Broadband speed - Auckland - WTF has happened [Archive]

xgnr

11th May 2009, 19:50

Out of curiosity, just did a speed test and I am getting a download speed of 6 Mbps (max I have ever had is 1.5). Tried this 5 times and the same sort of number (upload approx. 0.8Mbps)

WTF is going on Telecom? finally sort your shit out? I am well impressed if something has finally been done.

BTW in the Meadowbank area.

Any one know whats going on?

Cheers

Stu

p.dath

11th May 2009, 19:53

You have probably just been moved to a road side cabinet (ASLAM) from the exchange (DSLAM).

When the copper is shortened it improves your connection a lot.

digsaw

11th May 2009, 20:02

http://www.speedtest.net/result/470932821.png (http://www.speedtest.net) have had 6/94mps

Dave Lobster

11th May 2009, 20:04

I've just run the speedtest, with this result.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/470933881.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Curiously, my own speed test measure 847kB/sec while this test was being done, not 6.51Mb/s.

xgnr

11th May 2009, 20:04

You have probably just been moved to a road side cabinet (ASLAM) from the exchange (DSLAM).

When the copper is shortened it improves your connection a lot.

yay for that. This was the last fix they did when I noted that the phone line was like a firehose when it rained. (you need sound for the best effect)

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The Pastor

11th May 2009, 20:04

http://www.speedtest.net/result/470934527.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

THATS AT MY WORK!

xgnr

11th May 2009, 20:11

Before
http://www.speedtest.net/result/424330015.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Now
http://www.speedtest.net/result/470924527.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Madness

11th May 2009, 20:14

http://www.speedtest.net/result/470938202.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Whatever they did in Meadowbank, it's made sfa difference here at the Paritai Drive of the south.

PirateJafa

11th May 2009, 20:17

Ironically while you guys are boasting about better connections, mine has slowed right the fuck down.

Sigh.

xgnr

11th May 2009, 20:23

Ironically while you guys are boasting about better connections, mine has slowed right the fuck down.

Sigh.

Bugger sorry about that.

All my bitching and moaning prolly meant they just closed your valve and opened mine!

PirateJafa

11th May 2009, 20:28

Bugger sorry about that.

All my bitching and moaning prolly meant they just closed your valve and opened mine!

Time to go on a shooting rampage at the Telecom HQ.

At least I know the cops aren't going to try to stop me now.

Gubb

11th May 2009, 20:29

http://www.speedtest.net/result/470944320.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

What the hell is up with my Upload speed?

Magua

11th May 2009, 20:32

http://www.speedtest.net/result/470945775.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

I'm not getting adsl2 in my area until 2011 apparently, woohoo.

Subike

11th May 2009, 20:34

what you lot complaining about
try living in a rural area and deal with this

http://www.speedtest.net/result/470946345.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

YellowDog

11th May 2009, 20:35

I was thinking about upgrading to ADSL2+ because my connection as the speed was not good. The Telecom engineer just told me to powerdown and then repower my router.

My download speed has jumped from just under 4Mb/s to just under 6Mb/s.

You guys with the slow connections might want to try the same.

Devil

11th May 2009, 20:36

I've just run the speedtest, with this result.

Curiously, my own speed test measure 847kB/sec while this test was being done, not 6.51Mb/s.

6.51Mb/s is roughly 814kB/sec.
So that test is correct.

YellowDog

11th May 2009, 20:55

6.51Mb/s is roughly 814kB/sec.
So that test is correct.
The test is correct however it only reflects the download speed from that superfast server. Try and visit a US or EU website and it will be just as slow as before.

Bren

11th May 2009, 20:57

I guess Otaki has it's good points

http://www.speedtest.net/result/470955167.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Ragingrob

11th May 2009, 21:02

Yeah WTF I'm in South Aucks and my net has slowed waaaay down, getting under 1mbps?!

You bastards are stealing my net speed! :oi-grr:

I want it baaack! Honestly... This is bullshite!

Quasievil

11th May 2009, 21:11

http://www.speedtest.net/result/470958291.png

Thats Ihug tho which seems worse

Gremlin

11th May 2009, 21:18

The test is correct however it only reflects the download speed from that superfast server. Try and visit a US or EU website and it will be just as slow as before.
There is absolutely no point trying to run a test to there, far too many factors and hops in between. Running the test as close to home gives you a realistic measure of the ability of the end lines right at your house.

