re: Half an hour for a song

Try this web-site,Andrew. You'l see a whole range of 'Options' you can take. (This applies equally so....to all other Providers...at their varting Rates.)

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Since yours takes over 30 minutes....for a 30 second song....I'd say your Contract's Internet Speed has got be around the slowest Speed of all.
A good tip, here, is..........."Go and have a closer look at what your Contract contains/ what speed you signed for!"

If it is of a lower-slower speed, change it.

To one that is faster/still affordable for you. (And, yes, Telstra does give and allow you that 'ooption'....to change you Internet Plan.)

re: Half an hour for a song

40MB? 50MB per second? I thought normal Telstra cable was 8MBps and Extreme was 24MBps. Or is that only here in Perth where we get the raw deal on everything...I think we are falling behind even ADELAIDE!

PS. Before I offend anyone from Adelaide, please realise I am not picking on you...I just feel your pain! :(

re: Half an hour for a song

Yes i fully agree with andrew-i have a 40MBPS connection capable of simply awesome download speeds(5 seconds for a mp3),but mostly only a very select few sites offer speeds anywhere near this.As i pay a premium for this speed,and rarely get to use half of it,i will be looking at other options when my contract is up.

re: Half an hour for a song

Andrew, get Telstra (Bigpond)...to test your connection.
And, yes, they will test it..if you're that worried about it.
But, I will agree with APC and Colin.....yeah, sometimes it is the 'source' you're trying to download from...that really is the problem.

re: Half an hour for a song

I meant to type "50 mbps". Sorry. Ow, back to the van!!

re: Half an hour for a song

I was on Telstra Bigpond for a while and I found it pretty good. Mind you, the ONLY plan worth going with on Telstra is their unlimited cable plan for $60 a month. Get a good link and you should be able to download that song in 2 minutes as a wav file.

re: Half an hour for a song

Thanks Colin. I couldn't have said that better myself. I'm with Telstra Broad Band Cable at 50 bps and sometimes downloading stuff from other sites is a nightmare. I hope to be around when fibre optic links are the norm. Wouldn't that be nice? Cheers Andrew.

re: Half an hour for a song

Andrew, Its not your speed that really matters, its the source that you are trying to download this music from. You can have the fastest connection in the world but it means absolutely nothing if the download is coming from someone who has restricted bandwith and probably a dialup connection. You can only download data as fast as the source will allow. Period