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The Oz Round Table boards => The Round Table => Topic started by: Poddy on September 06, 2010, 02:50:07 AM
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I would like to conduct some internet speed tests I hope you can all participate.
From your results I will build a database that will help everyone in deciding what is best for them.
There are six servers in Australia and lots worldwide.
For this test I suggest doing separate tests to three different servers that are the furthest from the location of your closest server
i.e.
My closest server is Melbourne so i would pick Perth, Brisbane and Sydney as my test servers.
I will make the first post with the results of my tests to give you an idea
here is the link
http://www.speedtest.net/
Run the test and once it has finished click the 'Copy Forum Link' button and paste it into your post
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Obviously my upload is limited by my plan....
Also, I repeated the test a couple of times on some of the servers - and have shown only the best results above. (But there wasn't a lot of variation, anyway.)
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By the way here is a list of the top 10 countries as far as internet speed is concerned.
NONE are the size of Australia and none can get anywhere near the speed that is claimed by the NBN.
I wonder why that is?
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Dont forget these are the TOP 10
The above figures are under these conditions
Household Download Index
Based on millions of recent test results from Speedtest.net, this index compares and ranks consumer download speeds around the globe. The value is the rolling average throughput in Mbps over the past 30 days where the mean distance between the client and the server is less than 300 miles
Could the NBN and the government be telling porkies??
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fast this AM - can vary during peak times
;D
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ADSL2+
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This is mine. I don't know if it's fast or not.
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with a different dongle - interestingly , using a different dongle not only gives me different results despite being the same isp , it also alters the distance it says I am from the servers ???
Why is it so ?????? I dont know , I even tried pouring a glass and a half of milk into my puter and it still didnt give me the answer
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What does "ping" mean?
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What does "ping" mean?
its half a game of table tennis
or 1/3 of a ricochet rabbit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfoYZo7GTic
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Now tell hin the real meaning ...you ricochet rabbit..lol
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Now tell hin the real meaning ...you ricochet rabbit..lol
oh ok then
Ping is a computer network administration utility used to test the reachability of a host on an Internet Protocol (IP) network and to measure the round-trip time for messages sent from the originating host to a destination computer. The name comes from active sonar terminology.
here is an active sonar diagram that I prepared earlier
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the machine that goes "PING"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arCITMfxvEc
an excert from monty pythons "meaning of life" 2 disc special edition dvd which incidently Smee Enterprises has a new copy of for sale amongst other monty python dvds
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Isn't that the sound of opening a ring-pull on a can of Pepsi Max?
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Yeah Numbers, that's the only ping I'm familiar with.
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I know another one Ubbs..... the sound of a 50cal bullet deflecting off a tin hat..... or do the deflect????
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Accessing the Atlanta server has dropped my access speed to about half of what it is locally, that is what I would have expected. I have to wonder if the transcontinental fiber link is capable of higher speeds.
Perhaps someone else can also try the Atlanta server to get a comparison, the server for this forum is in Atlanta
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Here you go Podster
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Is it faster than my Perth test? Will have to check.
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Hi Westie,
Yep better result to the US than to the west
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Here's another set of results from one of the places where I work:
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And to New York from this connection:
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OH DEAR !!!
Now there is a candidate for an ISP upgrade .
Hey try the iphone hehehehe
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Atlanta - Test 1:
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Atlanta - Test 2:
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Atlanta - Test 3:
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A bit of variation - but that's not unexpected.
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I get better speed with Atlanta than I do from Australian servers
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Numbers. The 50 cal round goes straight though a metal helmet taking most of the head with it. More of a dull thud than a ping.
What's the go with the download speeds etc. Is a bigger number better, I presume it is but I'm a bit of a computer dunce.
Also I notice the higher the ping number the lower the download number in a number of cases. Which is more important, pin number or Download number?
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The 'ping' is sort of equivelent to delay of the signal it also indicates the quality and or distance traveled.