As soon as you are onto the exchange etc, you have contention ratios from the ISP, the APE (edit, oops, assuming you're in Auckland), and finally the pipes out of NZ.

Current line... I love it at night, gorgeous latency too...

http://www.speedtest.net/result/470964499.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Virago

11th May 2009, 21:21

What the hell is up with my Upload speed?

That's because I'm sucking all the pron off your hard drive. Stop posting, you're slowing me down...

Reido

11th May 2009, 21:45

There is absolutely no point trying to run a test to there, far too many factors and hops in between. Running the test as close to home gives you a realistic measure of the ability of the end lines right at your house.

As soon as you are onto the exchange etc, you have contention ratios from the ISP, the APE (edit, oops, assuming you're in Auckland), and finally the pipes out of NZ.

Current line... I love it at night, gorgeous latency too...

dam you, i was trying to get dad to get orcon... but ended up with telstra >_<

http://www.speedtest.net/result/470976772.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

wtf is up with my ping >_<, stupid capped upload.. and stupid slower than usual download >_<

YellowDog

11th May 2009, 21:58

Try the test here:

http://www.telecom.co.nz/broadband/speedtest#

Not so good, is it?

The test is relative and dependent upon the server you are connecting/downloading to and from.

Dave Lobster

12th May 2009, 06:31

Yeah WTF I'm in South Aucks and my net has slowed waaaay down, getting under 1mbps?!

You bastards are stealing my net speed! :oi-grr:

I want it baaack! Honestly... This is bullshite!

You've got internet in south auckland??? WTF?

Kendog

12th May 2009, 06:48

dam you, i was trying to get dad to get orcon... but ended up with telstra >_<
Telstra Rock
http://www.speedtest.net/result/471298649.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Lias

12th May 2009, 09:34

http://www.speedtest.net/result/470934527.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

THATS AT MY WORK!

I like my works better.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/471411161.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Swoop

12th May 2009, 09:39

Bloody hell Lias!!
Noice!

http://www.speedtest.net/result/471418013.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Reido

12th May 2009, 10:50

Telstra Rock

O.O

...

thats cause you're in wellington right?

you have the good one.. im on the stupid PDQ plan thingy..

Blackbird

12th May 2009, 11:11

http://www.speedtest.net/result/470932821.png (http://www.speedtest.net) have had 6/94mps

Compared with your 2.83/0.54, mine is 3.94/0.63 despite being 50 km further down the stringline from Thames. Maybe time of day/loading has something to do with it.

vifferman

12th May 2009, 12:14

Hmmmmmm.....

Blackshear

12th May 2009, 12:17

http://www.speedtest.net/result/471493617.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

About normal for me, sometimes a bit higher DL.
UL has always been a total fucking joke.
That being said, I manage to download around 100GB a month, last month I downloaded 117GB :innocent:
$50 unlimited FTW!

Ragingrob

12th May 2009, 13:05

Finally back to normal speed, the last week it's been down to dial-up speed on occassion!

http://www.speedtest.net/result/471513260.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Skunk

12th May 2009, 13:12

Not too bad for a home connection.
http://www.speedtest.net/result/471516245.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Patch

12th May 2009, 13:15

Try the test here:

http://www.telecom.co.nz/broadband/speedtest#

Not so good, is it?

The test is relative and dependent upon the server you are connecting/downloading to and from.
Below is the data used to calculate your download speed:

Download time: 1.543 seconds
Size of file: 1058 Kilobytes
Estimated line speed: 5595.1 (kilobits/second)
Estimated line speed: 685.7 (kilobytes/second)

According to the numbers it is slower - but be fucked if I noticed it at all, must be 'cause I have a life :wari:

discotex

12th May 2009, 13:17

UL has always been a total fucking joke.

$50 unlimited FTW!

You can hardly whinge about having 128kbps upload speed when you're on Go Large which was always advertised as full/128k (before it was pulled).

EJK

12th May 2009, 13:17

http://www.speedtest.net/result/471517955.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Christchurch

Blackshear

12th May 2009, 13:23

You can hardly whinge about having 128kbps upload speed when you're on Go Large which was always advertised as full/128k (before it was pulled).

