Best wireless ADSL2+ modem/routers
In our ongoing testing of wireless ADSL2+ modem/routers, we bring you the top 10 so far. Of course, everyone has a horror story about each, so feel free to comment below on the frustration within.
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Broadband Speedtest
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The Broadband Speedtest was developed to allow you to measure your internet speed and compare it with the world, as well as making sure you're getting bang for buck locally.
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| Rank | Country | Attempts | Slowest (mbps) | Fastest (mbps) | Median (mbps) | Average (mbps) | |
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| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 7.581 | 9.285 | 9.192 | 8.686 | |
| 2 | Australia | 293 | 0.046 | 81.360 | 5.696 | 6.856 | |
| 3 | Italy | 1 | 5.043 | 5.043 | 5.043 | 5.043 | |
| 4 | France | 1 | 4.225 | 4.225 | 4.225 | 4.225 | |
| 5 | Serbia | 1 | 1.222 | 1.222 | 1.222 | 1.222 | |
| 6 | Mongolia | 1 | 0.272 | 0.272 | 0.272 | 0.272 | |
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ZDNet Australia's Broadband Speed Test measures the data throughput between a computer and a geographic distributed network of servers to calculate how fast broadband speeds are in the real world. The results are not an indication of the actual line speed between the user and the ISP. There are many external factors such as network congestion and routing between multiple networks that can affect individual results, which means the broadband speed test does not necessarily warrant 100% accuracy.
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doorarem April 4th, 2012Due to the heavy noise on my telephone line my drop out rate yesterday was 652. Very annoying to say the least, so much so I have had to drop my level of compliance and I am getting less than 1mg download and up load of 108kbts. How the hell do you get rid of the noise levels. Any suggestions
denrose11 April 5th, 2012Hi.
I'm sorry I post in a wrong section.
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Best regards!
Tulsonculsoth March 31st, 2012The Telstra ADSL2+ is GARBAGE !!!!! I (allegedly) have a 20Mbps service. I tested it two minutes go, and it was 5.2Mbps down. this is at 2:45pm on a weekday afternoon. Fairly shortly it will get WORSE than that as the school kids start to get on.
I have complained to Telstra but they make the excuse that the lines are busy -- SO WHAT !!!!!! they charge me for a 20M service then give me a 4-5M service. They are ABSOLUTELY PATHETIC.
SteveZ March 20th, 2012The issue could be your phone lines. I work in a local ISP in my area, and what ADSL 2+ is, is a minimum of 1.5Mbps, and a maximum of 24Mbps, however this depends on how far you live from the exchange. You will not get 20Mbps if you live 4km from the exchange. Also, line quality also plays a major part.
markw81 March 20th, 2012My internet is so bad right now as i cant even get a result from this test
kokenx62 March 3rd, 2012In India also all the internet service providers including the state owned giant BSNLare cheating the customers. Once the state owned BSNL shows the speed as 100 mbps. But I find it not more than 1.567! You will find it on the speed list given above!!
Dilip March 5th, 2012If you select your "connection type" and your "location" the test should work.
rory733 March 7th, 2012It should work, but it does not work. I have the same problem and I cannot measure my broadband speed. I have sent an email to ZDNet and informed them about this problem, but have never received any response.
kowalzbig March 10th, 2012Can't get the Speedtest meter to work anymore...? It used to work fine up to about a month ago. Now I press the "Start Test" button and nothing happens. Anyone got any clues? Would appreciate your help.
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SCOOBOGOUTH January 26th, 2012Wan't to winge??? we have the "state of the art" rural broadband satellite, you know, so every one has braodband. That was one of Julia's things. I took me, just now, 2.5 minutes to download the speed test site. AND we have been getting a whopping 16 to 21 KBS not MBS. It obviously has to be so slow because of global warming, or rain or something else that can hide in the sky....and all for $90.00pm
Stick December 29th, 2011I just got cable connected via Big Pond. I am getting a speed of 131Mb/s in Adelaide....for $50 per month. I'm really pleased with it because on their previous plan I was only getting 2Mb/s with ADSL2, for $70 per month. If cable runs down your street....that's the way to go! (29/12/11)
UnclePaul December 29th, 2011In response to Winngymissus lol Telstra shouldn't be charging for online gaming I have had broadband with Telstra since 2005 and never got charged for playing on line gaming if you can ring Telstra and find out why allso you-tube should be on your gaming console so it wont use the downloads as quick.
stu stu December 23rd, 2011speed test came up with 193 kbps - back to the dark ages I guess
prugeoff December 15th, 2011Do you feel that Syria spying on dissidents?
Maya Evans December 15th, 2011Telstra are a bunch of crapsters. We have had nothing but issue issue after issue - had to downgrade everything due to ill health and having to retire... instead of deleting the old plan they had us on TWO plans and charged us for both ... long winded story and probably common, but to put a long story short I really would like to know if anyone has any ideas about the following... ok a bot over a year ago we were on a 12GB plan and by the end of the month we would have used maybe 6 or 7 GB - that's using facebook ans youtube daily for hours... now when we downgraded to the very small 5GB we were using that in two weeks - and this is without using youtube and not letting the kids play online games because I know it uses a fair bit of the limit. We had to go up to 200GB (seemed like a better deal - well they are trained to make you believe that right? ) and it hasn't been slowed to dial up speed ... and won't be - the outcome with all the telstra BS is that I made a phone call "hello, Optus? we would like to bring our home phone and internet over please, thank you" now we will have a 500GB limit and all sorts of stuff for less than Telstra could offer. We already have two mobile phones with Optus so it seemed only right.
anyways, sorry to babb;e it's still a bit raw and getting it off my chest is probably ok butmaybe not here, so I do apologise ... and I would greatly appreciate any ideas or answers to my Q that was in that babb;e somewhere :-/
wingysmissus December 4th, 2011Aloha man! I completely agree with your opinion.
Burton Coltey November 26th, 2011Hi, you seem to have recently changed the screen appearance of your Internet speed test. Now it tells me that I am achieving 7.XXXX as a speed. OK 7.XXX what ? Bits per second, or Kbits oer second, or &.XXX Megs....bits or Bytes. Please either fix this confusion or go back to the original display.
Regards Ted Hulbert at thulbert98@aol.com
thulbert98 November 18th, 2011this test is shite only gives me 7mbps and I know I can get upto 36mbps on my fibre to the house they said I could get 100mbps and I laughed at them, I did have a 3G connection and they said I would get 3.2mbps and the best I could get was 100kbps and most of the time I only got 10kbps and during the day would only get 100bps, would have prefered dialup over the 3G garbage.
landcrsr September 12th, 2011TPG’s internet is the WORST thing for me i’m paying for ADSL2+ and I'm getting the most TERRIBLE speeds. I get 0.11mbps (13.75kbps) which is the BIGGEST RIP OFF. I can’t wait to get ultimate cable.
rayan1910 September 12th, 2011Just wondering, how the attempts are being calcuated here. I am a Telstra Big Pond User but even if i run the speed test 3-4 times in a row, it does not increase the attempts. Does that mean it looks for Unique IP and considers it once only ??
TechUser245 September 7th, 2011These results are so varied and random, I don't take them seriously. 900 - 5500kbs.
Totally different every time and totally different on different computers.
GSB August 31st, 2011When I signed with Telstra for a mobile broadband I was lead to believe that my speed would be up to 20 Mbps. In real life the best I usually get in WA is about 8 Mbps and tonight in Perth I am down as low as 600kbps. Is this fair or deceitfull promotion by Telstra/BigPond?
clarkeswa2011 August 25th, 2011Where is the Northern Territory - or don't we rate? Speeds up here are pretty good, especially in Darwin and the northern townships.
chrisskinner August 21st, 2011Yeah, I live in the Perth suburb of Kingsley, and I use Bigpond Cable. These results are not consistent. One moment, my line speed is 14 mbps, and the latest result was 50 mbps. I know for a fact, that Bigpond Cable in Perth, is suppose to be limited to 17 mbps.
fisherrg August 13th, 2011got new bigpond ultimate....on trail in melbourne now i have done 3 test and got
67895 75422 98000 looooooooooveeeeeeeeeeeee it!!!
Tuxedomoon July 30th, 2011Hi everyone,
Im very interested in the debate here about Australian broadband and its speeds in comparision to New Zealand etc. Something everyone seems to be forgetting is the size of Australia. People, its one of the largest countries on the planet, and it also has one of the most spread out populations on the planet. The size means that we (Australia) need to rely heavily on wireless internet, which depending on your ISP can be woefully slow, or unusually fast for wireless. As for cable or ADSL in the cities, of which I live (Sydney) it all depends on your carrier. Im with Optus and my intenet download speed can be as fast as 2mbps. When people compare New Zealand with Australia's intenet network its not really fair because NZ is as developed as Australia while being a very, very, very small and unimportant country (NSW alone is bigger).
Benm July 9th, 2011get entertainment from movies but speed is sad, talk with people in canada an usa they burn movies in two hours it takes me 8-10 hrs on their opinion they cant believe me as we are a so called rich country, but on my exp;aination i imform them govt will not do anything people get some satisfaction out of. Things have got to be sad when you have one tv station??
olomon July 21st, 2011
Sera I have been involved with ADSL for over 10 years now, installing and fault restoration. In my experience i believe at least 60 to 70 percent of the faults i attend are due to either internal wiring problems, faulty or missing filters on phone or voice frequency equipment or modem issues. My recommendations, the ideal setup is to have a central filter/splitter installed at the Telstra "point of entry" (where your incoming cable from the street connects to your premises, have a " fixed" acma approved dedicated cable from the central filter/splitter to your adsl modem! A central filter/splitter is also essential if you have a monitored security system installed within your premises. This will then eliminate most internal wiring issues. At the very least, adsl2+ in-line filters are required to be installed on every single phone device that connects to a phone socket, including faxes, answering machines, foxtel set top boxes, external ringing devices, wireless adapters connected to phone sockets, etc. The copper network isn't as bad as what some may think!
dave79 July 6th, 2011Gotta agree.
