Bandwidth test results - what's your speed?
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Dinorius_Redundicus
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You must be on NBN. I'm still using two cans and a bit of string. Best I can get is about 5mb/s download and 0.9 mb/s upload.
Dinorius_Redundicus
kuid 68213
Not on the NBN yet. Photoshop worked wonders on my internet speed. :hehe:
Without it I'm only getting 10Mb/s download and 0.9Mb/s upload, but it felt good to be top dog for a few minutes.
You got me. My area hasn't even made the NBN list yet and, being in a safe labour electorate, probably won't ever.
Dinorius_Redundicus
kuid 68213
Can't get more Labour (or "Democrat" for our US viewers) than Newcastle Paul, but we've been hammered with advertising for the NBN. Looking at the various flyers, it just seems like more money to stay on about the same speeds as current ADSL and a lot more money to go faster. So you're not missing out on much.
I'm not lucky, I'm just spoiled. Retested...
I'll see if I can test to New Zealand later...
How much do you pay in New Zealand?
Yeah, there is, but its all speed regulated here. Most people are on ADSL through copper which averages anywhere from 5Mb/s to about 20Mb/s. Next there is VDSL which is up to about 30Mb/s. About 10 years ago, Telstra created a hybrid cable network in parts of Auckland (I think), Wellington and Christchurch. Im on it in Christchurch and its regulated to 50Mb/s. In the last few years they have been rolling out fibre throughout the cities, it is managed by a company called Chorus and some areas have up to 100Mb/s (some businesses can get faster). Here in Christchurch a company called Enable is managing the fibre network and their philosophy is "no one needs to go any faster than 30Mb/s" and have regulated it as such for residential services. Businesses can have faster if they pay for it, I have one business I visit and did a speed test on their network and they were over 300Mb/s, I also have another on 100Mb/s, but they are paying a lot each month for it. And yes, we still have bandwidth limited plans also, we are on a 80Gb per month plan which we occasionally go over. And it cost $90 per month.
As I said, you lucky people, our internet is nothing fantastic - unless you're from a bush tribe from central Africa, then you may think its great!!
As I said, you lucky people, our internet is nothing fantastic - unless you're from a bush tribe from central Africa, then you may think its great!!
My home has both cable and fiber broadband, the former for general use and latter for hosting games with my friends and seeding torrents round the clock.
http://beta.speedtest.net/result/5172299450
$50/month with free voip, no complaints.
In recent months several companies have begun 10 Gigabit service at $180+ monthly.
http://beta.speedtest.net/result/5172299450
$50/month with free voip, no complaints.
In recent months several companies have begun 10 Gigabit service at $180+ monthly.
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Here's the result of connecting to Softlayer, the host for our DLS, forums, and patches.
The performance is not stellar as we can see compared to the local connection, well relatively local for me at 50 miles in Boston so the results here may have to do with the distance as well.
John
The performance is not stellar as we can see compared to the local connection, well relatively local for me at 50 miles in Boston so the results here may have to do with the distance as well.
John
johnwhelan
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Which is sufficient and its not too expensive.
Cheerio John
I've used 3G while traveling especially in those areas where there is little if any bandwidth even at the hotels that offer "free internet service", and in one location in west Texas, the 3G was actually faster than the hotel service.
John