I can whinge if I want!
I've argued with them that the guy who phoned up offering the plan said 'FULL UNCAPPED SPEEDS (Meaning plural, i.e, not just DL speed)' several times.
But it was in the fine print, so I guess it's just a downside to unlimited download I guess.

My mate and I have been arguing over how long it was available for, any idea?

discotex

12th May 2009, 13:40

I can whinge if I want!
I've argued with them that the guy who phoned up offering the plan said 'FULL UNCAPPED SPEEDS (Meaning plural, i.e, not just DL speed)' several times.
But it was in the fine print, so I guess it's just a downside to unlimited download I guess.

All the online stuff was obvious it was a full/128 flat-rate plan but yeah...

Either way if you're still on it you waived your rights to complain buy staying on the plan after the notice that came with the credits and the plan being pulled. Anyone left (including myself) is on a purely best-effort service. It's not fair to compare that to the rest of Telecom's broadband products. Too much like apples and chickens.

If you want full speed you have to accept a cap. Can't have it both ways when you live miles away from the rest of the internet.

My mate and I have been arguing over how long it was available for, any idea?

Was less than a year. More like 6 months from memory.

Slicksta

12th May 2009, 16:51

http://www.speedtest.net/result/471517955.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Christchurch

I like my works better.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/471411161.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

what is up with your ping?

http://www.speedtest.net/result/471603361.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Hamilton still on xtra go large

EJK

12th May 2009, 16:57

What is ping? Still, it's quite fast.

Slicksta

12th May 2009, 16:59

latency? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latency_(engineering))

Auckland server seems to be much faster for me

http://www.speedtest.net/result/471605913.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Argyle

12th May 2009, 18:44

Telstraclear speed!

http://www.speedtest.net/result/471644067.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

xgnr

12th May 2009, 18:48

Well bugger me with a blunt stick it is still good...

This is to Sydney!

My good old biker telecom buddy reckons it is all planned :woohoo:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/471645013.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Filterer

12th May 2009, 18:52

To the OP - yes meadowbank must have just been upgraded to ADSL 2+
I now connect at 10 mbps, rather than the 1.6 mbps I did a few days ago

W00t

p.dath

12th May 2009, 18:57

That's hilarious! I've never seen one that bad!

YellowDog

12th May 2009, 18:59

Below is the data used to calculate your download speed:

Download time: 1.543 seconds
Size of file: 1058 Kilobytes
Estimated line speed: 5595.1 (kilobits/second)
Estimated line speed: 685.7 (kilobytes/second)

According to the numbers it is slower - but be fucked if I noticed it at all, must be 'cause I have a life :wari:
I was just trying to say that the speed isn't as good as they make it seem. Live streaming is still crap which makes web TV not very good (for most of the time). But if you are happy, then I am happy for you............

Gremlin

12th May 2009, 19:02

My good old biker telecom buddy reckons it is all planned :woohoo:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/471645013.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
Tell your buddy Bucklands Beach needs an upgrade... the exchange is near bloody howick :crybaby:

Cajun

12th May 2009, 19:03

mine has turned in to poos at home
http://www.speedtest.net/result/471651277.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
i should go back to my old router which has stuffed ethernet ports
i use to be able to get 2+ meg
my plan is 256k up/128k down orcon plan with 40gig cap

YellowDog

12th May 2009, 23:03

Lias

13th May 2009, 15:31

what is up with your ping?

I believe in my case its because i'm behind a firewall which blocks ICMP.

Lias

13th May 2009, 15:36

Looks like you are getting what you are paying for.

In case you hadn't worked it out, some of these clowns are using a graphics package to enhance their internet performance results to appear faster than a home network.

Some of us also clearly stated that we were posting results from work. We have a circuit with 30mb CIR, and you dont want to know how much that costs, but suffice to say its probably more per month than the combined annual cost of all the home connections in this thread.

spacemonkey

13th May 2009, 19:42

Man you guys have some sucky upload speeds!
But that said my download speed tonight is way slower than the normal. :(

http://www.speedtest.net/result/472439584.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Anarkist

14th May 2009, 02:17

Your area was probably cabinetised lately.
Have a look on telecomwholesale.co.nz/maps and check.