A high 'ping number indicates that the destiation and return are either far away or that there is a delay or the quality is not good
The distance, quality and delay is a limiting factor on data transmission rates.
The ideal 'ping' would be 0
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OK here is a VERY brief crash course on how data is sent over the internet
It turns out that everything you do on the Internet involves packets. For example, every Web page that you receive comes as a series of packets, and every e-mail you send leaves as a series of packets. Networks that ship data around in small packets are called packet switched networks.
On the Internet, the network breaks an e-mail message into parts of a certain size in bytes. These are the packets. Each packet carries the information that will help it get to its destination -- the sender's IP address, the intended receiver's IP address, something that tells the network how many packets this e-mail message has been broken into and the number of this particular packet. The packets carry the data in the protocols that the Internet uses: Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). Each packet contains part of the body of your message. A typical packet contains perhaps 1,000 or 1,500 bytes.
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Each packet is then sent off to its destination by the best available route -- a route that might be taken by all the other packets in the message or by none of the other packets in the message. This makes the network more efficient. First, the network can balance the load across various pieces of equipment on a millisecond-by-millisecond basis. Second, if there is a problem with one piece of equipment in the network while a message is being transferred, packets can be routed around the problem, ensuring the delivery of the entire message.
Depending on the type of network, packets may be referred to by another name
Network Packet Structure
Most network packets are split into three parts:
• header - The header contains instructions about the data carried by the packet. These instructions may include:
o Length of packet (some networks have fixed-length packets, while others rely on the header to contain this information)
o Synchronization (a few bits that help the packet match up to the network)
o Packet number (which packet this is in a sequence of packets)
o Protocol (on networks that carry multiple types of information, the protocol defines what type of packet is being transmitted: e-mail, Web page, streaming video)
o Destination address (where the packet is going)
o Originating address (where the packet came from)
• payload - Also called the body or data of a packet. This is the actual data that the packet is delivering to the destination. If a packet is fixed-length, then the payload may be padded with blank information to make it the right size.
• trailer - The trailer, sometimes called the footer, typically contains a couple of bits that tell the receiving device that it has reached the end of the packet. It may also have some type of error checking. The most common error checking used in packets is Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC). CRC is pretty neat. Here is how it works in certain computer networks: It takes the sum of all the 1s in the payload and adds them together. The result is stored as a hexadecimal value in the trailer. The receiving device adds up the 1s in the payload and compares the result to the value stored in the trailer. If the values match, the packet is good. But if the values do not match, the receiving device sends a request to the originating device to resend the packet.
¬ As an example, let's look at how an e-mail message might get broken into packets. Let's say that you send an e-mail to a friend. The e-mail is about 3,500 bits (3.5 kilobits) in size. The network you send it over uses fixed-length packets of 1,024 bits (1 kilobit). The header of each packet is 96 bits long and the trailer is 32 bits long, leaving 896 bits for the payload. To break the 3,500 bits of message into packets, you will need four packets (divide 3,500 by 896). Three packets will contain 896 bits of payload and the fourth will have 812 bits. Here is what one of the four packets would contain:
Each packet's header will contain the proper protocols, the originating address (the IP address of your computer), the destination address (the IP address of the computer where you are sending the e-mail) and the packet number (1, 2, 3 or 4 since there are 4 packets). Routers in the network will look at the destination address in the header and compare it to their lookup table to find out where to send the packet. Once the packet arrives at its destination, your friend's computer will strip the header and trailer off each packet and reassemble the e-mail based on the numbered sequence of the packets.
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Download speed - the higher the better (amount of data received per second)
Upload speed - the higher the better (amount of data sent per second)
Ping - the lower the better (equivalent to a 'response time' measurement)
For normal web surfing, the slower upload speed is not a real concern - since 'requesting' a web page doesn't take much data at all. Also online gaming tends to run fairly efficiently, with information passed back and forth in a kind of 'shorthand' that describes basic co-ordinates of objects - with your computer doing all the hard work of applying them to avatars, etc, and then rendering (drawing) them on your screen. Upload speed is just one factor of the measurement of 'latency' - which is the total delay in the communication of these 'shorthand' packets of info. Gamers hate high latency times with a passion.
