Cant wait to get off the congest RIM Middle of suburbia in a newish housing area and ADSL1 1500/256 is pretty much it in terms of plans - can pay more for 8mbit down but seeing as I never get close to the current max up/down speeds it is not worth the extra $$ per month.
One day we will be able to watch youtube in all its 360P glory without needing to pause for buffering
well you could do what i do, i pay for a VPS in the US 2TB month of bandwidth and this connection, i then use the VPS for most things anything else i download it to my PC through works 20/20 connection. VPS only costs me $120 year
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I checked my map, the township of Kyneton will get fiber (go figure! no such thing as adsl1 here back in 2000) and wireless for the out of town area which I am not covered, doesn't surprise me as I don't even get mobile reception.
but................... I do get adsl 2+ @ 10.5Mbit at 9km from the exchange. how ?
WOW I used to get 5.5mbit 4 kms from the exchange. ive never heard of someone so far get such a quick speed from adsl2+ unless you are on a rim and the cabinet is a lot closer to you than the actual exchange?
EDIT: my bad LOL... I think I understand now... you had a friend close to the exchange and shared the connection over a nice high gain wifi antenna? nice idea.
yes I got a guy I know 4k up the road and we have had this setup since 06. He is 4.5km line length from the exchange but must have good lines to get these speeds and stability.If I replace the router for a broadcom chipset type I should increase speed even more
to this day I still can only get dialup on our lines at home. Probably ISDN as well lol
as the crows fly his place to the exchange is 4+ km. Lines will be longer for sure. No RIMs as of yet in Kyneton. Mind you he is out in the farming region out of town like I am.
That chart is only a guide, wire gauge, interference levels and splices, line equipment all play a roll. Guess we got lucky.
My half brother next door at 8.5km line length got adsl1, but only just and after 5+ years of trying. The SNR and attenuation is terrible. I recall the attenuation was 68db
we have an attenuation of 35db and get the 10.5mbit
Yeah, I know a bloke who lives out in the country, and is on the only pair on the 30 core cable. Adsl goes a long way when there is no interference. And the clicks from the electric fences are too low frequency to affect the dsl. He did the same thing, about 5kms, then 24dbi wifi to the next farm. It worked quite well. Much better SNR and speed than in built up areas.
I this cos I had many arguments with dumb ass telstra people and their lack of support for people further than 4km line length. I said f you all, i'll make my own internet. And I did
Once they did come out to offer adsl under the broadband connect scheme and we said sorry, you were too slow lol.
Middle of suburbia in a newish housing area and ADSL1 1500/256 is pretty much it in terms of plans - can pay more for 8mbit down but seeing as I never get close to the current max up/down speeds it is not worth the extra $$ per month. 
