I switched my Xtra account to the new unlimited Go Large plan 2 weeks ago and have found that for anything other than surfing it is incredible slow - dialup slow.  Yes, I know it's managed for peer to peer and bit torrent type stuff, but even basic file downloads over HTTP are rediculously slow.  At the current rate, downloading Vista from MSDN will take 3 or more days.  Now I can fully understand having some sort of restrictions but I live in an semi-rural area where there are not too many users and I do my big download at non peak times - from 6am to 6pm usually.  Prior to Go Large I was getting about 5-8 times the performance.

There's a few others complaining about Xtra and reccommending a switch to Orcon or others which is a great idea for some people but where I live, Telecon are the only cable providers so while switching will not reduce Telecon's monopoly or profits it may restore my bandwidth.

The other option is to switch back to the previous 5Gb plan I was on. In most months this was sufficient but with school holidays 5Gb usually lasts about 2 weeks.

So, all I can really do is moan about it here and make sure I cross link as much as possible to get up the google hit list.

Oh, crap, just found this, I should have checked more before switching plans.

Ah, cancel that, just found this.  However, it really does show how incompitant Telecon & Xtra are.  I really feel sorry for the people that work there - and I know a few.  It must be hard working for a company that is so hated by so many people, but really this is the fault of senior exec's and a few idiots in marketting.  They will be the first against the wall when the revolution comes.  Viva le revolution!