For our Burnie, Tas. internet, we have a 1.5MB download speed adls connection through exetel using testra copper line.
ADSL2+ line filter, netcom nb6 modem and belkin 34ee wireless router which supplies our internet in-house to a pc, laptop and ASUS tablet. All devices get consistant 1.2MB -1.3MB download speeds at all times, so we have nothing to complain about.
The best thing we ever did was switch over our phone and internet to Exetel.
brozza 20 hours agoI am with iprimus, and am supposed to get 1500kbps. I have never had this; and two days ago, I was down to 529kbps. I phoned and complained, and the guy who wouldn't give his name, [ obviously felt I wouldn't be able to pronounce it correctly (!!) or wouldn't understand what he was saying ] said hold on, and came back and said I have increased your speed, let me know in two days or two hours, I couldn't tell which, how it goes. I checked my speed again and it was 5828 kbps. amazing how easy it is to do, just a matter of switchiong me back on after being a random customer that had his speed slowed right down so that I don't download so much in time, which means they, ISP, don't have to pay Telstra so much for downloads. Bloody Telstra have the monopoly in this country, which seems to control all internet. I live 41 kms from Brisbnane
Frankc July 5th, 2011In relation to above, we have given Telstra 7 days to correct the issue.
We have entered a contract as a business user and are not achieving the speeds required for business use or requirements.
As a result, we will be lodging a class grievance with the Ombudsman, ACCC, and demanding financial compensation through the Small Claims Tribunal. ( Victoria)
(Deceptive Conduct, misrepresentation of performance are only 2 of the issues to be addressed)
The Telstra Next G Ultimate devices are not cheap for Business and one would expect a higher level of service and performance.
irmank June 24th, 2011Telstra Next G Ultimate speeds are disgraceful, have deteriorated from very fast to exceptionally slow in the past month. Are supposed to be high speed for business users and are now slower than a pre paid sim in my Ipad......
irmank June 24th, 2011TM, is my sister who just left a comment using my log on.Same useless speeds.WE WANT OUR MONEY BACK TELCOS...
cairns md May 26th, 2011Same for me here in Cairns...Absolutely rediculous speeds..
T.M
cairns md May 26th, 2011Switch to iinet! Ive been with them for years, theyre fast ( 14700KBPS at my place ) and would you believe they answer support calls within 5 rings! Ive nothing but praise for them as an example of how ISPs should perform.. GRO Sydney
gohlson July 10th, 2011Dont buy telstr,opts,vodaa,3,or virg mobile broadband shi# sticks in the cairns area.I have all these and speeds from 4 to 11pm are so slow i fall asleep.
Why are these companies selling their stcks here when they dont work ???
I have been ripped off by all of them.
At the best of times which is from 2am to 7am speeds reach 900kb/s..Dont get me wrong,no im not 1000km from the tower,im approx half a km from the city..
cairns md May 26th, 2011I agree with some other posters, that it is not always the isp causing slow download speeds.
If you have a good cable connection to the home router, and use wireless to access the router from another room in the house - you can serverly limit max speed. As stated cordless phones that have frequency that conflicts with the wireless frequencies will limit the speed. The best test is plug the cable into the pc directly for testing speed, then test via your normal wireless arrangements. Multiple pcs connected to router via wireless limit the speed experienced. Live in a steel frame house or have concrete reinforced floors between router and wireless pc - can badly affect speed and connection quality.
Finaly, you can have a great connection speed to the local exchange, but if the website you are accessing is feeding you a slow stream because of cost saving or being heavily loaded - you experience a slow connection - it's like the connection to your house from upsteam is a wide river - and someone is pissing in the river upstream, the download data will appear very slow.
Isps also limit your speed below what the hardware can deliver - I can get 5 or 10mbit from this test server, but if i use a download manager to download a file from a website by opening up 10 simulatious connections to a site, I can get speeds of 20mbits or more.
The simple facts of technology limit speed. Internet via wireless to the home (ie via phone networks) is limited by the number of users fed simultaneously off the nearest antenna. I think 1mbit/s consistent speed is good in this case. ADSL etc is fed through the phone wire to the home (ie not cable) and speed is limited by physics and decreases quickly with line distance from the exchange. You may be 500m from the exchange by how the crow flies, but the cable runs up and down and around the hill to get to you may be 3 or 4km long. More than 5km is too far for ADSL to deliver reasonable speed. ADSL also suffers from radio interference - so if a radio transmitter tower is near you it will result in poor performance.
Even the TV cable based internet is limited by how heavily people are using the cable in your area to watch movies - the cable capacity is shared with pay TV users.
From reading comments, I gather that some routers or cable modems may report how much bandwidth speed is available to the local exchange. Can anyone suggest usefull speed and bandwidth monitoring software that can provide logs of how good your internet connection has performed over time - ie constant logging of response to your browser requesting page downloads etc?
Things i hate about most browsers:eg firefox, opera, etc
When you open the last browser session on starting browser and it displays all the tabs - it insists on reloading all tabs rather than using cache, it does not have a setting to prevent this or just load from cache on startup. You cant stop all tabs reloading. Also if there are tabs on pages with streaming video like youtube etc - the video starts streaming automatically on many tabs simultaneously - what the f is the point of this! You get multiple jumbled audio coming from the speaker! I dont want any content loading until i select the tab. Is this too f obvious a feature for a browser to have?
Suggestions anyone?
supperfreak May 19th, 2011The best ,I got 9549kps on my Optus landline and 3349kps on my optus wirelss at Manly(God's own paradise)NSW
Erika May 18th, 2011This test is broken. I currently have 38mbit spare capacity according to our firewall, but the speed meter shows I have 2mbit a second. (On 40mbit fibre optic cable).
sssputnike May 12th, 2011I'm with Bordernet, satelite conection.We don't have Adsl or cable here in my bit of northern NSW. Bordernet uses Optrus satelite, an older platform and the best I can hope for is 1Mkps, usually slightly less and sometimes a lot less. Download is limited to 4 gig and three of that in offpeak time. I'm about to change to bigpond wireless with promised 3 to 7 Mkps and 7 gig, I am not really very hopeful but I'll settle for anything better than satellite.
quakker May 10th, 2011
f719888 Get bigpond ultimate cable WOW! ONLY AVAILABLE IN MELBORNE THOUGH
dogsbollox May 9th, 2011Just dig a speed test here in cairns and my gran is faster...OMG.....
SECOND TEST DIDNT EVEN RUN....i WANT MY TELSTRA DONGLE MONEY BACK.
cairns sucks May 2nd, 2011virgin,telstra,voda,optus are all rubbish here in cairns.slow slow slow...
innisfail wich is a small town 80km south of cairns has 4 times the speed..WHY....
sick and tired of buying all these mobile broadband sticks which are crap..
WHY sell them in cairns if there **** i ask ????????????
Percy Towner...
cairns sucks May 2nd, 2011i live in (slowbart)Hobart,or hoe bart and get this i can see the wireless tower from my bedroom window and get 4or5 bars reception on my vodaphone dongle and the best result is 2018...........cant wait for nbn to rollout..........i was using telstra dongle and WAS getting faster speeds but that was 18months ago it seems they have oversold wireless and at about 4pm on weekdys speed would drop dramatically .....assume this is due to school and working folk logging in, ...but like i said I CAN SEE the GOD DAMN TOWER !!~!!
takdog May 1st, 2011It's sad but Australia internet sux, wasn't it like 53rd in the world in 2010.
Thing is your connection to your isp may be fast in Australia. But the second it leaves Australia it's slow as fk. Do a speedtest to a server in the US or Europe or even Asia.
You might see your 20mb connection drop to 1-2mb/s.
So what use is all this high broadband speed when just about everything you want in not located in Australia.
Australia needs to do a much better job and lay more under sea cables
WinJunkie May 1st, 2011Just tested my new Telstra Cable and almost got the full 100mb/s they claimed I could get. On speedtest.net I reached a speed of 72mb/s with a MAX speed of 89mb/s http://www.speedtest.net/result/1269173165.png
bcdownloads April 27th, 2011just mesaured my speed but it's listed as from Melbourne, and I'm in Sydney!
jeroenps April 21st, 2011On virgin wireless in Bomaderry NSW, can't get ADSL thanks to telstra, just got a whopping 50kbps, Impressive!!! Maybe I should try dial-up
r_e_g__3 April 13th, 2011Well, lucky people with broadband.
Here in rural Tasmania my dial-up speed is 20kbps.
I have contracted to try Telstra wireless who have promised (is that a guarantee?)
a minimum download speed of 550kbps and minimum upload speed of 300kbps. This is the only so-called broadband available. We shall test it enthusiastically.
NBN is going to by-pass our village and not even provide a fixed wireless service, even though we have a Telstra fibre-optic cable into our little green box!
fergietea20 April 13th, 2011Wow, after my connection was down all night last night, I just got a massive 210Kbps on my 20Mbps plan.
Oh naysayers, you are so FOS if you believe what is dished up to us (and we pay good dollars for now) is sufficient!
Wakey wakey...!
RS April 4th, 2011Oops: " time & day of testing, WHERE you are, and the distance between you and the ISP's server" PLUS type of link to ISP server: 2g, 3g, 3.5g, 4g wireless, optical, ADSL1, ADSL2+.
Im on ADSL2+ ... NO LIGHTNING NOR RAIN. No walls, distances, trees in the way to my wireless link. ZDNET should be mentioning these factors at the beginning of the test. Otherwise all the following comments are meaningless.
gregzeng March 27th, 2011Posters: please mention time & day of testing, WHERE you are, and the distance between you and the ISP's server.
