I've had to buy a separate IP service to get online at home

[Alexander's Horse]

Modern family

Four boys at home on school holidays with all their devices going so Dad, who pays for the home service, had to get a dedicated separate IP service to get online

[Sava]

Australian internet sounds crazy

[Alexander's Horse]

It's hopeless Sava, we're the global village idiot.

[Sava]

Judging from the choice of PM, I find it hard to argue with you on that point.

[rah]

Said the man from the country where our last two presidents were ......................

[Aeson]

We have 4 unlimited data connections all of which have wifi hotspots. 3 of which are limited to 1GB a day and then they'll be throttled. That doesn't happen very often though ... mainly because it's nigh impossible to download 1GB of data in a 24 hour period on the network. If at least one of them is working at 3G speeds or better at any given time it's a major victory.

It's about 10x faster than it was just a little over a year ago though, so I'm loving it

[MRT144]

Modern family

Four boys at home on school holidays with all their devices going so Dad, who pays for the home service, had to get a dedicated separate IP service to get online

Is there ever a discussion about the future of internet in Australia where these stupid restrictions don't exist? Or have you just settled?

[Dinner]

Modern family

Four boys at home on school holidays with all their devices going so Dad, who pays for the home service, had to get a dedicated separate IP service to get online

You didn't need to do that. With the right software you can set your router so that your computer gets first priority or failing that you could just cap the bandwidth for each of your sons. Either way the end result is that you connection works great and your sons will have to learn how to survive without hogging all the bandwidth.

[ColdWizard]

You didn't need to do that. With the right software you can set your router so that your computer gets first priority or failing that you could just cap the bandwidth for each of your sons. Either way the end result is that you connection works great and your sons will have to learn how to survive without hogging all the bandwidth.

Or they'll just whine and whine...

[N35t0r]

Whining, the time-honoured tradition of kids worldwide

[Alexander's Horse]

You didn't need to do that. With the right software you can set your router so that your computer gets first priority or failing that you could just cap the bandwidth for each of your sons. Either way the end result is that you connection works great and your sons will have to learn how to survive without hogging all the bandwidth.

One of my sons is doing something like that to ME

[Sava]

did you know that vaginas are called beavers because they eat wood?

[Dinner]

One of my sons is doing something like that to ME

Reset the router using the reset button then set it up the way you want it and this time password protect it and consider putting it in a locked room where they can't get to it.

[Alexander's Horse]

I did that