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OK now imagine a postal mail sorting room with 100 mail sorters the mail coming in to the sorting room comes at a rate of 1000 per minute so on an average each sorter handles 10 bit of mail per minute.
Ok now imagine what would have to be done if the mail coming to the room at 1,000,000 per minute.
What could be done? Could the 100 sorters still handle that volume? I doubt it.
So there would have to be a bigger area to handle the mail and the sorters.
The delivery bay to the sorting area would have to be increased by a factor of 1000 so would the exit bay.
So just increasing the internet speed using a faster transport medium does not solve the volume problem.
You cant have one without the other
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From Newcastle NSW 3k Landline from exchange
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Can't really count the Melbourne one, cause I'm using Telstra, but actually located at a Telstra site. lol
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I would imagine that the top link is in house with all internal routes, just goes to show that even in direct access mode 100Mb/s is NOT attainable.
I have no doubt that the fiber optic cable will handle 100Mb/s and much more BUT you would have to have the equipment to serve the data at that speed and interface it to the cable.
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It also goes to prove that there are sever limitations on the transcontinental fiber optic cable link.
OK back to my design board ;)
Quantum communications is becoming more and more attractive :)
I can just see the slogan now 'Take the QUANTUM leap in communications, have your data arrive before you have even sent it'
'With Spatial Shareing you can be in all place at the one time'
'Choose Super Hyper Infinite Improbability Technology (SHIIT)'
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"Download movies before they've been released! NO! I mean, before they've even been filmed! Yes, it's QUANTUM INTERNET. All sorts of funny things happen with Time when you're quantuming."
Think of the copyright issues. If you've downloaded a film before it's been made, because it WILL be made in the future, does the film company owe YOU, seeing that you can prove you owned it before they made it?
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Infinately improbable, therfore it is possible :)
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Mine looks really slow compared to all the others!
Yet it's about 100 times faster than when I was on dial up..lol
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How come Fluffy's figures are so high?! :huh:
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That speed is not too foul Roo, not long ago everyone was on either .512 or .256 on a good day.
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Ok...thanks Poddy.
Does it make a difference on how good your computer is too?
Mine is a bit clapped out....so could that make a difference?
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Ducks get preferential service in the Bigpond :)
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I get the same figures for Melbourne as I get for Sydney.
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It probably depends on the Intrenet plan that you are on as well.
You may have reached the limit of your service.
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Ahhhh....so if I signed up for the Big Kahuna plan.....I would get better results?
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Well if you need a Big Kahuna plan you would have to pay Big Kahuna Bucks.
in most cases modest Kahunas do the job just as well
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Lol...I guess the little Kahuna plan is fine for me....It got shaped about the last 2 days last month.....but is pretty close to what we need most of the time.
I don't think I really want or need anything quicker....I'm slowing down with age....so it all evens out in the end..lol
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iPhone results:
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roo - your is faster than mine - and I am on the top speed I can get
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Oh Crikey Mum....you poor thing!..lol
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Roo, you just need to pedal faster!
Mandurahmum, what are iPhone Internet speeds like in your area?
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you are all Speedy Gonzales compared to both my pathetic tests
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Slow dongle, hmm?
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Oh.............. so its not only Smee with the clever quick wit around here.
Hello Tessa....good to see you.
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Roo, you just need to pedal faster!
Mandurahmum, what are iPhone Internet speeds like in your area?
I am not sure. We dont even get 3g coverage. Even though a lot of providers say we do - Mandurah residents know that we dont.
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Slow dongle, hmm?