Me? Sunday morning, Canberra 2.30pm, 600 metres from the Optus server. Except my notebook's ethernet is broken, so the limit is my WLAN-G.
gregzeng March 27th, 2011Sorry that it did not work too well for you Stink. It worked great for me, and my family. Like microsoft volume licensing, it just brought a lot of things together and made it easier to connect.
hveshdon March 12th, 2011
PJL1941 this is absolute crap...it says i have 4mb/s yet speed test shows 31mb/s..absolute garbage site..
stink March 8th, 2011Wow looking at some of the speeds people are getting I'm doing better than I thought. SE suburbs Melbourne - Virgin (Optus network) mobile broadband mifi, the kids just got out of school and clogged the network but I'm still getting 2200 kbs.
I gave up on Vodafone after three months spending more time trying to connect to the Internet than actually using it, though it works fine (7200 kbs) for the friend I gave it to who lives near the CBD.
PS. Anyone with Windows 7 (esp. 64 bit) using Virgin Mobile Broadband with USB modem should try running the program in compatability mode for Windows Vista. Windows 7 sees Virgin software as obsolete. It seemed to help me get a better connection.
I'm probably going to return this modem and go with Telstra now they've dropped their previously scandalous prices. How did it take them so long to realise that they've dropped countless customers during the period they charged too much? $2 million a year for a moron CEO who doesn't understand basic principles of business! Doh!
stuttgartt March 7th, 2011Hmmm... 12 - 23 m/bits per sec.. kinda funny how the figures fluctuate.
Tricky79 March 6th, 2011wow 3 kb/s haha lol this is no mistake we were capped coz i downloaded too much music.
MCfade March 6th, 2011GEES A MASSIVE 330KBPS FROM 1.5M CONNECTION
THANKS TPG
typo368 March 1st, 2011I'm with "Soul" on a 1.5m connection & am getting the exact same result as you, typo368. And Soul are owned by TPG, so either they're having a bunch of problems lately (I've had connection problems with Skype at least 3 of the lat 4 nights) or they simply as crap as I've often thought they were - I had a tonne of problems when TPG "merged" with them. Thank God I'm no longer in a contract with them - I think I shall be seeking faster pastures in another ISPs paddock very soon.
nlafanclub March 6th, 2011I don't know what's going on. I'm on adsl2 and live in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland, about 10k from nambour. I always get 6500-7000kbps. I don't get the best deal though, but I get by with 25g for $49.
cyclonic111 February 27th, 201130 minutes from Windsor Sydney and I'm stuck on 672kbps satellite. Thankyou Australia, you're so advanced.
And to think that satellite will be forming part of the NBN for rural users as well. Its got a long way to go until it can reach NBN announced speeds.
Sydneysatellite February 25th, 2011Hi, my current speed 99501kbps.Lithuania.
richiune February 23rd, 2011I live in Kippa Ring north of Brisbane, and yes, we have ADSL2+, but because we are about as far from the exchange as you can get, our speed on a good day is only around 3000 kbps, at present during rain and a thunderstorm it has dropped to 2200 kbps.
While these speeds are usually ok for browsing news sites, etc., when using Skype for a video call overseas it is barely adequate, and frequently drops out. Same with trying to play some on-line games, frequent freeze-ups and loss of connection.
So Mr Turnbull's comments are totally out of touch with those of us who are embracing the internet age. I don't download videos etc., but I do like to keep in touch with my family overseas. There is nothing like talking face-to-face with someone to keep in touch.
Even though I am in my early 60's, I love having the internet. So Mr Turnbull, wake up to reality or you will find yourself consigned to the political wilderness for evermore.
DaveO February 21st, 2011Can someone tell me something!!! I just move to Caroline Springs. Joined Telstra and have been getting the run around since the first day.
The funny thing the Internet connection is so slow that it just pissed me off. At one time my download speed was at 30kb/s on a ADLS 2. Now I only live 20kms from the Melbourne CBD.
TELSTRA ADLS 2 February 15th, 2011VIRGIN WIRELESS BROADBAND - averages 2-3 minutes to download a simple webpage.
Speed test shows a range of 37 - 89 kbps (65 kbps average)
It didn't finish as my connection wouldn't hold long enough to complete.
NEVER GET VIRGIN WIRELESS BROADBAND - it is a rip off & there customer service is non existant!!!
ausbrit February 7th, 2011
SB1974 Hi Syd... Hope you are enjoying your trip (although you're spending all that money OS which could be spent here...LOL)!
Seems you missed all the ferocious weather in Qld!
Yeah TLS had a healthy 2.5% rise on friday... my guess as a non-shareholder? Feb 10 is the date of Telstra's interim results. It's also being speculated that Telstra would like to have an announcement re:the NBN, to coincide, with these results.
So imo, either investors are speculating the NBN deal to be formerly announced (for taking to shareholders to vote on) or thinking perhaps for better than expected results. Maybe even results in line with forecasts, may be good enough, considering the current bargain price of TLS and the dividend which is soon due.
Again, imo... If either of these scenarios are correct, there may be more upside! However, if both prove to be wrong, they will drop again!
RS February 6th, 2011HI Vasso and RS, great to follow your thoughts here in Pattaya Beach, Thailand. What is your thinking on the sharp rise in Telstra shares on Friday? As the two "EXPERTS" on the subject I will watch for your answers with great anticipation. Pattaya is very exciting and I may extend my stay a few days. Best wishes. Sydney from Brisbane.
sydneyla February 6th, 2011
bob812369871 im from maldives.my latest speed is 89249kbps
aairtel January 8th, 2011my speed shows 19492kbps?im from maldives.so please add my country as the best!
aairtel January 7th, 2011I just ran a few test, i'm getting a massive 122mbps in Melbourne, under Telstra's new Optic Fibre Cable in Point Cook.
myvistahosting.com.au December 30th, 2010Is that one of the fibre to the premises connections? Maybe it's because your FTA TV, Foxtel, Phone and B/B internet all run through the same fibre optic cable... who knows.
Tricky79 March 6th, 2011Australia does have the fastest wireless in the world. look it up.
TranceHead June 15th, 2011Try this one. New Telstra Business broadband for work. We test it before making it live ... yes COMPLETELY isolated (refer below). Modem tells me > 14000 download. Great. Test it with Ozspeedtest Optus mirror: hmmm 270kbsec. WTF?? Same test on my current 8000 service gets 596kbsec. Ring Telstra. good response, 2 techs arive after exchange work. Nope, not the line it the modem. They demonstrate massive download speeds with their modem from their test download site. hmmmmm, thinks me. Something is wrong. I show them a download from Microsoft (Office 2007 sp2) and ... whamo ... 272kbsec. Show them the same on my current service: 720kbsec. Heads are scratched. We then reattach the "bad" modem and do a test from other sites. Suprise suprise fast speeds. Which begs the question - why pitiful download speeds through Telstra from Microsoft (of ALL sites)?
If I was a casual observer I would suggest that something is wrong!
northrd December 18th, 2010@telstra only services melbourne with their 100mbps but optus cable also works in sydney at that speed if you pay an extra $20/month on top of your normal cable package. I am not sure where else the optus cable works at that speed. Though the standard cable speeds seem to fluctuate between 8-17mbps - normal would be around 14.
innuendo June 21st, 2011LOL. 100mb fibre available most placed around australia if you are a business and want to pay for it. Faster speeds then that again, but only if you want to pay.
Jack00000 December 20th, 2011LOL. 100mb fibre available most placed around australia if you are a business and want to pay for it. Faster speeds then that again, but only if you want to pay.
Jack00000 December 20th, 2011And Ballarat and Geelong. Mildura is only 60MB.
http://www.ncable.net.au/_site/products-single.asp?cat=2&id=233
myztry May 31st, 2011In Australia you might get blindingly fast speeds but you get something stupid like 20Mb of data and pay through the nose for it. In Australia the telecommunication companies rip everyone off by overcharging. In NZ with vodafone(mobile) you get 10Mb data/day for $1 and then pay $1 for each Mb after. NZ can phone me(landline)for 2hrs for the same cost that I can call there for 1/2 hr. Even internet charges are better value. Considering that there is only just over 4million people in NZ, about the same as in Melbourne.
Rickj51 December 17th, 2011Wow so much for broadband 281 kpbs on 3G at Quirindi!
jimmcd December 18th, 2010THIS SPEED TEST IS A LOAD OF RUBBISH, I DONE A FEW TIMES, SOME AT 2300KBPS
THEN MORE AT 8950KBPS WITH IN 2 MINS.
PFFFT GET A NEW WEBSITE :) BECAUSE IT WRONG !!!
THUNDER DOWN UNDER December 8th, 2010i have a long running dispute with telstra , they say my speed is ok , but try to blame my web cam when it freezes , try to explain to them , it also happens with the others webcam . what a waste of time ,, they do not want to know ,, i feel they are ripping us off ,, i dread to think what will the great new internet connection plan will cost us and at no benifit at all , until telstra stops telling lies to us , what can we do about them ????
bowood December 1st, 2010my service provider keeps insisting that it is my equipment that is causing the slow speeds.I pay for ADSL2+ and I am only getting less than 1MBPS. I am 250 meters from the exchange.\my neighbour is with another service provider and he gets 11MBPS download.I have taken my equipment and connected it to his connection and got the same speeds as him so it is not my equipment.it must be my service provider
taboo666200 November 29th, 2010i just tested my speed at 200 kbps rural south aust near murray bridge. the other night it was 89. next day 2000 something.
I am with bigpond wireless and i can get no joy from tech support as to why their speeds go from almost as good as our old ADSL2 in the city one day and an hour later can as woeful as dial up.
sick of speaking to call centres all over the world telling me it's my computer. SO DOES ANYONE KNOW WHY OUR BIGGEST PROVIDER HAS A GOOD FOR NOTHING WIRELESS NETWORK? Sorry...going nuts here!
mr osborne November 21st, 2010200kmps is slow, i mean really slow!
