanks
Aηdy
July 4th, 2007, 04:00 PM
Well if your isp slows it down, then no. I would just sign up for a new isp or downloads less so it lasts you the month.
mr. self destruct
July 4th, 2007, 05:00 PM
We have a service provider here that turns off your service if you go over your limit
i would say get a different ISP, or upgrade your service to a plan that doesn't have a limit.
Aηdy
July 4th, 2007, 05:02 PM
I have a 40gb limit at my dad's but at my mum's we only have 6gbs at the moment, but if we go over it justs costs more, it doesn't slow down or anything though.
mr. self destruct
July 4th, 2007, 05:05 PM
i have no idea what our DSL limit is but the speed is only like 375k download. were getting cable in about month which is around 6Mbps download.
Aηdy
July 4th, 2007, 05:13 PM
We're at 3.3mb/s at dad's, at mum's only 512kb/s, we're getting it all sorted out soon though! (I hate British Telecom! (BT))
CryingEye666
July 4th, 2007, 10:24 PM
try less downloads lol
OR you could get an external hard drive and store everything you download in there
i have one and its awesome and it didnt change my internet speed
KingCrimson
July 5th, 2007, 12:47 AM
yeah it happened to my dads computer to, it only just starting going fast again yesterday.
Aηdy
July 5th, 2007, 12:17 PM
How would an external hard drive help things?
Glasgow
July 5th, 2007, 01:16 PM
Lol i agree with andy, an external harddrive will give you more space for your downloaded things but you're still downloading from the Internet and your isp can still track it.
Activate
July 7th, 2007, 05:55 AM
Ahh Telstra suck, they are overpriced and they aren't very efficient in some ways, for the price it isn't worth the negatives
Switch to Internode or Peoples Telecom
http://whirlpool.net.au/
That site there is very good to find an ISP
Ethannnnnn
July 7th, 2007, 06:34 AM
telstra works perfectly fine for me and its not that overpriced
JoshDude
July 7th, 2007, 08:22 AM
Yeah Telstra sucks in my opinion. They cant do anything right.