:roflmao:
Now.....that is funny..lol
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Mandi There is no reason why you should not be able to get NextG wireless internet in Mandurah
http://www.telstra.com.au/mobile/networks/coverage/maps.cfm?CFID=26928740&CFTOKEN=65870121
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if you know anyone with a telstra NextG mobile phone ask them what the signal strength is like
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Show-off
Can't really count the Melbourne one, cause I'm using Telstra, but actually located at a Telstra site. lol
Kinda figured that...!
Even so, the Ping still took 9ms.
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These are not in order regarding distance away. Using laptop.
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Mandi There is no reason why you should not be able to get NextG wireless internet in Mandurah
http://www.telstra.com.au/mobile/networks/coverage/maps.cfm?CFID=26928740&CFTOKEN=65870121
http://www.telstra.com.au/mobile/networks/coverage/maps.cfm?CFID=26928740&CFTOKEN=65870121 (http://www.telstra.com.au/mobile/networks/coverage/maps.cfm?CFID=26928740&CFTOKEN=65870121)
Apparently we are on the fringe - but they are experimenting with increasing the area. So the local papers say - its a fairly hot issue here at the moment, with all the talk about the NBN. I checked with my isp and others as to a new plan and speed - apparently it has something to do with the exchange. (I was not really interested then on why I could not get a faster plant).
Mobile reception is pretty good here, some blackspots but I have no problems where I live. My son can access the internet from his phone - but not from my house. But 500 metres north - its fine.
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If I hang out the window whilst dialing I can get Chile
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;D ;D ;D
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This is fun :rofl: :bounce: :crazy:
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Mandi,
Are we talking about Bigpond NextG internet or wired internet from your exchange?
It looks like you have Wireless coverage and even if it is fringe I design and build NextG outside antennas and I could send you one :)
I was told that my area was a black hole as far as wireless was concerned but I proved them wrong :)
Made about 50 in my area very happy I still cant get a discount though :(
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Centries try the server on the dark side of the moon next :)
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I think I had better not, poddy :lol: Never know what I could find.
It is interesting. ;D
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Actually it is not that dark, sort of green cheese colour and lots of holes :)
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;D ;D ;D
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The star rating is bullsprouts ! .... look at the difference and star ratings... bogus...
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Mmm! You must have been there. I would fall through a hole. ;D
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Probably because no une has rated it yet and halfway is the default
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KITTIES NEVAH fall :)
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Probably because no une has rated it yet and halfway is the default
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Hey I didn't think of that... still not fast enough for me... optus offered the faster speed for me @ $20 extra a month... I may accept ?
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KITTIES NEVAH fall :)
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
;D ;D ;D
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The star rating is bullsprouts ! .... look at the difference and star ratings... bogus...
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What are you telling me, yibs? I am ignorant ;D
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*yawn*
Just woke up.
Now doing it from home is another story...
Of course it could be because Derek Duck (from Ireland, yes he is still here), is hammering the internet as he does all night at the moment. He usually uses 1.2 gb a day and the other day he used over 4 gb. Yes, he is a nocturnal duck. Sleeps all day and comes out at night to suck the juices of the internet. I think he needs a keel hauling Ubby.
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Mandi,
Are we talking about Bigpond NextG internet or wired internet from your exchange?
It looks like you have Wireless coverage and even if it is fringe I design and build NextG outside antennas and I could send you one :)
I was told that my area was a black hole as far as wireless was concerned but I proved them wrong :)
Made about 50 in my area very happy I still cant get a discount though :(
I am going to phone my isp tomorrow and make sure I am on the fastest speed available - and I may take you up on your kind offer.
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Fluffy. I'm happy to oblige. When do you want Derek Duck keelhauled. Should be fun keelhauling an Irish duck
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Be aware guys... if optus offer you the extra fast broadband make sure your router supports it, some routers are designed for a max speed... so if you take up the fast optus offer you may not get the full speed your paying for...
If your not using a router and only a modem, then make sure they include the modem in the offer recommended for the extra speed as well.... that way if there's any discrepancy down the track about speeds it will be the hardware they supplied....their always good at blaming your hardware if something isn't working right...
