Average Internet speeds
 

This is bound to create some controversy:

http://www.ausinfo101.com/internet

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Yay I'm below average...again :p

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I'm just checking to see if I can get a speed boost from 1,500 to 24,512 for just $39.95 pm :fingerscrossed:

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24 Mbps will probably give you an actual download rating of around 12 - 18 Mbps... depending on how far you are from the exchange.

Telstra have rolled out 100 Mbps in Melbourne now..... that'll be expensive !

http://www.itnews.com.au/News/160879...-100-mbps.aspx

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If this government internet filter conroy wants whacked on gets going, watch those internet speeds tumble. Country will become a joke internationally.

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10 times my current speed, and for $20 per month LESS, :fingerscrossed: :fingerscrossed:

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Also I would highly expect that those are the average speeds from the house to the termination point. Rather than across the state wide network let alone the International peering bandwidth.

In short just because you connect at 4Mbps at you're house it doesn't mean diddly in actual performance of using the internet.

The UK has a far higher density of actual services available on the Internet and the backbone around the country is far superior to the Oz. Not to mention the lack of population density in Oz.

But that said you should try some providers over in this part of the world!

:)

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The definition for those figures is:

The figures were based on the average of 215,408 tests in Australia and 331,981 tests in the United Kingdom.

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didn't test mine, I'm lucky to get 80kbps :confused:

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If all else fails, then it's back to IRC... There are so many holes within that protocol that I cant believe the government are even contemplating this.

Lets see them plug this up....

http://www.mirc.com/

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Use this for accuracy ;)

http://www.speedtest.net/

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From Whom may i ask ?

Stu

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http://www.tpg.com.au/products_servi...us_pricing.php if you live on top of your local telephone exchange.

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How accurate are they ?
My result using Brisbane to London
http://www.speedtest.net/result/668435925.png I have a 1.5Mb connection :confused:

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iPrimus
http://www.iprimus.com.au/PrimusWeb/...bandInternet/#

ADSL2+ Family 40GB (20GB peak + 20GB off peak [10am-2am]) $39.95

Many of the ADSL2+ plans are about that price, but not all are available. iPrimus however, using the Telstra network, appear to be available in most areas.