Patch

14th May 2009, 04:37

Kelem

14th May 2009, 07:52

http://www.speedtest.net/result/472887784.png

Blackshear

14th May 2009, 08:26

zomg.png

Whoa, shit dude!

Kelem

14th May 2009, 09:20

Yep torrents take a while!!! not that there is anything decent at the moment

YellowDog

14th May 2009, 21:43

Some of us also clearly stated that we were posting results from work. We have a circuit with 30mb CIR, and you dont want to know how much that costs, but suffice to say its probably more per month than the combined annual cost of all the home connections in this thread.
Yep some are on very fast business networks, others have doctored their actual figures and hence the speed rating does not corolate with the ping test rating.

Blackshear

14th May 2009, 21:51

So, when are we going to start with the monthly usage records?

Gubb

14th May 2009, 22:01

So, when are we going to start with the monthly usage records?
How do we find that? I'd be curious to see.

Blackshear

14th May 2009, 22:14

How do we find that? I'd be curious to see.

I dunno how other ISP's work?

Gubb

14th May 2009, 22:16

Whoa. I'm averaging between 40-60Gb a Month.

Torrents FTW!

And 4chan. Really?

Blackshear

14th May 2009, 22:19

Whoa. I'm averaging between 40-60Gb a Month.

Torrents FTW!

And 4chan. Really?

Yeah, I'm sorry!
I stay out of the more cancerous /b/.

Unlike some Anarkist.

Fucking luuurve me multiple streaming radio stations 24/7 :sunny:

Should exchange 1's and 0's some time.

Slicksta

14th May 2009, 22:20

I dunno how other ISP's work?

Psh used to use 1tb a month on my torrent box but that thing is in the us :)

Blackshear

14th May 2009, 22:23

Psh used to use 1tb a month on my torrent box but that thing is in the us :)

As an underling to a master, what exactly do(did) you download?

Mort

14th May 2009, 22:33

http://www.speedtest.net/result/473299171.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Location : Whangaparaoa

True - Something has happened - I thought it was running well recently

Gremlin

14th May 2009, 22:37

As an underling to a master, what exactly do(did) you download?
sounds like he was backing up teh internets for us :lol:

discotex

14th May 2009, 22:39

As an underling to a master, what exactly do(did) you download?

The internet.

Blackshear

14th May 2009, 22:43

sounds like he was backing up teh internets for us :lol:

He needs to share, at SATA speeds.

Picture below is an unfulfilled goal of mine.

Slicksta

15th May 2009, 07:15

As an underling to a master, what exactly do(did) you download?
linux isos :whistle: uploading was 500gb of it being on registed torrent sites and alll.

Lias

15th May 2009, 07:57

Whoa. I'm averaging between 40-60Gb a Month.

Torrents FTW!

And 4chan. Really?

/facepalm

Rule 1 motherfucker Rule 1!

PirateJafa

15th May 2009, 09:00

He needs to share, at SATA speeds.

Picture below is an unfulfilled goal of mine.

Bah, go to any decent Auckland LAN and you could damn near manage that.

Me'n a mate used to have upload battles at LANs, so see who'd have uploaded the most from our fileservers by the end.

Lias

15th May 2009, 11:19

Bah, go to any decent Auckland LAN and you could damn near manage that.

Me'n a mate used to have upload battles at LANs, so see who'd have uploaded the most from our fileservers by the end.

Going to Xlan?

PirateJafa

15th May 2009, 12:33

Going to Xlan?

Have done in previous years, but probably not going to bother this year. Costs too much for what it is, the network is slow, and our clan doesn't really have a game to be competitive in any more (BF2 is nigh on dead).

PingZero is where it's at mate - $25 for the same length of time, plus free pizza, and it's R18, which not only means that alcohol is recommended, but results on all the little CS kiddies being unable to come. :niceone:

Lias

15th May 2009, 12:59

Have done in previous years, but probably not going to bother this year. Costs too much for what it is, the network is slow, and our clan doesn't really have a game to be competitive in any more (BF2 is nigh on dead).