Here in Melbourne we get around 20mbps with Telstra Wireless and 100mbps with Telstra cable, but Telstra cable in Melbourne is the fastest internet in Australia.
myvistahosting.com.au December 30th, 2010Answer to Spishek. $2000 to $3000 .................bugger! Oh well I will just contact Stephen Conroy and ask him to pay my share out of what I should have received when they sold Telstra for $49 billion - I think they will still probably owe me some money!
Anybor November 20th, 2010@spishek: It depends on from what angle you look at it. Just recently I read that ASIO receives about $ 1.4 billion out of an annual budget of $ 4 billion. That is 535% of their budget before 9/11. ASIS enjoyed a budget increase of 344% and the Office of National Assessment (ONA) received a 443% bonus over the same period. Have you seen any account of what they did with that money? Wouldn't you be interested, how much your family pays annually for supporting a group of spooks, who don't have to account what they spent the money on? They claim that this is to prevent Australia from Terrorism. The risk of being a victim of a terrorist attack in Australia is 33 million to one, compared against being killed in a car accident, which is 15,000 to one. This claim is made by Dr Michaelsen from University of New South Wales. You can read about this in the latest Monthly (November 2010). And coming back to your initial question, indeed I would be happy to spend the money, because it is a long term investment that is to the benefit of both the Australian community and society and at least I know where my money goes.
Volker Janssen November 18th, 2010I live in Doncaster, Eastern sunburbs of Melbourne, Australia. I pay $ 50 for a deal they call DSL Direct. Over last weeks the connection has slowed down to what feels like a 56K Modem. Right now the line speed is 3.32 Mbps. Only about ten minutes ago it was 1.4 Mbps. This is an Optus DSL Direct connection and I have to rely on the service to do my online studies after work. Yesterday the service dropped out completely and it was not back until about 5.30pm today (Nov. 18th, 2010). Sorry to say, but I feel ripped off. Internet should be for free, the way it was planned by Tim Berners-Lee. The problem is I don't feel that the other providers are any better. Each of them has about 200 different plans to choose from with about 50 options each. But in the end you pay for slow connections and no service at all. Waiting on the telephone for over 20 minutes just to make your enquiry is a joke. I feel sorry for those who get the venting from frustrated customers and even worse for customers wanted to make a simple enquiry and got angry simply for waiting. It's amazing what telecom can get a way with nowadays.
Volker Janssen November 18th, 2010Massage to Anybor: remember that NBN will cost every man, women and child in Australia between $2000 and $3000 thousand dollars, would you pay that much upfront from your pocket to improve the internet speed, if you are asked? Spishek.
spishek November 18th, 2010In North Cairns on Internode 2+ won"t go over 1000 kbs but on my BigPond USB stick often won't even connect and that's $80 p/m - thanks for nothing Telstra. Spishek Wenderlich
spishek November 18th, 2010I am with iinet and live in Tasmania. I average around 5000 kbps but am amazed that the speed can vary from under 1000 kbps to nearly 7000 kbps. I have a pretty zippy computer (an iMac Intel Core i5 Processor Speed 2.8GHz) and use a BoB modem. Because I live about 300 metres from the exchange (I can actually see the building from my house) I would expect to get reasonable service - I pay $69.95 a month for ADSL1 Home Services for 50Gb. Judging from the previous comments, I don't think I am too badly off but if this is the best Australia can do - all I can say is hurry up and bring on the NBN. It would be interesting to know what the speeds are at Scottsdale, Smithton and Midway Point where the NBN has already been rolled out
anybor November 14th, 20107007kbps at 1:06am Sunday. Highway1 switches off completely several times Every Damn Weekend for an hour or two! SCAM. Perhaps 5000 people should file lawsuits simultaneously to wake the idiots up. Telstra claims it’s an EXCELLENT LINE! 1.2KM from the exchange. Blacktown, Sydney. Not close to the 24,000 claimed. Knowing it could be much worse is little comfort.
earthcam November 14th, 2010Just clocked 16389kbps by plugging direct into my WiFi modem.. thats preetty good I guess. It's 10:51am and I live in Marsden QLD.
Tricky79 November 11th, 2010I'm with Telstra BigPond Cable elite.. just clocked 9870kbps. I'm sure it's not the fastest 30m/bit connection out there but its sweet for me cos I dont d/load huge files etc and really don't need blisteringly fast speeds. I hear Telstra have a Cable Ultimate connection on offer too... only for certain Melbourne suburbs tho. Apparently it's up to 100000kbps, plus its only offered to bundle customers, plus you need one of their cisco routers ($249.00 if you upgrade your cable elite, free if your a new bundle customer)....
Tricky79 November 11th, 2010We are with telstra, and my speed doesn't even register with this. Australia IT really is BAD...
jackiejj November 6th, 2010I am at Rye Vic and just got 1350 kbps however what is the real download speed?????????
Whenever I download anything and see the download speed in the progress box
at best it gets to 150 kbps.
epacor November 2nd, 2010I just got 1350 kbps however what is the real download speed?????????
Whenever I download anything and see the download speed in the progress box
at best it gets to 150 kbps.
epacor November 2nd, 2010Average of three tests: 4,438 kbps (downstream)
ADSL2+ Modem reports data Rate: 5467 / 876 kbps
(ADSL_2plus, Annex A, Maximum of 24 Mbps downstream).
Test proves that packet switched networking is only as fast as the weakest link.
It might be viable to take a few averages (say three) over a few days (say a week).
Scott2010au October 31st, 2010Average 9241 using Telstra Cable Standard Liberty Lane Cove New South Wales Australia
Vasso Massonic October 31st, 2010New South Wales has a max of 30mbps with Telstra Internet, Optus is 20mbps, Melbourne however has much faster speed at 100mbps which is with Telstra internet.
myvistahosting.com.au December 30th, 2010Haha i clocked 34-36Mbps last night.... on BP cable ! ;)
scan06disk October 30th, 2010I am living in north bundaberg and just recently bought the Telstra unlimited business package, currently i am getting 0.07 mbs on speedtest.net and about the same on upload. Seeing this actually made me laugh out loud, im paying 240 dollars a month for almost...well.. nothing. http://www.speedtest.net/result/1005825047.png
If you guys think you have it bad well, rest assured there is someone much worse off!
zeroten October 27th, 2010The test is completely inaccurate and misleading. It rates my connection at around 10,000 kb/sec but via my modem I see I'm getting a steady 18,500 kb/sec.
pwp
Paul Wright October 18th, 2010I live on the Gold Coast, Australia's 6th largest city and the fastest growing. People moving to live in the corridor between GC and Brisbane should know they will likely only be offered dialup as there is no capacity.
I live in an area over-run with RIMs, most of these RIMS are fully deployed according to adslexchanges.com.au. That means 50 connections to one RIM and then backhaul to exchange. The connectsions are rationed to the 50 users and if all or most connect at once, the rationing is severe. When I moved here my ADSL bandwidth was 4000-5000kbps, now 4yrs later it is 200-300 yet I pay the same amount for a suppsoed 8000k connection (granted I get more DL limit but I cannot DL that amount anyway at the speeds I get). I use iiNet. They have tried hard to fix it but Telstra just says its "congestion" and not a fault and do nothing but close my case. In fact they have forbidden iiNet to lodge a fault if congestion is the issue! The congestion used to be for 30mins in peak time, now it is ALL the time. They are supposed to give me 1500k minimum but I never see that anymore. And the real issue is no-one cares.
Telstra will not fix its infrastructure now the NBN is being rolled out and there is no legislation to make it do so. The ACCC and Ombudsmen just provide platitudes and tell you they are so sorry. The NBN is a political football so politicians see only their own agendas and not an opportunity to right a wrong. And I am FAR from the only person affected by this. Only political and media pressure can make telstra fix the problems it has created and is taking our money to provide. Get onto to your local member - it may be the only way.
hardvark October 10th, 2010I have registered a complaint with the TIO, who have informed me that until the average line speed falls below 110kpbs (regardless of what you are paying for), the ISP does not have to do anything about their service to you. I am with Bigpond, and on the 8,000kpbs service, but I average 180-220kpbs less than 3% of the maximum speed stated.
It is also worth noting that Telstra pro-actively seek new users on already over congested exchanges without investing in upgrading the equipment. T-Hub, Bigpond movies etc all seem to chew up bandwidth, but are actively marketed to congested areas.
So I guess for the next 5-6 years until the NBN is rolled out, we can all expect deteriorating service and line speed from Bigpond. Even the new wireless "Elite" braodband will suffer the same bandwidth issues as new users sign on, so they too will be getting sb 300kbps line speed. On ya Telstra !!!
Dunk October 22nd, 2010the average internet speed needs to drop before anything is done about it... so whoa wait ??? technology is advancing and becoming cheaper in the world... but on the gold coast/brisbane region it has to get worse for anything to be done about it...
yes i live on the gold coast and suffer from this problem too...
geez, i thought only african nations were unstable enough to go in the opposite direction of development
obobopin April 3rd, 2011Bigpond Elite USB 21
6GB/Month $79.00/Month
Best speed in:- Toowoomba to date 225kb. Mt Isa 117kb. Julia Creek 2.7Mb
Townsville 277kb > All readings during daylight hours.( Better speeds at 0200 hrs !)
As you can see the system is oversubscribed, they continue to sell the product/plans
from lovely shinny new outlets in Shopping Malls throughout Australia . But in the background
the nuts & bolts of the backbone of the Telstra network has it's wheels falling off .
There are less & less Engineers & Techs out there carrying out repairs & upgrades on an ever increasing network demand. Lets hope it doesn't crash !!!
boeingb52g October 3rd, 2010I m with TPG ADSL+2 25000kbps 120GB for $49 per month plan.