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Any idea what the actual speeds are that they are on about? I tried tracking it down on Optus' website and I could not find ONE reference to any numbers....!!
... not even a percentage, couched in a 3 page caveat!
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Poddy - I have checked with my isp - cant get adsl2 still and i am on the quickest speed available to my house.
I can get wireless - but they cant guarantee it will be any faster. I am going to check with the neighbours to see what they have
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Poddy - I have checked with my isp - cant get adsl2 still and i am on the quickest speed available to my house.
I can get wireless - but they cant guarantee it will be any faster. I am going to check with the neighbours to see what they have
If you go down the wireless road make sure you get wireless N and make sure all your pc's support N..... it's fastest wireless available.... wireless A-B-G were the predecessors to N...
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Any idea what the actual speeds are that they are on about? I tried tracking it down on Optus' website and I could not find ONE reference to any numbers....!!
... not even a percentage, couched in a 3 page caveat!
Brumby from what I have researched I believe it's 4x times as fast... but I don't have concrete data... not much truth out there I'm afraid...
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My kids' plan has over 18Mb/s - does that mean I can take it to 72+Mb/s ?????
Call me cynical... but I kinda doubt that.
Even Fluffy doesn't get that with the optical fibre running across her desk!!
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My kids' plan has over 18Mb/s - does that mean I can take it to 72+Mb/s ?????
Call me cynical... but I kinda doubt that.
Even Fluffy doesn't get that with the optical fibre running across her desk!!
Theoretically yes brumby 72mb to 100mb + & more ... but in the real world + our present infrastructure + and dependent on your hardware = NO {
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Have a look at this offering.....
Telcos lob broadband grenade: Abbott may be right
Old news now..... but welcome to the wireless 4G Network
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/telcos-lob-broadband-grenade-abbott-may-be-right-20100901-14mnc.html (http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/telcos-lob-broadband-grenade-abbott-may-be-right-20100901-14mnc.html)
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this was to NZ ;D
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yes , finally I have found someone in the country who has a slower set up than me
thank you Lacey , thank you ball boys , thank you Shane , thank you eBay
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So tell me how to read this please.
am I slower than you smee?
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here one to UK and back
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/947596674.png) (http://www.speedtest.net)
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Ok so I guess it wasn't to UK.
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:5+5: :help:
does this mean I'm the slowest here?
OK how to change over, I don't wanna be the turtle anymore.
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Lacey, the lower the number of Megabytes per second for your download speed (0.43Mb/s for you to Anchorage in the UK as shown above), the slower your connection is.
The upload speed indicates your connection speed to UPLOAD things rather than download. (e.g., uploading an image to Photobucket, or uploading a web page if you're a web designer - that sort of thing).
You can see different speeds for people varying when they test their connection speed with different servers. Your download speed tested with an Adelaide server (700 miles from your location) is virtually the same as your download speed from the UK (7350 miles from your location).
If you look at my connection speed, you'll notice that it's around 19Mb/s when tested on the Sydney server (I'm in Melbourne), but it's around 8.5 or 9.5 Mb/s when testing further distances. http://www.ozroundtable.com/index.php?topic=2969.msg133157#msg133157
Poor Smee has one of the slowest connections, and so, Lacey, do you... *pats Lacey consolingly on shoulder*
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Find out what plan you are on Lacey you might find that you are either shaped at the moment or you are on the lowest of the low plans
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Oh Dear!
Wage blowout threat to NBN rollout
JULIA Gillard's pledge to start the rollout of the $43 billion National Broadband Network in regional Australia is in jeopardy because of an acute shortage of skilled workers to build and maintain it in the bush.
Skills shortages in regional areas have prompted warnings of a wages blowout that could drive up the costs of the NBN to taxpayers even further, with every 1 per cent rise in construction labour costs forecast to add a further $1.4bn to the total bill.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/wage-blowout-threat-to-nbn-rollout/story-fn59niix-1225916794348 (http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/wage-blowout-threat-to-nbn-rollout/story-fn59niix-1225916794348)
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:5+5: :help:
does this mean I'm the slowest here?
