Australians and the Internet

[octafish]

This me at the moment...

... I usually get a better ping and about 10 Mb/s.

I live within 5km of the exchange though.

EDIT: Oh and its Unlimited.

 

[Lewieroo0]

my internet speeds not too bad, but in comparison to countries like America, it doesn't really say much -.- Our Government really screws us over when it comes to Broadband and shit

 

[foolish snails]

so, in other words, it won't matter to you much if they block some websites?

and no, the companies near my house are actually quite good about that stuff

 

[Ashcrexl]

speed will be seem trivial once your government gets their censorship hooks in your content.

 

[snave]

To be fair, the internet connection I had at an Australian university ranks the best I've ever experienced in 3 countries, superior, naturally to boradband2 on a good local ISP (iiNet) and with a terrible ISP (Telstra Bigpond), as well as being superior to the net in various places across Japan and Korea (the Korean intranet however is miles ahead of anything else). A sat connection accessed from down under ranked pretty highly too. Just goes to show that ultimately, its censorship, filtering, throttling, sharing and plain ol' distance that has more influence than anything else.

 

[Sud0_x]

Browsing through some of the topics I realised that I don't seem to be the only Aussie with shit internet speeds.

I run ADSL 2+, that's supposed to be pretty damn fast. My computer is connected to my brand new $200 Belkin Modem/Router via an ethernet cable.

Want to know my max download speed? 200kbs...And it doesn't pass about 5kbs during peak hours (4-10pm) (Internet speed tests show that my net runs at about 1.4mbps (during early morning or late at night), the minimum is supposed to be 1.5)

Is it just me or is the internet standard really poor in Australia?

I called my ISP (Optus) and I was told I will never have a speed faster than an average of 70-100kbs because I'm too far from the connection (Approx 7km)

I live in a developed and populated area as yet I'm told anyone that lives outside of 5km from the connection will not get the speed they are paying for but we have to use that connection because its the only one.


I really want to know, does anyone in The US or UK live on the edge of their connections and what your max download speed is?

Also, anyone in Aus, I'd like to hear what your net speed is like.

***{[I am not great with things regarding the internet and speeds, if anyone has tips on making my net faster it would be greatly appreciated, Optus refused to do anything. Also, if I have made an incorrect statement feel free to correct me]}***

I'm on a 1.5Mb connection and down speeds top out at 150K, I'm in a small country town.
Can't hurt to call other ISPs to get some numbers? I can't get any better where I'm at and I know a dude 10kms away whose up/down rates are 5x faster, feel your pain my friend.

 

[Azmael Silverlance]

When i came to Australia it was my first time when i heard the words "Download limit and cap" X_X

It really is amazing how advanced Australia is compared to most other countries in the world. And yet the internet is just.....retarded and lame!

 

[Vandenberg1]

Yeah, it's pretty shoddy at the moment.

On the other hand, the national broadband network has just gotten the go ahead, finally, in the face of alot of opposition of the "it won't be perfect, so we should do nothing instead" variety. Things are going to improve.

idk, you Gov. does like cencorship... maybe you never will haha

 

[captaincabbage]

Man, I'm 700 metre from my junction and I can't even get ADSL2+! I live on north Melbourne too, it's not like it's fucking out in the middle of nowhere. The worst part is that my mate down the street had ADSL2+, yet I can't get it. Damn IInet having awesome deals but shit coverage.

So yeah, I've got ADSL1 and my speed never really peaks over 500kbps.

 

[The DutchMonkey]

I am 1.7km from the exchange and haven't had problems with iinet.
Right now
Test run on 27/06/2011 @ 01:05 AM

Mirror: iiNet
Data: 9 MB
Test Time: 6.55 secs

Your line speed is 11.54 Mbps (11537 kbps).
Your download speed is 1.41 MB/s (1442 KB/s).

 

[Dead_Boy]

Well mine is decent for Denmark anyway...



and unlimited ^^

EDIT:

and about 20 dollars a month

 

[BlackStar42]

I live in the UK, and this is mine:

EDIT: To the guy above...I hate you.