The speed according to ADSL+2 Router in the status tab is currently
DSL Speed (DS/US) 3806/1020 kbps and this is the actual speed from the exchange to my house. Now there are are other factors that may and in my case slow down the connection more till it reaches the modem, like old telephone wires etc.
The test here today was 3160 kbps which is pretty close to the router's status, however 2 days ago I was getting speeds around 600 kbps. What I did was pull all the plugs and connections out and back in several times and that did the trick. I m back to normal speeds again. You should try it as the connections get corrosion and dirt with time that effect speed.
By the way, TPG's customer service sucks. You waiting on the phone for ages for someone to answer and when they do you speak to someone from India or wherever, that after you explain what the problem is they want to transfer you to a different department but they actually hang up on you so you have to do it all over again! Usually takes over an hour to just explain the issue.
Recycle Bin October 2nd, 2010Why isn't Australia listed in the "Global Statistics"table? It would make it easier for users to compare with other countries (particulalry relevant to the NBN discussion).
Classic October 1st, 2010Come on auzzie..Come On..we are bitting dust .in the modern world..seems klike we are not much different from third world country..come on auzzie ...make the internet down and opload speed fast ..world is laughing at at our iNTERNET SPEED...JUST DO IT..COZ THE WORLD IS MADE BY DOING NOT bALA bALA bA LAAAA..LAAAA.
notyourbusiness132 September 27th, 2010I am with IINET and i love it. You ring coustmer service and if they are busy they will ring you back , even on your mobil. I have ADSL+2 with 50/50 gig's a mounth @$59 and my line 4.5 klometers from the exchange with 3.0 kbps. With voip free local and natation calls.
vcgmqew6r September 27th, 2010Yeah i run Telstra bigpond and i clock out @ 161 kbs. Wouldn't recommend it for cash. Seems optus seems to be they way to go hey, anyone got any advice?
Ronin34 September 26th, 2010Grrr, 97kbs line speed on iinet 1500/256 ADSL plan, nothappyjan.
Last night i was getting .10Mbps down and .16 Mbps up with a 300ms ping, nothappyjan.
nothappyjan September 24th, 2010my line speed at 9:20 pm wednesday nite is 258 kpbs so f###ing slow
jetsetter2 September 22nd, 2010Just joined DODO 8000 on the first day and now 4600Kbps with ADSL2+ fast enough for what I need but hope the drop in seed is not progressive!
canopus September 22nd, 2010Have been with Bigpond cable for years, live in Brisbane, average speed around 24,000 kbps, gets up to 27,000. Always been consistent. Never had any problems with Bigpond at all.
bobdown September 21st, 2010im on big pond cable we are up and down but tonite is the worst at 259 and never been any higher than 5996kpbs and we have been on for two years now
jetsetter2 September 22nd, 20102521, about what I expected being reliant as almost everyone on Telstra copper wire network fom the DarkAges.
Interesting so many are paying for 20000mbps and only getting less than 5000mbps. Do you realise that if Telstra or any ISP promises you a certain spee and you get significantly less then you have ground to take them to court? When I was with Telstra they sold me a 20000mbps connection and I only got approx 3000kbps. I started proceedings to take them to court for committing fraud, false advertising + overcharging. There was a lot of crap to deal with but before it went to court they decide to Cancell my contract and actually refunded the money paid over the previous 12months. I then found out that they do not have to pay refunds for up to 12 months even if you have made double payments on a bill due to pressure from their debt collect processes. I kicked up one hell of a stink and got my money back in 14 days!!! My advise to everyone is: Do not accept bad service, failure to deliver what you are paying for, Frau - particularly when they sell you a product which is (and they know) impossible for them to deliver. Protest!! Start legal proceedings, contact your MP, contact the Telecommunications Omnibusman and generally make such a nuisance of your self that it is costing them more than the fees you are paying. They will cave in when they realise you are not going away! Be persistant, do not give up.
gazdiver September 19th, 2010Clocked 6980 kps at Blacktown NSW.
Puts me between Lithuania & Greece ?
Seeing as I'm paying for adsl2+ 24 mbits to highway1
I'm not doing too hot, but could be much worse.
earthcam September 14th, 20102 Days later and .... still the fastest in the world at 67,243 kbps!!! (NOT)
These readings are pure fiction. Australians are being ripped off blindly by 'service' providers
jahmon September 13th, 2010... Zdnet speedtest just gave me a reading of 61,874 kbps - fastest in the world!! Must be a mistake somewhere...
jahmon September 10th, 2010Woo! 676kps Virgin 3G 9pm, Sydney CBD. Pfft, who needs NBN when you can have wireless speeds like that? And latency - we're talking biiiig numbers there, woo hoo!
xBeanie September 6th, 2010Anyone care to explain why I get wildly different line speed results from two different browsers taken within minutes of each other. Note: I recently upgraded a swag of PC system drivers. Opera showed 259kps while Firefox gave 1500kps
Richarmster September 5th, 2010these statistics are wrong for tassie it says its fastest is 12,160kps. I live in tassie and my speed is 17,264 kbps or around 13.5 mbps lol?
TRAIN September 2nd, 2010I just switched from Bigpond to Telstra business wireless
and this morning clocked 724kps which is about the average I used to get with Bigpond.
Getting Bigpond to return phone calls about slow service was impossible!
A least Telstra business are on the ball and investigating why I'm only getting 200-300kps on average and why wireless connection keeps dropping out.
I still cling to my dial-up service which is reliable and compares favourably with my wireless broadband service which at times has been slower - down to 32kps last night.
bonjanella August 28th, 2010I was hoping someone here could help with a tip. I have a 4mth-old MacBook and it's been going great guns until a few days ago when my wireless went to 56kpbs all of a sudden. I'm in inner-city Melbourne and my Netspace plan is too generous for me to have exceeded the download limit... I'm only on ADSL+, but as I said it was going great guns til Monday...
Have I gone mad or is something wrong?
Spankrock August 28th, 2010Just clocked over 9100kbps on Telstra Bigpond ADSL's home network gateway, wifi with an old tosh laptop! also have foxtel connected to same connection via ethernet and can't wait for foxtel VOD, not too mention Telstra's new THub which gives me an extra connected device when i can't be bothered turning on my laptop.
Very very happy customer
mcausley August 26th, 2010Been with Bigpond for the past 6 years and never ahd a problem.
You hear all the scary comments and non have applied to me so far.
Current speed on ADSL2 11418kps live about 1klm from the exchange.
Go Bigpond.
starnote8 August 24th, 2010I have just tested my speed at 2 minutes interval guess what 584 and 592 kbps and this is a broad band ADSL provided by would you believe it((((((( iiNet counts meaningful ISPs on one hand))))).
Yes iiNet !!!!!!!!!!!! this is the speed that you can get in Melbourne Australia , my question to you all what is really a high speed bradband or Adsl what ever you want to name it
Frederic
frederic August 21st, 2010is there any way i can run speed test every hour for 48 hours and automatically log the speeds up / down so i have proof to present to my ISP that i am only getting 50% of the advertised speed , regards petros47
petros47 August 17th, 2010Why do it every hour? when the speed should be stable once your ADSL, ADSL2 or ADSL2+ modem is connected to your ISPS Router and or Hub..
Most modems should say connected for several days or more, so all you need is to source your modems connection details after a reconnection has been made..
KorAllRBare October 28th, 2010OptusCable: 16173 kbps.
I'm on the new plans 120GB(50GB peak & 70 offpeak) $50/month no contract.
I've upgraded my old plan which was 60GB (20GB/40GB) $70/month
sobi August 16th, 2010Just got 7789 kbps in Glen Waverley, Victoria. We are on Telstra BigPond Cable. Nothing to write home about - but that's Telstra!
RichardK2 August 14th, 2010Ive had nothing but trouble with Telstra the past 2 years. I even changed address and had the stinging crap connections.
Im currently on an 8mbps service - the fastest available standard dsl, as adsl2/2+ not yet available to me. At this new address since April and my speeds averaged a pitiful 50kbps, thats average, so yeah sometimes equivalent of 56k dial up speeds.
I complained and complained and complained. Nothing ever happened. I went through the same process over and over. Stupid call centre - Even though I tell them 1 million times Ive called regarding this issue, heres a ref no. Still want to take me through the same process.
That was it. I finally rang telstra and demanded a discount on my service. They agreed.
Two weeks later a miracle. One thursday night my connection drops out whilst im using skype to a client in the US. My connection wouldnt resync and I had to call the client on my telstra phone (for which I paid a premium to do). Woke up the next day, service is back. Its been 4 weeks now, my dl speeds are 6.7mbps every time I test (what it should be on an 8mbps service). It never gets slower. I still dont know what happened at my exchange, but something was fixed.
ncje August 13th, 2010Telstra data pack 690kps from the same spot in country NSW! So now I am in between Pakistan and Jordan, get a f...ing grip!
Rob G August 12th, 2010@190kps in country NSW is NOT GOOD!
Just slightly slower than Ethiopia but faster than Tonga!
Rob G August 12th, 2010I live in rural australia with satellite connection through Bordernet. it was best I could get nearly three years ago, now it's rubbish. I pay for 512 bps and I'm lucky to get 375. I can upgrade 'and up-pay' for 1024. I wonder what that will turn out to be. If I want a higher speed I have to pay for new modem and dish realignment. anybody else on a satellite connection and what sort of service and speed are you getting/
quakka
Quakka August 11th, 2010Does anyone have one of those fancy NBN connections in Tasmania - interested in what speeds you are getting?
realitybytes August 11th, 2010It is a bit unfair to blame service providers when this test engine is on a "slow" connection.
My ISP and AARNET gives me my full ASDL2 speed when I am doing file transfers.
PS: I live four buildings away from my local exchange which might be an advantage!
