I notice with 3g wireless the download is heaps faster then 802.11ADSL but 3g costs a s**t load more so which is suppose to better?

802.11 is a wireless ethernet protocol. this needs to be driven off your ADSL modem. either your connection (copper) to the exchange is s**t house, you have an ISP that is blocking torrent traffic or your router port forwards arent working correctly.

There is not much doubt in my mind that unless you are capped, live under a cell tower or have connection issues with the copper that 3g could be faster.

I believe 3g and other wireless technologies for australia are s**t, no matter which mexican d***head thinks otherwise.

NextG is very impressive.. and 3G/HSDPA isn't too shabby either at 3mbit/sec. Both are theoretically capable of faster speeds than traditional 1.5Mbit ADSL.

true, but these are dependant on weather, buildings, distance, terrain. the faster speeds you want the more power your mobile device needs to consume. also telstra charge outrageous prices for usage. coverage can be patchy

and if all australian homes where to be connected like Sol 'tacos' Troheo wanted (all on wireless technology) we'd each have towers in our back yards making us grow third testicals and we'd run out of radio frequencies.

the latency on wireless is horrid too.

AFAIK telstra offer then fastest wireless broadband, running at 7.2mbp/s. my adsl2+ connection runs at approx 7.8mbp/s, and im in what they call "3rd area" or something like that - basically i have no hopes of reaching optimum "adsl 2+ speeds (20+mb/s)" but because of techno mumbo jumbo thats what i get. although, compared to optus cable, my current lat is higher but my downloads go quicker in some circumstances.

and, AFAIK, telstra's "cable 2+" is the fastest atm.... aside from other "high-end" sources





btw, **** wireless, **** it to hell.... its not worth in unless you NEED wireless access to the internet at any given time. and even then its a rip off!

I tried the Optus wireless 3G and man was that s**t. Got up to around 120kB/s on a clear day but as soon as it hit 6pm it bogged right down to 3kB/s and kept dropping out. So much for download speeds of 3Mb/s. I know that's their max speed but I'm only getting a maximum speed which is less than 3% of what they claim i could get.

ADSL2+ is faster.. I get 18Mbps If you're serious about internet/gaming/torrenting and stuff, you still won't bother with 3G wireless at the moment. I have an optus prepaid one for when I'm not home and getting charged for uploads sucks.