Hey all,
Wondering if any of you have thoughts on moving to cable from ADSL2+. Are there any pitfalls, or any thoughts pro/con wise on either solution?
We are currently with iinet ADSL2+ on their off-net turbo system.
100GB per month + phone rental + phone pack = $100 pr Mth. We currently get a max of around 6Mbps, usually just over 5. We need a bit more data nowadays as I’m topping up with data packs the last few months
Had one of those friendly calls from Telstra, they were offering cable 200GB, free installation, $137(odd value) of local/mobile/national calls, $10 rebate rebate each month, $100 welcome credit. Asking price of $79 per mth.
Price reduction for us is helpful at the moment, so that’s one on the pro side. As is the extra data. Telstra tell me we will get a max of 100Mbps. We’ll I’m not going to hang my hat on getting that, but if we can at least get >20Mbps that would be nice.
Also I’ve read that the speed will be impacted depending on how far away from the node we are. I’ve been trying to find something that gives a rough idea of what the degradation would be over distance, then if I can find where the node is in the street that would give me an idea of where we may sit. Or, am I just reading too much and should not bother?
Thanks for your thoughts.