Bruce2 August 10th, 2010Wonder where the bloke who got2380Kbps in Perth I am lucky to get 198 kbps but certainly looking at other providers
sydney M August 7th, 2010My speed just hit 1,000,000 kbps that make me the winner ! I love and touch myself !
sk2 August 5th, 2010
francoo Just set a new low for all speed .. 2kps :D im from australia
Codey July 26th, 2010in conclusion winch provider is the best in sydney i am with aapt 49 dollar aanet 40
this is my speed
est run on 23/07/2010 @ 06:17 PM
Mirror: AAPT
Data: 70 KB
Test Time: 0.4 secs
Your line speed is 1.44 Mbps (1442 kbps).
Your download speed is 180 KB/s (0.18 MB/s).
on broadband speedtest it is 8164 kbts
donkey son July 23rd, 2010235 kbsp what a joke its 3:30pm and only half the kids are home from school!!! Grrrr Optus mobile broadband :(
banbsl July 23rd, 2010i just clocked 4000kbps is that any good for home broadband?
im with aapt
salsaG July 21st, 2010I'm with Internode. Downloading 2 movies and getting 4000kbps at the same time.
I love Internode xxx
ponypaddocks July 20th, 2010I use a mac and am connected to a server through the office of our unit complex, i am averaging only 306kps can anyone suggest how i can spped things up
thanks shug1 Hervey Bay
shug1 July 9th, 2010Mine reached to 7000kbps on average. I am with primus telecom
Deep July 9th, 2010I'm with iprimus adsl 2. my pc tested 361 kps. that's like a staggering 6% speed of the average in Australia which seems to be lagging well behind most developed countries in the world. speed seems to be getting progressively worse. i sent off an email to my provider. interesting what comes back.location Blue Mountains NSW. thanks for the great site.
phantar July 1st, 2010i am on telstra bigpond cable and getting good speed even though my connection is going from modem to a router than wireless to laptop i am average about 8000kbps. i know is a lot less than the 30 000kbps i think they advertise but its still reasonable. however i am thinking about changing to optus 129gb download plan for $49, this is lot cheaper then my current 25gb for $89.95 but am worried is optus speed really cable speed and will i get similar speed results. can anyone help
smiggle2003 June 27th, 2010What's the point showing Global statistics here? The server is located in Australia! The fastest Australian broadband speed cannot reach 99,501kps if the server is located in US or UK. South Korean broadband should be 10 times faster than Australian broadband speed but because the server is located in Australia South Korean broadband speed is ranked 15th while Australian speed is ranked at 16th ha ha
ZKM128 June 26th, 2010I got 1689kbs on '3' wireless mobile in North Sydney, same as the island of Jersey. The mobile service seems curiously static, I understand it has been 'optomised' for my former home in Canberra, though use elsewhere was my stated reason for purchase.
crossuser June 18th, 2010I have been reading these comments for some time and feel concerned that so many have speed issues that may not be the fault of the ISP at all.
I have had a lot of experience setting up my home office, and lots of speed problems, which i have resolved. None by the way turned out to be ISP related.
Firstly I have Big Pond Cable, which is fast. But my intial router which I just replaced with a N standard Belkin was the first problem. It is direct wired to the server and gave at most 15000kpbs. The new one gave 30,000 right away, just old firmware and technology, so using a new router is the way to go, or do a firmware update on the old one.
Now then I have 5 notebooks on the router via wireless and this was the nightmare, I kept getting up and down results and the best was around 5000. Problem was twofold. 1. speed is dependant on signal strength which correlates to distance from router. Whan I moved into the same room wireless speed was same as direct attach. but some offices with only 1 or 2 bars of signal strength were back to 5000 or even less with the new router. If you have this problem buy an expensive router with multiple antenna etc. That fixes it. Just realise that distance in wireless will limit speed and that wireless is unlikely to give you top speed
Other problem was our telephone sytem. We use cordless DECT at 2.4MHz like everyone else, Dont do it, you must use 5.8Mhz phones. This change fixed all the weird results like drop outs re boots etc.
Now all is red hot and Telstra never got a mention, they were not the problem
Stirlo June 15th, 2010hello everyone. i'm new here and i live in china, guangzhou city.i dont know id my net speed enough. i pay for ADSL2
just now i got the results 1961kbps
so it's good enough?
lovely poppy June 15th, 2010I'm with Telstra and we just upgraded to ADSL2+
My laptop is getting an average of 13000kbps.
That is on a connection with 3 other computers playing online games.
I live in the country although the exchange is only 3k away.
So judging by some of the reports ppl are giving I think I'm doing well.
Cheers
AJ
AJC**** June 11th, 2010Speed tests are great, but if you really want to know how much your being ripped off by, then what you need to do is, Look at your ADSL Modems connection..
Dont read the hype and BS found on the web.. As your modem should connect at what has been promised, and any connection less than promised is in fact a connection that has been throttled down, via connecting to many modems to an available Router at your local Substation for your localality..
Anyway, if your ISP is doing the right thing,
For an ADSL2+ "aka G.992.5 annex A" connection - It should typically be around "Up/Down" = "1000Kbps/24000kbps" no if and no butts!..
Connections exhibited by your modem with figures less than the above shows you are being robbed as your in fact sharing YOUR ADSL2+ with another modem if your conection is around half or less, For example - if your modems connection is around 8 Mbps then you are sharing YOUR ADSL2+ with two other Modems "three including yours" on the same connection to a 24 Mbps..
And if I were you - I would take screen shots of your modems connections and refer the matter to the telecommunications ombudsman, because this is not on!..
ENOUGH is ENOUGH!
KorAllRBare June 11th, 2010my current speed is 27k on a monday morning at 01 am. practically not moving!!!
Is always like this I need to check my plan with Telstra but I am sure that I pay over $ 100 per month. Ridiculous and dishonest !!!
kikko10 May 31st, 2010my current speed is 27k on a monday morning at 01 am. practically not moving!!!
Is always like this I need to check my plan with Telstra but I am sure that I pay over $ 100 per month. Ridiculous and dishonest !!!
kikko10 May 31st, 2010I have bothe Telstra and Optus wireless "broadband" modems. On occasions more often than n ot BOTH are very slow. Far slower than advertised. Optus was down to less than 5Kbps, yes that's right the decimal is not in the wri=ong place, 5 Kbps !! The last two days has seem Telstra as high as 3 Mbps but the average is around 2-300Kbps for both. Neither meet their piublished figures non a regular basis. I am in suburban Hobart - the telcom backwoods!!
JohnMcB May 24th, 2010THIS COULD SAVE YOU $$$$ no bull i no its alot to read but trust me it .ay help u or some 1 u know
im with optus on ADSL2+ in brisbane where im getting a line speed of 283kbps which is the best ive ever gotten, yesterdays results at 4:30pm on ozspeedtest were 44kbps for line speed and a download speed of 0.01MB/s. which is suposed to be up to 24000kbps!
I spent 3 hours on the phone to optus which the first 2 were trouble shooting and optus finding every possible way to blame me for the problem (even though all of the troubleshooting did not make a difference to the speed) where i then spoke to the supervisor who still insisted that it had to be my fault and not theirs (i have a month old laptop with a modem that was provided from optus (netgear) when i signed up)
where i then spoke to a senior supervisor who told me that there was a cabeling problem at the exchange ( which is 5/10 mins max drive up the road) and that ADSL2+ was not available in my area and had been down since the 10th of august 2009 .. FUNNY THAT isnt it since i signed up with optus by a door to door sales person in november of 2009!!! if my memory serves me right november comes after august and the past 6months i have been paying $99 a month for ADSL2+ (ozspeedtest graph shows im getting DIAL UP SPEEDS )
when they new darn well my area couldnt even get it!!!
i have been refunded over $300 for the internet for the past 6 months and told that the problem will be fixed by end of may ....( yeah right!) and that if it is not fixed by end of may i can cancel my contract with no fees..
i asked if any one else had been refunded were i was told 35 to 40 ppl have been refunded that have called about the problem to which i then asked if they were going to contact any one in my area that is paying for ADSL2+ and unaware of the cabeling problem and that they were not getting ADSL2+ to make them aware and give them a refund aswell to which i was given a straight out NO.
so if u are getting really bad speeds like i am it really does pay to check it out and dont just let them tell u its ur fault or assume its just because its peak time DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT dont let the big guys take ur money and not give u what ur paying for u wouldnt pay for a family meal deal at maccas and walk away with only a small fries would u? so dont let them bully u into thinking its ur fault when its not stand up for ur self and if they hang up on u keep calling back u never no u just might end up with hundreds of $$$ back just like i did ..
i have taken my story to the ACCC (who will hopefully do something about it ) to ACA who will be getting back to me and to my local paper if u have a similar story please at least take it to ACCC - australian competition and consumer commission ( it only took 15mins of my time on the phone) the more people who report it the more likely it is they will do a full blown investigation into these sorts of things with telecommunications industry. im just really hoping that the average aussie like me are not ripped off and scammed and know about these issues and can get their money back so check ur speed if its slow question it and get the word out becuse i am not the only person this has happened to its happening with telstra to so who knows what other retailers are doing the same thing and they are not willing to call u and let u know u need to call them !!! sorry i rambled on so much it just really P**es me off that they are trying to get away with it . let me no what u guys think about this issue and any ideas what else i could try to do to get those unsuspecting innocent ppl a refund.
OPTUSFRAUD May 24th, 2010I am on optus fusion 129 plan with cable broadband . ozspeedtest showed
Test Time: 15.2 secs
Your line speed is 1.61 Mbps (1611 kbps).
Your download speed is 201 KB/s (0.2 MB/s).
When I rang optus was told server problem and will get better next day.It took one hour for them to accept that its their fault. Will post follow up of this soon
prakash_4526 June 3rd, 2010Your info is all fine and dandy for people who are with telstra or optus, but you need to understand how difficult it is for people on the "budget ISP's" like iinet, dodo and exetel to really get something done about the problems.
