Exetel ADSL2 Review
I am very excited right now, that’s because i got my adsl2 connection already from exetel. Finally, after around 10 days has been suffering because i have to use dial up for my internet connection, today i don’t have to deal with the slow speed of dial up connection anymore. Its time to say goodbye to dial up which is such a pain in my ass.
For the Adsl2 internet connection, It took about 2 weeks since i lodged my application.
| Exetel Submit Your Application To Supplier On This Date | 2007-10-30 |
| Supplier Confirms Receipt Of Your Application On This Date | 2007-10-30 |
| Estimated Date For Phone/ADSL2 Cut Over * | 2007-11-13 |
| Estimated Date For Line Activation * | 2007-11-13 |
| ADSL Activation Completed On This Date | 2007-11-13 |
You can see from above detail which i got from the exetel application status page, it took exactly 15 days.
Once i got the connection, i actually got a problem to connect it using my adsl old wireless modem ZyXEL P-660HW. Then i tried to update the firmware to the latest one. It looks like this firmware update fix the problem, and finally i can connect already. The first thing i do once i get connected is to test the speed. There are some website which provide the free tools to test the adsl speed such as zdnet and ozspeedtest. From Zdnet broadband speed test page, my speed is around 9000kbps, which is not too bad i reckon. And from ozspeedtest site, here is my result:
Mirror: Exetel
Data: 3 MB
Test Time: 3.02 secs
Your line speed is 8.12 Mbps (8122 kbps).
Your download speed is 1015 KB/s (0.99 MB/s).
For you guys who want to know more about how fast is the speed for each adsl connection type, here is the table quoted from ozspeedtest site:
| Connection Type | Typical kbps | Typical KB/s |
|---|---|---|
| 28K Dialup | 28.8 kbps | 3.6 KB/s |
| 56K Dialup | 56.6 kbps | 7 KB/s |
| 256/64 ADSL | 200/56 - 256/64 kbps | 25/7 - 32/8 KB/s |
| 512/128 ADSL | 400/108 - 512/128 kbps | 50/13 - 64/16 KB/s |
| 1500/256 ADSL | 1200/216 - 1500/256 kbps | 150/27 - 188/32 KB/s |
| 8000/384 ADSL | 1500/326 - 8000/384 kbps | 188/40 - 1000/48 KB/s |
| 12/1 ADSL2 | 1500/700 - 12000/1000 kbps | 188/88 - 1500/125 KB/s |
| 24/1 ADSL2+ | 1500/700 - 24000/1000 kbps | 188/88 - 3000/125 KB/s |
| 24/2.5 ADSL2+ Annex M | 1500/700 - 24000/2500 kbps | 188/88 - 3000/312 KB/s |
| Uncapped*/128 Cable | 2880/108 - 10000/128 kbps | 360/13 - 1250/16 KB/s |
| Uncapped*/256 Cable | 2880/216 - 10000/256 kbps | 360/27 - 1250/32 KB/s |
Other tool which i reckon is very useful as well is the tool to find out how far is your location from the adsl exchange from adsl to exchange website. Because by knowing how far you are from the adsl exchange , you can know how much speed you can expect. The closer you are, the faster speed you can expect.
How is your guys speed compared to my speed?
Exetel ADSL2+ Internet Connection
Finally i move in to my new place already in Hornsby. I actually planned to sign up with TPG for my internet connection as i wrote before on the other posting “TPG or Westnet”, but then i changed my mind. After comparing the price and bandwidth, i decided to sign up with exetel. I took the ADSL2 bundled With Telephone as well. Its actually almost the same price if i take the telstra (for my home phoneline)+ TPG (for the ADSL2+) but exetel offer cheaper price for the local phone call, where telstra plan cost me 30cents per call, whereas exetel only charge me 18cents. Its gonna takes around 2 weeks until i can get the ADSL2+ connection, so meanwhile i’m using prepaid hello dial up for my internet connection, which is a pain in my ass, very very slow. Hopefully exetel can finish the process faster and i don’t have to wait too long. From what i read in whirpool forum, exetel got pretty good feedback so far, and its one of the reason i sign up with them. If you are using exetel, please give me some feedback here.