KiLL3R DRiLL3R Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Hey all! I have a question. does Optus (Australia) allow you to host small servers on your internet connection. I host few few game servers for me and my friends to play on but I wondering if you are allowed to by Optus. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infiltrator Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 (edited) Not sure about Optus, but Telstra and Internode allow its users to run their own virtual servers. Edit: This should answer your question, http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1150507 Edited June 23, 2011 by Infiltrator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netshroud Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 I remember looking through the terms of service and acceptable usage policies a couple of years ago and I couldn't find anything. That said, Optus horribly restrict upload speeds (and uploads seem to take priority over downloads, one upload can bring my home connection to a screeching halt) so I don't think it'll be effective as a server. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infiltrator Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 I remember looking through the terms of service and acceptable usage policies a couple of years ago and I couldn't find anything. That said, Optus horribly restrict upload speeds (and uploads seem to take priority over downloads, one upload can bring my home connection to a screeching halt) so I don't think it'll be effective as a server. Even with my Internode account I can only achieve 85KBps, I'm soon gonna be buying a wireless gateway from Telstra, where I can achieve 3Mbps or 300KBps. That should be enough for what I do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiLL3R DRiLL3R Posted June 24, 2011 Author Share Posted June 24, 2011 I have rented a web server from crazy domains and have been using it for years. I just don't want to pay for a bunch of servers. The main problem is that I loose interest in that game or we just stop playing it. Besides, "we" for me is a max of 5 people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netshroud Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Even with my Internode account I can only achieve 85KBps, I'm soon gonna be buying a wireless gateway from Telstra, where I can achieve 3Mbps or 300KBps. That should be enough for what I do. That's pretty good going. I'm on Optus Cable and I only get 512Kbit up (64KBps) :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infiltrator Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 That's pretty good going. I'm on Optus Cable and I only get 512Kbit up (64KBps) :( I could go with Asymmetric ADSL, where I could get 10MBps up/down. But its intended for business and even if i did subscribed for it, I could be up for a several hundred dollars. Not cheap! In addition, you also need a router/modem that supports Asymmetric ADSL, which would also cost a couple of hundred dollars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niels Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 I could go with Asymmetric ADSL, where I could get 10MBps up/down. But its intended for business and even if i did subscribed for it, I could be up for a several hundred dollars. Not cheap! In addition, you also need a router/modem that supports Asymmetric ADSL, which would also cost a couple of hundred dollars. sorry for the little detail but ADSL stands for Asymmetric dsl, and in you're case 10 up and down isn't really asymmetric. Because adsl is full-duplex,the name comes from that originally the channels ( frequencies) reserved for download is a higher proportion then the upload part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infiltrator Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 sorry for the little detail but ADSL stands for Asymmetric dsl, and in you're case 10 up and down isn't really asymmetric. Because adsl is full-duplex,the name comes from that originally the channels ( frequencies) reserved for download is a higher proportion then the upload part. Sorry I meant symmetric DSL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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