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3 and iinet? Ouch!

06 04 07 - 20:58 http://www.xseries.iinet.net.au/

"As part of the iinetwork, iiNet's next generation ADSL2+ network, you can experience the fastest ADSL broadband speeds available in Australia today."

Ahh yes, iinet's "Next generation" "iinetwork" (somebody please shoot whoever came up with that one) that seems to be half as fast as it should be. The fastest speeds (that are the same as every other ADSL2+ ISP). What about really fast but expensive connections you can get? ipop (100mbit, although you do have to be in the right building, and know the right people)

The interesting part being:

"That means high-speed file transfers between your PC and your 3 eries mobile using services like Orb."

Of course, this completely forgets Internode's offering of Annex M, which could triple your upload speed to ADSL2. Stock ADSL2 = 1mbit up, Annex M = 2, maybe 3 depending on exchange distance.

"And best of all, iiNet won't count the stuff you access via your eries mobile towards your home broadband quota."

Umm, this is true of any ISP that doesn't count uploads - all the good ones, basically.