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We were on ADSL and only able to affordably get 100gb/month (internode)
WiMAX promised as fast or faster speeds and 250gb for the same price plus $750 installation or $100 installation with a 3 year commitment (Adam)
Despite giving positive numbers when tested using the ISPs own version of speediest.net and when measuring the quality of the signal it was awful
Our browsing habits completely changed as a result - YouTube, iview and iTunes were now painful to use and I spent ages trying to prove a fault before they finally waived all costs and allowed me to exit the contract
When I returned to adsl I chose a different isp (iinet) and was lucky enough to get a socket again (this time our speed was improved over the original socket and we got 100gb with another 100gb off peak and unlimited iview (iview is the player from one of our TV stations which was responsible for much of our need to increase our limit)
Long story short. Find out what the guarantee is.
Ours was 4mbps or Mbps (I never remember the right term) and the tests showed we were getting this and better.
Actual use however was terrible with even 2 minute youtube videos stopping dozens of times
Specifically ask, and before you switch record, how long it takes to download a movie, how does a YouTube video behave etc
Your experience might be much better than mine (I see lots of these devices on roofs here so you would assume my 5 apple tvs, 6 ios devices and multiple macs might be a factor in my poor experience, but even with all but one mac disabled it was still painful)
You need a UK equivalent to whirlpool.net.au to help you assess the options and ISPs available
Last edited on Sat Feb 2nd, 2013 10:09 by Doug
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