confirm 5.5Kb

That should keep everyone happy for a few weeks:) Sentech - The masters of manipulation
 
Wierd... I'm getting 9kB/s international at the moment.
(This after the 500K mark)

Edit: Currently at 6.5kB/s ... ???
 
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Well, they definitely seem to have done *something*. I was doing some international download tests today and looking at the graphs, and instead of the usual 'several seconds of nearly full speed followed by flat 4KB/s', instead it was just continually going up and down through a range of 2 to 8 KB/s. The average throughput was around 6KB/s or so, perhaps a bit less. There didn't seem to be the initial spike/burst either. Web browsing also feels a bit more sluggish than before, possibly reflecting the lack of the initial burst. All things told, I'd guess they've changed things back to how they were before (i.e. when contended, and with a high contention ratio). Does this mean that now instead of "33.6 modem speed all the time except for the first few seconds of a download" we'll have "roughly 56k modem speed, on average, much of the time"? Or will the average be slower still?

Maybe it'll turn out to be a slight improvement overall (e.g. from 'very very slow' to 'very slow'). Considering this thing was advertised to me as 128Kb unlimited, uncapped, it still sucks.

Edit: I stand corrected, have just done some more tests, and now it looks like the hard 4KB/s limit (after several seconds of higher speed) is still there.
 
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The cap seems to be temperamental !

one wonders - does it have anything to do with Sentech's female dominant management :D
 
whew turtle i thought i was the only one!
Getting the exact same as you.. now it doesnt even give me full thoroughput, its just always slow!
*sigh* Not to mention my pings have gone thru the roof :(
 
hmmm I have been fine... but have also found weird behaviour happening. Overall still a crap service and skype these days seems to be blocked or degraded (anyone else?).

The speeds locally have been crappy which is strange for sentech... eh... maybe sentech is sulking bcuz of the crap pr they have been getting cuz of ASA rulling. I also go that pdf... farking great news!!! made my day.

um... overall sentech suck
 
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