I myself recently changed from a 8mbps/384kbps connection where I was getting 7600/382 of the connection which was damn good (adsl1 Max) with no drop outs or the like. Then I started getting all sorts of weird charges coming out of no where that took 3 days, 12 email's and 3 hrs on the phone to get taken off. I then changed to adsl2+ (theo 24/1mbps) which line tests said id get between 13-16 mbps download and 900 kbps upload which I would be happy with. This evening I got a grand total of 600kbs.. And then it went down to 50 kbps.. So slower than dial up. I did these tests in isolation and ive been assured that my full service will come into action on the 1st or second of this month. I **** hope it does, because all the censoring in the world wont stop me.
If you email these guys, they don't respond. If you call them you spend hours on the phone until you are promised that you will be called or emailed back (which rarely happens) If the ISP has a forum and you write on it, theres a decent chance that the budget ISP will wait till your contract is over and boot you as a "problem customer" and for giving them bad press.
If you go to the TIO (telecommunications ombudsman) your ISP will find every way it can to legally sever you from their service. Is this criminal? YES! But it is the way the world works..
There is only one way that stuff can truly be done. I know it sounds ludicrous compared to world hunger, wars, ETS etc.. But we need to get thousands of people to rally down in Canberra and refuse to pay ALL ISP's a single red cent until the problems with the exchanges, the line quality (some of that copper is so damn corroded that a bug walking on it makes it short ffs) and to develop technologies to eliminate magnetic interference/water problems. As for the NBN fiber to premises is the only way to go. I bloody hate the labor government but Mr abbot wants to eliminate F2P and bring in Fiber to node which uses the same **** up useless infrastructure we have now.
People stand the **** up and fight the power!!
MickeyBlue August 30th, 2011I am in Sawtell NSW. Aust. Just bought a basic telstra wireless. average speed is 200Kbps, today it is 345. I ask the telstra girl if i go to Elite will it be faster, she said probably not. I ask the speed where she was standing at her shop and could not tell me. Telstra tells me whatever, just try it and see what you get. Whats going on, why cant these companies that sell you this advanced technology give me a simple answer of an average speed in each suburb.
mook1000 May 22nd, 2010Telstra bigpond elite liberty Cable
Sunday evening at 8:54pm
Line speed = 23,848 Kbps
Best I have ever got; however it does vary a lot, the average seems to be around 10,000Kbps
- Positano99
Positano99 May 16th, 2010Should be running at 1500 + only 390 unbelievably low speeds for some reason
interact May 16th, 2010221 mbps on megalink wireless nth Victoria - not good enough for what we pay!
kartiya May 7th, 2010Wow, I just "upgraded" my optus cable to "double speed, increased cap, half price" from a plan I bought a few years ago, and I'm getting 3mbps compared with the 10mbps I used to get.
Optus can go die in a fire and what should I do.
nickwalnut May 2nd, 2010My speed is 24 kbps. I am with Telstra Bigpond wireless package. I was getting much faster speeds when I was working last year in Central Africa.
Swansong April 30th, 2010I used to complaon at how fast melbourne and sydney speed is but My speed is better than their as the worst of times usually sits at 19000 to 21000Kbps. how can i complain Telstra BiG pond.
neephius April 30th, 2010Daytripper800, its people like you (and others - refer above), who those of us who already have decent comms, should feel for and be trying to help gain better, ASAP.
This is why I get annoyed when "other/particular people" with their own political and especially, financial agenda's, come here to talk utter nonsense about not needing a NBN.
People like you, living in a "Capital city", oldcol in the bush and rickdalgrin in Sunshine Beach, neglected by the current providers (one in particular, who needs a good boot in the backside) prove we do need a NBN and I hope you all soon get it, hang in there.
RS April 26th, 2010Im getting a whopping 397kbps at the best of times and I'm in Brisbane (Forest Lake) and paying top dollar. I don't have a hope of viewing a 'how to' or streaming iview or youtube.
I can't believe that in 2010 I'm getting such **** service but boy you should hear all the great excuses I get!
Daytripper800 April 26th, 2010got 14000 with bigpond adsl2+ in Cooma NSW
michail2787 April 25th, 2010Got 1400 with bigpond adsl2+ in COOMA NSW
michail2787 April 25th, 2010OptusNet is number 1 thats surprising.. dodo is number 11.....thats it this is rigged
rusticated April 24th, 2010
santosh112 My router says it's running @ ~17Mbps, ZDNet reports ~13.5Mbps & I still cannot stream UTube or any other video in HD. I'd love 100Mbps & maybe the NBN will provide it, but at it's present rate of deployment, I'll be DEAD B4 it arrives.......great!!!!
Keith Styles April 23rd, 2010just got 181 optus sucks in sunshine Beach
rickdalgrin April 21st, 2010
Jenny66 getting 45 k out of Primus. i am in the bush , so my expectations were never high, never the less Telstra salesman still tried to sell me ADSL2. Still, if if he is calling from Mumbai he wouldn't know would he.
oldcol April 19th, 2010
roger31 I am with Optus. Just had a sales guy ring me to to advise Optus are offering new plans for Cable at speed of 20mbps. He said Optus cable is as fast as ADSL2. Does anyone know if this is correct?
My current speed is 9,502kps.
Kristos0601 April 14th, 2010I am on optus fusion 129 plan with cable broadband . it showed
Test Time: 15.2 secs
Your line speed is 1.61 Mbps (1611 kbps).
Your download speed is 201 KB/s (0.2 MB/s).
When I rang optus was told server problem and will get better next day.
prakash_4526 June 3rd, 2010i'm with iinet and scored 5500kbps....less than half of Palestine!!! how about 4th world!?!?
biisuto April 14th, 2010I am with TPG. I pay for ADSL2 and am currently getting about 1000kbps I used to get 1200 with my old ADSL1 connection. WHen I first switched over 4 - 5 years ago I was getting 7000 to 13000 kbps. What is going on with broadband in this country. Are we a 3rd world backwater????
Oakes2001 April 13th, 2010i use tpg tried telstra twice an westnet an dodo get best deal from tpg as i am in northern terrioty we only have one tv station so download movies to kill the pain i do 2-3 movies a day $39 a month
olomon July 20th, 2011I got 26533Kbps, I dont understand why every ones looks so much lower in the comments. Am I reading the results incorrectly. I'm with Bigpond and have rarely any issues. Only last week for the first time I lost connection and had to power off the modem and everything was working great again.
frog100 April 11th, 2010Hi frog100, I'd say you are doing it right...
You press the button, at home, or work etc and what comes up on the read out meter, is your speed. If your read out says 26533, then that is your speed.
With such speed, you must be with the fastest Telstra option, BigPond cable elite, which gives you up to 30000 (so I believe). Being so, you are obviously in a bigger city (as cable isn't available everywhere) but you are obtaining almost top speed.
This makes you one of the lucky ones, as not many can claim to be in your situation...
I am with Telstra too (ADSL) and have not had too many issues either, although it is common to click/type in a URL and it isn't found and I have to "try again" (which has really only been a problem in 2010, not before).
I just did a speed test again and got my slowest yet 1261. Previously I was getting around 1290. But my plan is 1500 plan so I am doing ok, under the circumstances, I suppose.
RS April 11th, 2010Guys ADDL2+ speed is determined primarily by the "wire" distance you are from the exchange. speeds are from 24 mbps (close ) to 1 mbps at 5Km from exchange.
I have an Internode graph showing expected speeds/ against wire distance from the exchange
Not that "wire" distance is not necessarily road distance.In my case its pretty close coz I measured it both ways. Once you know the distance, report slow speeds as it "Encourages" ISPs to improve things.
richie2 April 6th, 201032000. With www.speedtest.net I've hit around 36,000 but that pretty much caps it out. I'm with Telstra, although these speeds don't really help that much. They're good if you're downloading from somewhere like iTunes, multiple downloads, games (e.g Steam) where you're downloading large items and from decent sites.
Unfortunately with most sites you're capped by their upload rather than your download.
And I'm with Telstra, they're really not that bad :P
DotaDei April 4th, 2010I live in North West Sydney (Hills area). I am clocking around the 3000kbps. I am with tpg which say that 70% of their customers achieve more than 10mbps. It would seem that I am only getting around a third of that. Is it possible that this is due to my connection being wireless. Anyone with a similar issue?
abudhabi April 3rd, 2010I live approx 4km from TPG's Seven Hills exchange. I am clocking 2400 kbps. Speed depends on the distance to the exchange.
Anyone has better speed?
Smithy May 25th, 2010I'm with Westnet @ home in Perth and I got 15946kbps. I guess I can't complain. :-)
Kozy2010 March 31st, 2010i am with felstra i got 4067 pc needs de frag
russoprofessor March 30th, 2010i am with felstra i got 4067 pc needs de frag
russoprofessor March 30th, 2010IM FROM WOLLONGONG/SYDNY
I JUST CLOOCKED 4784 IM WITH DODO ADSL2+GOLD
AND ITS TIPICAL SPEED WHEN YOU R ON 24000 CONNECTION
MALAKA March 30th, 2010I'm new here...just clocked 1157kbs, live in Tasmania and am with Netspace. I pay for ADSL2+.
Can anyone tell me what speed I should be getting for my money?
cliven1945 March 30th, 2010
flasho hey people just want to make sure that all you broadband users getting slow speeds have read all the small print. I did and found out that i was guaranteed 1500 kpbs minimum. As i was getting around 200kpbs i called optus and refused to pay bill until it reached 1500 regularly. They agreed. Funny how quicky a problem is fixed when u stop paying. I get 8000ish now.
jeeeeee June 27th, 2010"Follow the Money" was a brilliant quote and it was about hunting down a cover-up.
Snowy December 5th, 20101290 today, so pretty constant - 1288, 1287, 1290.