PingZero is where it's at mate - $25 for the same length of time, plus free pizza, and it's R18, which not only means that alcohol is recommended, but results on all the little CS kiddies being unable to come. :niceone:

Yeah my game "was" 2142, but that's not even on offer. My clan is entering a COD4 team (serious business) and a TF2 team (those of us not good enough to make the COD4 team lol).

I might have to come up to one of those pingzero lans at some stage.

paturoa

15th May 2009, 16:22

Your area was probably cabinetised lately.
Have a look on telecomwholesale.co.nz/maps and check.

or type your address in here and it will give you a date when you will be ADSL2'd

http://www.telecom.co.nz/broadband/speed/adsl2

Also applies if you get your porn from someone else who wholesales from Telecom.

Lias

15th May 2009, 16:38

or type your address in here and it will give you a date when you will be ADSL2'd

http://www.telecom.co.nz/broadband/speed/adsl2

Also applies if you get your porn from someone else who wholesales from Telecom.

AFAIK only Telescum customers on specific plans can actually connect at ADSL2+ speeds, those of us with other ISP's are out of luck (Except those in the areas where other ISP's have rolled out their own ADSL2+ DSLAM's, such as those who can get onto Orcon+ etc)

I'm not actually aware of any ISP's offering ADSL2+ plans via telecom wholesale.

Blackshear

15th May 2009, 19:42

paturoa

15th May 2009, 19:55

I'm ADSL+2 available where I am.

MUST RING TELECON TOMORREY

If your alreay a T customer you don;t have to do anything other that check your DSL modem is set to ASDL2+ and restart it.

Blackshear

15th May 2009, 19:57

If your alreay a T customer you don;t have to do anything other that check your DSL modem is set to ASDL2+ and restart it.

Ok. Time to press that reset buttan so I can get my default password back.

EDIT: How to r settings for ADSL+2, cannay find ADSL anywhere.

paturoa

15th May 2009, 19:59

last post tonight then?

Blackshear

15th May 2009, 20:04

last post tonight then?

It will keep me occupied for a day or two.
On the other hand, one torrent is screaming along at 300-330kB/s at the moment.

Familiar with d-link modems, sir?

EDIIIIT:

ADSL+2 (multi-mode) already selected.

digsaw

15th May 2009, 20:20

http://www.speedtest.net/result/474027541.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

http://www.speedtest.net/result/474029187.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

fliplid

16th May 2009, 10:48

bograt... can't get the image of the test result to stick... d'oh!

pete376403

16th May 2009, 19:47

A bit off topic - Wellington rather than Auckland, Telstra rather than Telecom. But I just had to share...:bleh:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/474742318.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

boomer

22nd May 2009, 14:59

There is absolutely no point trying to run a test to there, far too many factors and hops in between. Running the test as close to home gives you a realistic measure of the ability of the end lines right at your house.

As soon as you are onto the exchange etc, you have contention ratios from the ISP, the APE (edit, oops, assuming you're in Auckland), and finally the pipes out of NZ.

Current line... I love it at night, gorgeous latency too...

http://www.speedtest.net/result/470964499.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

heheheh

http://www.speedtest.net/result/478922512.png

Gremlin

22nd May 2009, 16:48

heheheh

http://www.speedtest.net/result/478922512.png
pillock! you're either on LLU or in a cabinet area... We're still on Telecom lines :no:

Gareth123

23rd May 2009, 06:08

Poor me on my vodafone mobile 3g network

Download 1.22Mbps
Upload 0.34Mbps
Ping 110ms

I thought this was fast. But I was used to using my parents dial up.

boomer

24th May 2009, 21:48

pillock! you're either on LLU or in a cabinet area... We're still on Telecom lines :no:

yeah bro.. i got them to wholesale my ass back to Teleskum .. the cabinet outside the front door is adsl2+ and im luvin it !!!!

lol max theoretical rate.. 23meg.. and im getting 19.. !!!! ahahah

NighthawkNZ

26th May 2011, 15:35

Ironically while you guys are boasting about better connections, mine has slowed right the fuck down.

Sigh.

so has mine... its diabolical...

PirateJafa

26th May 2011, 15:36

so has mine... its diabolical...

Luckily, at some point in the last two years since I posted that, it has sped up again.