OK how to change over, I don't wanna be the turtle anymore.
Plug your phone no into TPG's plan finder
http://www.tpg.com.au/products_services/adsl2plus_pricing.php
BUT, as you are planning a location move it could prove costly.
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adsl2 and adsl2+ not available in my area.
:musing:
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Oh Dear!
Wage blowout threat to NBN rollout
JULIA Gillard's pledge to start the rollout of the $43 billion National Broadband Network in regional Australia is in jeopardy because of an acute shortage of skilled workers to build and maintain it in the bush.
Skills shortages in regional areas have prompted warnings of a wages blowout that could drive up the costs of the NBN to taxpayers even further, with every 1 per cent rise in construction labour costs forecast to add a further $1.4bn to the total bill.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/wage-blowout-threat-to-nbn-rollout/story-fn59niix-1225916794348 (http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/wage-blowout-threat-to-nbn-rollout/story-fn59niix-1225916794348)
Hi R, maybe it's slow speeds like mine that allow ppl to think the NBN is a good thing. And unless we are told otherwise, why would we not want it. I have never heard it explains properly (like zillions of other ppl) so I'm all for it.
By the way, did you get my return message the other day?
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this is what I am on:
Package Type: Regional 512 Unlimited/20GB
Download Charges: All Downloads: free
$50 a month
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this is what I am on:
Package Type: Regional 512 Unlimited/20GB
Download Charges: All Downloads: free
$50 a month
O'k your landline runs out of the Morriset exchange.
TPG do have a 1500 25g/25g offpeak at $50 a month
this would probably double your speed.
Worth a phone call to them just to check.
There other plan is a 8000 trick which jumps to $80 a month
Not good value in my opinion.
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Anyone reading the link that R nombers posted have a read of the comments and get an idea of the feeling of a lot of people
Lacey the speed that you are getting is because you are on a slow plan 512 Kb/s
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Optus broadband
150 GB = $60
75 GB / 75GB offpeak + onpeak
I have this...
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Optus broadband
Morisset exchange only have Telstra ADSL/ADSL2+ D-slams installed.
http://www.adsl2exchanges.com.au/viewexchange.php?Exchange=MRSE
Telstra or Primus may be able to connect you IF they have vacant ADSL2+ ports.
There would also be a new contract plus penalty for early cancellation should it occur.
Lacey the numbers your getting are quite good given the service speed.
late edit if you connect to Cooranbong exchange no joy there though.
http://www.adsl2exchanges.com.au/viewexchange.php?Exchange=CRBG
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I remember when I was on 300 baud acoustic coupler (cups that fitted over a tepephone handset) with access to 2.8Mb of stuff bulletin board. OH the Joy of it?)
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OK Ford, maybe I should ring them cause I just did this test and it seemed to take forever
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/947783824.png) (http://www.speedtest.net)
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the only problem with me ringing them is, all have accents and I find it very hard to understand them but, I will give it a try. I can't pay higher then $50 a month, hubby would refuse point blank to pay it.
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here you go, just down the road to canberra. i reckon I could run faster that this speed.
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oops I sent one off to alaska again and it hasn't come back yet.
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the only problem with me ringing them is, all have accents and I find it very hard to understand them but, I will give it a try. I can't pay higher then $50 a month, hubby would refuse point blank to pay it.
It would be well worth the effort.
Those new numbers are abysmal.
They are close to dial-up numbers.
Poddy's "Cup Cake" circa 1985 would give them a run. ;D
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OK the next test got lost. it never came back. everything is running very slow ATM
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I'm not doing it anymore, it's toooo depressing. here's the last one
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is this the plan you saw Ford?
Ultimate 1500/50GB $49.99 1500K/256K 128K/128K 50GB2 25GB+25GB)
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is this the plan you saw Ford?