RS March 29th, 2010PS My current speed is a whopping 21kpbs to 50 kpbs
Breezie March 28th, 2010PS My current speed is a whopping 21kpbs to 50 kpbs
Breezie March 28th, 2010I am with Telstra Big Pond, and over the last six months, my internet will be coasting along nicely, then all of a sudden my speed will suddenly drop out so that i cannot encode fast enough to broadcast my online radio show, it was happening around 11.25-11.30am daily now its starting as early as 8am and consistantly happens throughout the day, i believe i am offline more than online and for this fabulous privelidge i pay $90 a month. weve had Big Pond Techs out who have checked the pit and line in from the street, ive paid my pc tech to check my pc and router etc and both say its BIG POND, as I am leaving the country within a couple of months its too expensive to swap providers but i have nothing good at all to say about Telstra Big Pond!
Breezie March 28th, 2010I am with Telstra Bigpond over the last 2 years I have signed contract with them for 24 months and I am paying over $90 with only 12Gb download, As Bigpond promise me that I am getting ADSL2+ connection with 20,000kbps speed but never happen I got connect as 8,000kbps but my internet speed always is less than 2,100kbps. I have been told that my internet speed is slow because my exchange cannot support fast connection and they are going to fix this issue within 6 months but it never happened. I had a better internet plan with another internet service provider but now I am paying more and getting less download.
lccd August 19th, 2010Then don't use BigPond and switch to an ISP with ADSL2+ DSLAMs in your local exchange.
Scott2010au October 31st, 2010"Bigpond promise you that you are getting ADSL2+ connection with ***up to*** 20,000kbps (ed: 24 Mbps) speed."
Read the fine print.
Scott2010au October 31st, 2010TELSTRA IS A BIG JOKE,
im paying for ADSL2+ 24,000 kbps $69.00 per month
and only getting 1949 kbps
THIS IS A RIP OFF, im only 2 hours from SYDNEY
THEY CAN SHOVE THERE SEVICE UP THERE ****
Will go to TPG better service then telstra ripp off's
THUNDER DOWN UNDER December 1st, 2010dude, i feel your pain. I'm in Newcastle and supposed to be getting ADSL2+ but right now I'm only getting 1127kbps. And I had a friend go to TPG, he said they were biggest piece of crap rip off merchants - i guess were all **** until the NBN.
wuzimuzoo December 24th, 2010Mine is 1288 kbps, so about equal with Oman's average.
I am with Telstra...
RS March 26th, 2010Your connection would be the problem not the service provider, I have been with bigpond for years and only go down down once every few months if that
Jones1978 October 5th, 2010I'm with bigpond and Telstra recently sent me a letter informing me that they were in the next few months going to upgrade me for free to an ADSL2 plan for the same amount I now pay or I could simply click to upgrade my plan in mybigpond. For the last 5 days I have had no internet, no email, no fax and people need to shoot down the phone to be heard, I run my own business and this is now starting to cause organisational problems and cost me money.
A Telstra rep answered the call while I was typing this, after 45mins waiting, spoke with me for about 10mins telling me that the previous information provided by Telstra reps over 3 previous calls was wrong, he put me on hold and BINGO I am back in the que listening to automated messages again. Great system. My speed is 1kbps listed as the slowest in Australia, at this speed this should load by Christmas 2011.
Scotty93 October 14th, 2010I have just spoken to a second rep who couldn't help me and did the right thing trying to transfer me to someone who could so after 1hr 45mins I am now back on hold waiting for someone to answer a few questions. I don,t blame the people on the phones it would be a tough job listening to angry people all day, but the phone companies need to stop training them to fob you off with "The problem is at your end" line and actually fix the exchange systems. No wireless reception here, 30mins out of Sydney, although I have been contacted by all the big providers trying to sign me up to it, telling me that I have reception until I inform them I don't and they run a test and appologise and hang up. Typing now through boredom now on hold for 2 hrs.
PS. Previous message "shoot" should be "shout", problem with typing with one hand. LOL. Need a sence of humour when dealing with this.
Scotty93 October 14th, 2010Well this all started 2 1/2hrs ago and nobody came back to answer my call. Finally an automated message asked me if the information provided was helpful? Was I happy with the service? and I could leave a verbal message. What a crock of ****. Pigpond what a joke ADSL2 is put me back to ADSL and leave me be. Not paying them 1c until this is sorted, any body have the phone number for the communications onsbudsman?
Scotty93 October 14th, 2010Scotty93, thank you for your post. I wish I had read it before allowing Telstra to upgrade me to ADSL2. I had exactly the same experience as you - no internet for a week. Killing my business and multiple calls (with long waits to answer) to telstra with many admissions that their techs were not following through properly. Telstra admitted that the fault was at their Exchange. The Tesltra staff I dealt with were okay but expressed frustration with other staff or contractors for not following through. Every time I deal with them I have a drama - maybe the CEO (just googled him, his name is David Thodey base salary $2 million) should try doing the same as us!
Telstraphobe November 19th, 2010Broadband Speedtest
Wow, broadband speedtest says my internet speed is a whopping 14166kps!!! :D
kenjie March 26th, 2010I cant believe New Zealand is higher than Australia??? what thaaaaa.......
im on optus clocked 4564 average, i have never been dis connected with optus, very stable connection
supradon June 7th, 2010New Zealand hasn't got faster Broadband then Australia.
Australia's fastest Broadband Speed is 100mbps which is in Melbourne only, other cities such as Perth, sydney and Brisbane have 30mbps.
You might also look to know, Australia has the world's fastest wireless broadband internet in the world at 42mbps which is being upgraded to 84mbps next year, when Telstra upgraded it's wireless network to 14mbps a few years ago it was rated as the fastest wireless network in the world then they upgraded it to 21mbps and now 42mbps and they state they are upgrading it again next year (2011) to 84mbps making it much faster than they wireless internet in the world, also making it among the fastest internet services in the world.
myvistahosting.com.au December 28th, 2010I cant believe even Papua New Guinea is better than Australia...
Calvin December 29th, 2010Most of the information on this site is misleading.
Most countries don't have 100mbps of speed, in Australia only Melbourne has 100mbps of speed which is the fastest, therefore they wouldn't have those rates unless the whole of Australia did as there would only be a percentage of people in Victoria using this site.
myvistahosting.com.au December 30th, 2010Get with it people -Australias broadband speeds are woeful when compared to many other countries (NZ included)
newlama January 27th, 2011
exer i kno ey i ave like usually over 5000 mbps
ronironster April 25th, 2011i live in the country of nsw and i get 100mbps on wireless and have never had any drop outs
rhb_1978 February 11th, 2011
vomituschunkees nope - same here, regional qld
RX: 74.97 Mbps
TX: 52.52 Mbps
timoid March 22nd, 2011my bigpond business plan which is supposed to be up to 15 meg per sec,and was consistently at 3900kb/sec is a woefully slow 187kb/sec -523kb/sec this morning,now at 2561, not what was promised
brian fitzsimmons March 27th, 2011On virgin wireless in Bomaderry NSW, can't get ADSL thanks to telstra, just got a whopping 50kps, almost dial-up speed, Impressive!!!
r_e_g__3 April 13th, 2011You are right mate .Yesterday i clocked 101mbps with Optus cable plus Speed Pack .Poor New Zeland
nickimo May 25th, 2011
hmmartin vodafone 3G in kalgoorlie WA very bad it go 8 kbps to 50 kbps
mdessis May 3rd, 2011
ozzyboy9 Your speed is around 14mbps, that is reasonably fast but depends on what service you have???
If you have a Telstra Cable Broadband connection in Melbourne you would get between 60 to 90mbps as Melbourne has 100mbps of speed while other states only have 30mbps, and if your with Telstra Wireless Internet you should get the same as what i'm getting, around what you just stated, my internet is between 6 and 29mbps as it's a 42mbps connection, next year when Telstra upgrade there wireless service again to 84mbps i should get around 10 to 70mbps on Telstra wireless broadband, and you know the good thing, over the past few months Telstra have been lowering there wireless broadband prices, a few months ago they lowered there $119 plan to $89 and added an extra 2GB from 10GB to 12GB, they also lowered there smaller plans and lowered the prices and added more usage, and seeing Telstra keep upgrading there network with faster speeds it's great, but it's only a start, i think when Telstra release it's 84mbps speed next year they'll add more usage to the plans and possibly lower the prices.
And, if your with Optus cable which is 20mbps nationwide then you would get around 2 to 14mbps, but 14mbps if your lucky but being Optus you would be lucky to even get 8mbps with there outdated slow network, and if it's Optus wireless you would be lucky to even get 4mbps.
As for Vodafone, you wont get anymore than 2mbps.
Telstra seems the only providing that's upgrading it's network, i think it's got something to do with the NBN, when the NBN is up and running it's going to be a big mobile competitor to Telstra, so Telstra is getting ready and keeps upgrading so it's ahead of the NBN by heaps.
myvistahosting.com.au December 28th, 2010dude australia isnt the fastest internet in world at all uk has 100mb cable all over the uk australia hasnt its only in 1 state and the wireless network is crap for gaming,america has faster still so has japan and malaysia
australia has the worst internet in the world becuase not only are the dslams out of date so are the exchanges telstra has just been fined $10 million dollars for not leting other service providers use ther exchanges
and the cap system is a rip off u dont get that in other western countrys its just a money spiner for telstra
riktus106 January 1st, 201114714KBPS thanks to a great service from iinet..
gohlson July 10th, 2011i just got 58904kbps and i live in perth. iinet wireless wtf?
Digs808 July 11th, 2011I use DODO ADSL2+ at melbourne, my speed only have 0.2-0.6 mbps,too slow.
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peterliu January 12th, 2012My speed is up to 100
Speed tes shows 98.174 Mpbs and put me on firs position!
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