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Luke Send message Joined: 31 Dec 06 Posts: 2546 Credit: 817,560 RAC: 0 |
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. - Luke. |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51477 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Here's a link to Speedtest.net My results are.... Not too bad... "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." |
jason_gee Send message Joined: 24 Nov 06 Posts: 7489 Credit: 91,093,184 RAC: 0 |
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. "Living by the wisdom of computer science doesn't sound so bad after all. And unlike most advice, it's backed up by proofs." -- Algorithms to live by: The computer science of human decisions. |
Cosmic_Ocean Send message Joined: 23 Dec 00 Posts: 3027 Credit: 13,516,867 RAC: 13 |
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Leaps-from-Shadows Send message Joined: 11 Aug 08 Posts: 323 Credit: 259,220 RAC: 0 |
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. 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 |
Voyager Send message Joined: 2 Nov 99 Posts: 602 Credit: 3,264,813 RAC: 0 |
This is from Seattle to Wellington |
dnolan Send message Joined: 30 Aug 01 Posts: 1228 Credit: 47,779,411 RAC: 32 |
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[B^S] madmac Send message Joined: 9 Feb 04 Posts: 1175 Credit: 4,754,897 RAC: 0 |
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Leaps-from-Shadows Send message Joined: 11 Aug 08 Posts: 323 Credit: 259,220 RAC: 0 |
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... 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 |
Luke Send message Joined: 31 Dec 06 Posts: 2546 Credit: 817,560 RAC: 0 |
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gizbar Send message Joined: 7 Jan 01 Posts: 586 Credit: 21,087,774 RAC: 0 |
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. A proud GPU User Server Donor! |
jenesuispasbavard Send message Joined: 13 Sep 05 Posts: 49 Credit: 12,385,974 RAC: 0 |
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Luke Send message Joined: 31 Dec 06 Posts: 2546 Credit: 817,560 RAC: 0 |
Hi Luke, did a speed test here and got this:- Hi Gizbar, and everybody else! Thank you all so far! I pay NZ$40.00 per mo. for my connection, which is roughly $24.00 U.S. Right now... after reading the results... I'm not very happy with my connection. But it is one of the fastest in my country! I live in Wellington, NZ, so that is the best server you can use if you want results of my area. Thanks again, and I hope to see more results from others here! - Luke. |
Leaps-from-Shadows Send message Joined: 11 Aug 08 Posts: 323 Credit: 259,220 RAC: 0 |
Here's mine. Something is definitely amiss: Holy frick! What the H-E-double-hockey-stick kind of connection is that? I'd give a kidney for those speeds! Try connecting to the servers in New Zealand - I want to see what kind of speeds you get to them. 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 |
gizbar Send message Joined: 7 Jan 01 Posts: 586 Credit: 21,087,774 RAC: 0 |
Luke, just chucked some figures into xe.com and got the following back. Cost £46.00 per month, which is approx $72.07 US Dollars per month or $122.12 NZ Dollars per month. Broadband alone is £25.00 per month, $39.18 US, $66.44 NZ. That does include landline phone (but not cost of calls), cable tv (approx 80 channels), and cable broadband (10Mb, unlimited service, fair use policy). I think it's pretty fast. regards, Gizbar. A proud GPU User Server Donor! |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51477 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
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Geek@Play Send message Joined: 31 Jul 01 Posts: 2467 Credit: 86,146,931 RAC: 0 |
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Luke Send message Joined: 31 Dec 06 Posts: 2546 Credit: 817,560 RAC: 0 |
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Bernie Vine Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 9957 Credit: 103,452,613 RAC: 328 |
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Jord Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15184 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 3 |
So much for the advertised 8-12Mbit... (But I am using Azureus at the moment, so that steals away bandwidth) |
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