BF2S Forums australian broadband

Hey Danyboy, welcome to Oz. Broadband speed aint great down here, especially if you live away from town. Most Australians get by OK , but compared to other countries its not great. The new govt says it will try and upgrade our broadband with fibreoptic cable, which is a great idea, I hope they keep their promise. Best of luck gaming, maybe try another ISP, Internode is pretty good.

playing games make sure your not trying to play on british servers, then you will get kicked for sure

and yeh the internet is generally shit in australia altogether

I would have stayed in the UK, internet is so shit/expensive here.

And you might also notice THAT WE HAVE NO BLOODY SF SERVERS *hint hint smokey:P *

Not really viable to tell you the truth mate. So much lag you can poke a stick at it. Stick to Oz servers and u should be right. But hey someone please prove me wrong.

When playing games online, like visiting websites, you use some of your data allowance (uploading and downloading, not much i think). If your with ISP's like Internode, they let you play on there servers for free (meaning they give you the data you used on there servers back.

DanyBoy wrote:

thx burwhale, and it says its 54.0 mbps but i could be wrong, and thts what speed it was in england and web browsin is still slower. as for it being set up and working properly, im pretty sure it is

54mpbs definately sounds wrong. The fastest you can get is 24mpbs (disregarding real-world inhibitions). Go to www.speedtest.net and see what you really get.

You'll also have to take into account "Australia" pretty much means Sydney or Melbourne so you're gonna average about 70-80ms, unless you can find servers which specify WA or SA.

The good news is in Australia our Internet is so shit that no-one can have a server in their own home so big Data Centres hold them all making them easy to find. You're big names are:

GameArena (Helstra Bigpond)
Internode or IGN
OGN (OptusNet)
3FL (WestNet)
GamingSA (Not a clue, I think its Adam Internet)


You didn't happen to go with Dodo did you?

As for Download Limit, here in Australia the big fat Goliath Telstra charges through the nose for everything so you only get x amount of GB per month. EVERYTHING accounts to this limit, and in some cases, the Download limit is also an Upload limit.
Depending on who you went with, you could have as little as 200MB to use per month before getting excess usage fees (at $150/1GB) or be shaped to 64kbps.

You didn't go with Dodo did you?

Edit: PS. Welcome to Australia, be forewarned that Summer hasn't hit yet

Last edited by Cheez (2007-12-09 04:46:25)

DanyBoy wrote:

status and look at speed it says 54.0mbps

That's the speed between you're computer and the modem

DanyBoy wrote:

oh and i'll ask again, does your data allowance drain as u play online?

Yes, ANYTHING you do online counts towards this quota.

Who are you with? I'll be able to find you a usage meter so you know how you're going.

Magpie wrote:

Ask skippy the bush kangaroo he will help you out mate

That, along with Kath and Kim should be wrapped up in duct tape, thrown on the back of a flatbed, craned onto a cargo ship, transported across the Pacific, driven to Cape Canaveral then launched into the Sun.

im trying to find out what im ment to be gettin now

Edit: another thing, im with big bond, which im guessing is telstra. and my parents have forgotten their password to ther account on big bond and it aint on the bill
oh and thx for all the welcomes , i gotta tell ya, the flys are doing my head in!!!

Last edited by DanyBoy (2007-12-09 05:23:43)

well when i came here on holiday (i think it was a year or 2 ago) my parents had to upgrade the cos i was on it so much, and chose unlimited. although i dont have any proof until i find the damn password!

oh and tht sucks, $59 for tht, its £15 ($32) a month for unlimited broadband at like ...um faster thn tht anyway

Last edited by DanyBoy (2007-12-09 05:35:46)

aha, i found it out, cheez its changed since last time, unlimited is now 12gb a month but u dont get charged for going over, your internet speed just decreases.
sorry if u already knew tht, i didnt

whats adsl (or adsl2+)? im guessing its faster 1500/256kbps

Last edited by DanyBoy (2007-12-09 05:59:01)