Computers & Internet Is ADSL2 a scam?

[Gasometer]

So I did live some distance from the exchange and this was my download test on ADSL2-

Your line speed is 1.25 Mbps (1250 kbps).
Your download speed is 156 KB/s (0.15 MB/s).
Much to my initial disgust we could not get ADSL2 at the new address and went back to ADSL1.
Immediately I thought ADSL1 was massively faster, and then I did this test-
Your line speed is 10.71 Mbps (10713 kbps).
Your download speed is 1.31 MB/s (1339 KB/s).
WTF is that all about?

 

[Messenger]

I switched from ADSL (Optus) to ADSL2 (iinet) about 18 months ago. No question I'm better off.

 

[Gasometer]

Yep, a week on I am still enjoying speeds of x10 on ADSL1.

Very happy here compared to the Optus ADSL2.

 

[mcuzzy]

adsl2+ here

1.8mb/s

complained to telstra and they said they'd fix it immediately, it suddenly went up to 2.5mb/s

about two days later it was back down to 1.8mb/s

 

[Handsome.B.Wonderful]

Can't get ADSL on my side of the street in Essendon.

Just have to put up with 25.7 MB/s cable download instead.

 

[bontshow]

So I did live some distance from the exchange

There's your problem

 

[Gasometer]

^Scam.

How many pple live within 1.7 km of an exchange.

 

[Damon_3388]

People's failure to understand how the technology actually works often leads to misunderstandings about what they "should" be getting.

 

[Impunity!]

^Scam.

How many pple live within 1.7 km of an exchange.

I do.

I have iiNet ADSL2+ and it is very quick indeed.

Stream Netflix in HD immediately with no lag, download movies in 1080p in no time

 

[Biggy_Boy]

So I did live some distance from the exchange and this was my download test on ADSL2-

Your line speed is 1.25 Mbps (1250 kbps).
Your download speed is 156 KB/s (0.15 MB/s).
Much to my initial disgust we could not get ADSL2 at the new address and went back to ADSL1.
Immediately I thought ADSL1 was massively faster, and then I did this test-
Your line speed is 10.71 Mbps (10713 kbps).
Your download speed is 1.31 MB/s (1339 KB/s).
WTF is that all about?

Are you entirely sure your current plan is only ADSL1?

 

[Gasometer]

Are you entirely sure your current plan is only ADSL1?

Yep; sob story after sob story from Telstra about how this area/house cant get it because of lack of 'ports' or something.

I am happy to be told otherwise though...other than ringing them back how would I know?

 

[Impunity!]

ADSL2 is only a scam when Kogan offer it.

 

[dymot]

^Scam.

How many pple live within 1.7 km of an exchange.

I do as does the majority of those residing in the Box Hill exchange which is already ****ed due to the best thing of it being the busiest exchange in Australia .

 

[Elixuh]

Only Telstra can offer us cable in our area (which we're now on). We were on ADSL with Optus at speeds of 44.5kbps download speed...I could play video games online (this was back in 2007) but as soon as someone so much as opened Internet explorer it'd just crash.