Broadband Speed Test - speedtest.net

Hi Folks,
I'd like to do a comparison on how slow New Zealand broadband really is compared to other parts of the world. Coz' I feel (and others in NZ) that New Zealand is a whole generation behind in the Internet Speed Game.

If you could please layout results like this (using speedtests' forum link):


Data Cap (if any): 6GB per month

And please say if you think your speed is fast or slow...

Thanks,
Luke.

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- Luke.

Here's a link to Speedtest.net

My results are....



Not too bad...
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"Ask not, what your kitty can do for you. Ask what you can do for your kitty."

As it is kitten, so shall it be done.

Mine is standard cable from Bigpond Australia. (Just across the lake)


[Edit: Data speed Shaped after 12GB, but no extra charges for blowing the cap]

I consider it reasonably fast compared to the ADSL plans here, but there are indeed cable "extreme" and ADSL2+ plans available here for extra cash. If you don't have those available, then yes, probably your assumption of a generation behind us might be right. But not by much, they only the faster plans late last year / early this year I think.
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"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change."
Charles Darwin

Here's mine...

Closest:


Farthest West NA area server:


Farthest East NA area server:


Gotta love PowerBoost!

According to the Summary tab on SpeedTest, mine is faster than 96% of connections globally. My average is 9863 KB/s downloads and 1199 KB/s uploads (all done on North American servers). It helps that I'm in an area that Comcast uses to test new high-speed broadband technologies. Sometimes it doesn't help though - some of the servers in Canada only give me around 5,000 KB/s downloads.

Overall, I'm happy with it.
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Cruiser
Gateway GT5692 L-f-S Edition
-Phenom X4 9650 CPU
-4GB 667MHz DDR2 RAM
-500GB SATA HD
-Vista x64 SP1
-BOINC 6.2.19 32-bit client
-SSE3 optimized 32-bit apps

This is from Seattle to Wellington

here is mine;

tried it a few minutes ago and got slow speeds tried a different place that it had in the uk and got downloads speed a third of what this one is.
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From Twin Cities Minnesota to Auckland:


...boy did that bring my average down! Look at that ping! lol

Wellington server seems much better though...


...and crap at Napier and Christchurch servers



Overall, seems to be below average connections to NZ...
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Cruiser
Gateway GT5692 L-f-S Edition
-Phenom X4 9650 CPU
-4GB 667MHz DDR2 RAM
-500GB SATA HD
-Vista x64 SP1
-BOINC 6.2.19 32-bit client
-SSE3 optimized 32-bit apps

Wow! Now I'm jealous...
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- Luke.

Here's mine. Something is definitely amiss:

Those numbers are for the closest server, which is probably hosted by the ISP.

For a server slightly further away,

Hosted by someone else I presume.

Here's an especially disappointing one:



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Hi Luke, did a speed test here and got this:-



Then I did the same test to the Wellington Server and got this:-



The first one I'm really impressed with as my service is supposed to be 10Mb max!
Unlimited with no cap apparently, but a fair use policy is supposed to apply!

Hope this helps your research!

<edit> Virgin Media is a UK cable company, and has a 20Mb service running. They are trialling a 50Mb service.</edit>

regards, Gizbar.

Here's mine. Something is definitely amiss:

Those numbers are for the closest server, which is probably hosted by the ISP.

For a server slightly further away,

Hosted by someone else I presume.

The kitties calling Wellington.........


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"Ask not, what your kitty can do for you. Ask what you can do for your kitty."

As it is kitten, so shall it be done.

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Boinc....Boinc....Boinc....Boinc....

The kitties calling Wellington.........

Local



To SF



To Auckland



8Meg BT ADSL no cap but "fair usage" £22.99/month
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