Ricardo S

26th May 2011, 15:56

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1312567087.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1312569016.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Blackshear

26th May 2011, 16:27

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1312592212.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
Testy testy. :woohoo:

NighthawkNZ

26th May 2011, 16:43

Luckily, at some point in the last two years since I posted that, it has sped up again.

mine hasn't :crybaby::crybaby::crybaby::crybaby:

JATZ

26th May 2011, 18:59

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1312714513.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Just aswell I'm a patient person :blink:

jaffaonajappa

26th May 2011, 23:38

Slingshot, all you can eat package.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1312991073.png

jazfender

27th May 2011, 03:25

so who has the biggest e-penis?

Quasievil

27th May 2011, 08:02

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1313690031.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

martybabe

27th May 2011, 08:16

The Stranger

27th May 2011, 08:55

Would someone mind explaining what I'm reading here. I am old and don't understand computer speak. Clearly larger numbers are better, mine are rubish by the way. Download 1.32 mbs Upload 0.43 Ping 82 . what on earth is ping :facepalm:

Somebody take pity on a Puta dunce please :yes:

Ah not necessarily. The lower the ping time the better.
Ping is not unlike a sonar ping and tests the speed at which a packet of data can be sent and recieved. If you imagine say a multiplayer game where you are the only player with slow ping times everyone else can move and react to a situation before you are aware of it.

1.32 Mb/s is calculated from the time it takes to download a test package of data - say a file and the upload figure is the opposite and yes big is good.

In general terms it's not such a bad thing having the upload slower than the download as upload is like requesting a Web page or a file to be transferred. This is a very small amount of data going out for the request compared to the amount coming down to satisfy the request.

1.32 Mb/s is not so good. 1 Mb/s download used to be considered by Telecum as the fault threshold. Not sure if it still is. However, that's not to say the problem is automatically Telecum's. There are many reasons you may be experiencing slow speeds. Were I you I would discuss this with your ISP in the first instance as it's definately on the slow side.

Okey Dokey

27th May 2011, 09:32

HA! I have 31 the biggest number so I win!!!

pity that it is kbps, not Mbps...:(

martybabe

27th May 2011, 09:32

Ah not necessarily. The lower the ping time the better.
Ping is not unlike a sonar ping and tests the speed at which a packet of data can be sent and recieved. If you imagine say a multiplayer game where you are the only player with slow ping times everyone else can move and react to a situation before you are aware of it.

1.32 Mb/s is calculated from the time it takes to download a test package of data - say a file and the upload figure is the opposite and yes big is good.

In general terms it's not such a bad thing having the upload slower than the download as upload is like requesting a Web page or a file to be transferred. This is a very small amount of data going out for the request compared to the amount coming down to satisfy the request.

1.32 Mb/s is not so good. 1 Mb/s download used to be considered by Telecum as the fault threshold. Not sure if it still is. However, that's not to say the problem is automatically Telecum's. There are many reasons you may be experiencing slow speeds. Were I you I would discuss this with your ISP in the first instance as it's definately on the slow side.

Cheers Mr Stranger, that makes it a bit clearer :niceone:

jazfender

27th May 2011, 20:50

HA! I have 31 the biggest number so I win!!!

pity that it is kbps, not Mbps...:(

it's how you use it...

The End

27th May 2011, 23:15

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1314518570.png

On wireless too...

Okey Dokey

28th May 2011, 08:55

it's how you use it...

Yes, well you can see I put mine to good use by coming to kb :)

MSTRS

28th May 2011, 13:10

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1315482057.png

jasonu

28th May 2011, 14:15

What a fucking ripoff! Here in the good ol USA I pay $27 a month for 8meg down don't remember the up and the speed test is close to as advertised. No useage limits either.

jazfender

28th May 2011, 15:04

What a fucking ripoff! Here in the good ol USA I pay $27 a month for 8meg down don't remember the up and the speed test is close to as advertised. No useage limits either.

yeah but you gotta live with Americans.

YellowDog

28th May 2011, 15:16

My download speed has changed from as slow as 1.9 at peak busy times to as fast as 5.5 during quiet less busy times.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1315575263.png

It has gone as slow as 4.5 and as fast as 9.1.

Telstra is $30 per month cheaper and very much faster :yes:

No contest!