Ultimate 1500/50GB $49.99 1500K/256K 128K/128K 50GB2 25GB+25GB)
Yep, thats the one. 25gig peak time / 25gig off-peak.
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there you go, all back to normal again. I might wait until after we have moved and investigate getting voip instead of a normal phone. That should cheer Poddy up a bit. ;D
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/947825804.png) (http://www.speedtest.net)
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OK thanks for your help and I will swap over after the move, so I don't get caught up with fees for this that and anything else. ;D
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New modem arrived today and installed - CISCO DPQ3212 (DOCSIS 3)
After the provisioning was sorted out, I had to retire my old Win98SE gateway machine. Replaced by a $15 10/100 Router.
Once the routher was set up - I did a speed test.......
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/965423451.png) (http://www.speedtest.net)
The meter peaked at 84
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
The upload should have been better, though... I was getting 1.5 - 1.6 last night on the old modem. (Maybe I should try it again at 2am :) ... again)
Ubbie will be interested....
** Keyword spamming: Ubb, Ubbs, Ubbie, keelhaul, barretts, archery, camera, lense (sic), pluto pups, pepsi max **
( he should find this post now )
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I found the post Brum6y. A great bunch of words. I like them all.
Your download speed is very fast, isn't it?
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Spectacular is a good word, Ubb.
.... and I believe you might be able to do the same, since you are on Optus cable as well, aren't you?
It's $20 a month extra to giveyou 4-5 times the speed you are currently getting (supposedly) but this account has had an increase notably above that.
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Yep. I'm on Optus cable.
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I'm not nearly as fast as you
http://www.speedtest.net/result/965574202.png
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This jump in speed is what Optus are marketing as their 'Premium Speed Pack'.
It's $20 a month on top of your plan cost - and you need a new modem to get that speed. The modem cost is $99 up front - but they were doing an introductory offer of a $100 credit which they process onto your account two months later. I went for that, so the modem, in the end, will cost me nothing.
Furthermore, unlike the basic plans, this extra speed service can be turned off and on whenever you want - and you will only get charged pro-rata for when you have the service on. This means that if I don't feel justified paying the extra, I can turn off the 'turbo' but still have the new modem ... which didn't cost me anything.
I got the distinct impression, too, that this new modem would be utilised for other content from Optus - so I already have it ready for that!
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New modem arrived today and installed - CISCO DPQ3212 (DOCSIS 3)
After the provisioning was sorted out, I had to retire my old Win98SE gateway machine. Replaced by a $15 10/100 Router.
Once the routher was set up - I did a speed test.......
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/965423451.png) (http://www.speedtest.net)
The meter peaked at 84
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
The upload should have been better, though... I was getting 1.5 - 1.6 last night on the old modem. (Maybe I should try it again at 2am :) ... again)
Ubbie will be interested....
** Keyword spamming: Ubb, Ubbs, Ubbie, keelhaul, barretts, archery, camera, lense (sic), pluto pups, pepsi max **
( he should find this post now )
Try this site and choose your location closest to you.... it's far more accurate than speedtest.net ...
http://www.ozspeedtest.com/bandwidth-test/
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Top speed of 44.32 Mbps on that test - but there are others using the network at the moment that weren't before - so that could shave the true figure a little.
Also, the measured download speed seems to vary with age (and thus, speed) of the machine. That top speed I first posted was on a laptop less than a year old. My regular desktop is a core 2 duo and ran the 'Poddy' tests in the high 50's. This machine is an older HP DC7100 running a 3GHz P4 and scored middle 50's before. It nay be coincidental, but I will see if I'm on deck in the wee small hours to run some more tests at a less busy time.
Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh......
rewrite of paragraph 1... Thought I would check a couple of things ... and found ... that the aforesaid laptop is video streaming!
..... and I'm still getting 44.32Mbps on my download test??????? NOW I am distinctly leaning into being impressed.