Broadband speeds

Funny isnt it I use a Telstra mirror and its always slower(done it about 10 times at least!)

Test run on 20/09/2006 @ 10:47 PM

Mirror: Bigpond
Test type: ADSL

Your connection speed:

kbps: 368.98
KB/s: 46.12
Mbps: 0.37
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Test run on 20/09/2006 @ 10:50 PM

Mirror: OzEmail
Test type: ADSL

Your connection speed:

kbps: 400.67
KB/s: 50.08
Mbps: 0.4
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Test run on 20/09/2006 @ 10:50 PM

Mirror: Bigpond
Test type: ADSL

Your connection speed:

kbps: 376.26
KB/s: 47.03
Mbps: 0.38
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Test run on 20/09/2006 @ 10:51 PM

Mirror: Dodo
Test type: ADSL

Your connection speed:

kbps: 424.19
KB/s: 53.02
Mbps: 0.42
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Test run on 20/09/2006 @ 10:54 PM

Mirror: Bigpond
Test type: ADSL

Your connection speed:

kbps: 376.96
KB/s: 47.12
Mbps: 0.38
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Test run on 20/09/2006 @ 10:56 PM

Mirror: Netspace
Test type: ADSL

Your connection speed:

kbps: 418.24
KB/s: 52.28
Mbps: 0.42

Later at night even faster speed.
Test run on 20/09/2006 @ 11:52 PM
Mirror: Netbay Internet
Test type: Cable
Your connection speed:
kbps: 18376.61
KB/s: 2297.08
Mbps: 18.38

I could be wrong, but personally I reckon internet speed all boils down to how much you are prepared to pay for your connection and ya gets what ya pays for.

Just did a hookup to the factory computer which is on ADSL 1500 and this is the result:

Test run on 21/09/2006 @ 12:17 AM
Mirror: Netbay Internet
Test type: ADSL
Your connection speed:
kbps: 10481.43
KB/s: 1310.18
Mbps: 10.48

Quote:

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Originally Posted by ubeaut

I could be wrong, but personally I reckon internet speed all boils down to how much you are prepared to pay for your connection and ya gets what ya pays for.

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Yup. It always amazes me that people who won't touch a GMC powertool expect high-end performance from what're basically GMC-level ISP accounts. :D

Test run on 21/09/2006 @ 1:14 AM
Mirror: Optus
Test type: Cable
Your connection speed:
kbps: 4793.34
KB/s: 599.17
Mbps: 4.79

Harry, you are getting dudded!

They reckon thats a acceptable speed, Im looking an extra $30pm($99)for 1500, who says I'll actually get anywhere near that speed... others here with them only get 700kbps max on the 1500! cant get cable here.
Theres no choice of isp either... B'poo or nothing(unless you want dial up)

"I could be wrong, but personally I reckon internet speed all boils down to how much you are prepared to pay for your connection and ya gets what ya pays for."

You are wrong, cant pay for a service that dont exist!
The eastern states do get favoured better than the rest of the country.(were not viable...)
I pay for a 512kbps connection its never been anywhere near it.

Gees your speeds blow me out of the water but it's still faster than Dialup

5.30AM

Your connection speed:
kbps: <b>194.04</b>
KB/s: <b>24.26</b>
Mbps: <b>0.19</b></tt>

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Harry72

Theres no choice of isp either... B'poo or nothing(unless you want dial up)

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It might pay to double check that, here is a link to Internode's coverage on Telstra dslam's. http://cgi.internode.on.net/cgi-bin/...arrier=Telstra
It mentions Pt Pirie, but it will depend on where you are. Pt Augusta and Stirling Nth have adsl2+ available so I don't think it will be too long before you get some real products available. I also think there are wireless options either available now or soon.

shaun

This is mine, about 3 kms from the local exchange, HEAPS faster than my dial up was though. Fair makes me drool to see what some of you get and you still aren't happy!

Test type: ADSL
[kbps: 215.12
KB/s: 26.89
Mbps: 0.22

I am with iinet ADSL 2+, I throttled myself back to 11mbps as the 13mbps I was getting was too unstable. 1mbps upload speed, 40GB/m for $70. I am 2.5KM's from the exchange

I regularly see 850KB/s and sometimes over 1MB/s

When I can download 1GB in less than 20 mins, I am doing well enough I reckon. My daughter will probably laugh at that when she grows up. "How did you live in the olden days wtih less than gigabit to the home daddy?"

Cheers
Ben

Your Results
Test run on 21/09/2006 @ 12:00 PM

Mirror: Bigpond
Test type: ADSL

Your connection speed:

<acronym title="Kilobits per second">kbps</acronym>: 348.12
<acronym title="Kilobytes per second">KB/s</acronym>: 43.52
<acronym title="Megabits per second">Mbps</acronym>: 0.35

:(:(:(:(

That test is quite inaccurate. Is what it tests is how long it takes to download that jpg from a users website on your ISP. The downloads from these servers are often not very fast.

This is from another test

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This is from the other test.

Mirror: Internode
Test type: ADSL

Your connection speed:

<acronym title="Kilobits per second">kbps</acronym>: 674.06
<acronym title="Kilobytes per second">KB/s</acronym>: 84.26
<acronym title="Megabits per second">Mbps</acronym>: 0.67

Test run on 21/09/2006 @ 3:26 PM

Mirror: Bigpond
Test type: ADSL

Your connection speed:

kbps: 388.06
KB/s: 48.51
Mbps: 0.39

Doesn't seem to matter which one i choose or what time of the day. It's laways around 7.Mbps

Test run on 21/09/2006 @ 3:31 PM

Mirror: Optus
Test type: Cable

Your connection speed:

kbps: 7391.38
KB/s: 923.92
Mbps: 7.39

Wish I was on your exchange Gumby...

Here, the speed can vary from 4.5 through to 7Mbps depending on time, date and how many Maggies or Parrots are on the lines. :rolleyes: