<span class="highlight">Internet</span> Speed Test
Submitted: Sunday, Sep 04, 2005 at 23:04
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Bob of KAOS
What speeds are you getting? Using the Dungog
Internet Speed
Test link text I am getting around 531 Kbps on my
satellite connection which is meant to give 512. I'd be interested to hear what sort of speeds others are getting with various types of connection.
Reply By: Member - 'Lucy' - Sunday, Sep 04, 2005 at 23:18
Sunday, Sep 04, 2005 at 23:18
Bob
Dung Dog reports the following:
4744.2 Kbps or 581.4 Kbytes per second.
I'm on Optusnet cable
Is that good, comparable with others, or what. Pls enlighten me here.
Ken
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Follow Up By: Scubaroo - Sunday, Sep 04, 2005 at 23:25
Sunday, Sep 04, 2005 at 23:25
I got exactly the same on Optusnet cable.
Did see as low as 816Kbps when I refreshed a few times, but was normally 4000+. That's 84 times faster than dialup!!!!!!!!
No wonder Google Earth rocks on this machine :P
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Follow Up By: Haza - Sunday, Sep 04, 2005 at 23:41
Sunday, Sep 04, 2005 at 23:41
For Optus 581.4 Kbytes a sec is good. Optus expects around 300 kbytes/sec. Though I've witnessed over 1.5mb /sec. They have had many people recently upgrading to the SB5100 motorola modems believeing these are faster. The first one I witnessed tripled the guys speed from 500kb/sec to 1.5mb/sec. The Second one I saw didn't change his speed of 700kb/sec. To the best results run it via the ethernet port if not already.
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Follow Up By: BenSpoon - Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 22:51
Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 22:51
You may get a higher speed shown on the web page
test compared to your physical connection because modems can compress data when they transmit to squeeze more out of a link's capacity. Measure the actual speed on the modem for an accuracte link speed. Alot of new radio and telephone modems have compression features built in so you never notice the difference.
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Reply By: Rosco - Bris. - Sunday, Sep 04, 2005 at 23:21
Sunday, Sep 04, 2005 at 23:21
Varies 400 - 800 Kbps ......... Optus ASDL
Cheesr
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Reply By: Muddy 'doe (SA) - Sunday, Sep 04, 2005 at 23:27
Sunday, Sep 04, 2005 at 23:27
4500 here in
Adelaide on Telstra Cable.
Cheers
Muddy
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Reply By: Member - John (Vic) - Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 00:01
Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 00:01
211 to 240 Kbps on a 256 ADSL connection.
Here is another site that can
check line speed plus also tests your system for secure firewalls and other security issues Gibson Research
http://grc.com/default.htm
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Reply By: Member - Brian (Gold Coast) - Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 02:18
Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 02:18
I checked it three times.... the last time was 1665.3 Kbps or 204.1 Kbytes per second. Lowest was 1485.something...which in comparison to my recently dispatched dial up account is a huge improvement.
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Reply By: Member - Foxer - Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 06:36
Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 06:36
512 ish
still
miles in front of the old land line, when it was working!!!
Foxer
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Reply By: Redeye - Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 06:48
Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 06:48
These are total network speed figures.
The modem will work at the same speed on all connections what (in most cases) you may be seeing is reduced bandwidth inside the ISP.
That is why some ISPs are not as expensive as others. Do the
test during busy periods and see what you get.
It is like driving an XR6 Ford or SS Holden they can do >200 K per hour but only when there is no other traffic (and speed traps).
But it is interesting to see some of the figures and the fact the service is not band limited.
Redeye
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Reply By: Member - John C (QLD) - Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 07:46
Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 07:46
417.8 Kbps or 51.2 Kbytes per second. 512/128 adsl.
But this is only the download speed.
I do a lot of uploading at work with jobs going out on email, and tried this site to
check the upload.
Interesting the difference, especially the slower upload speed on cable compared to download speed!
http://www.tcpiq.com/tcpIQ/LineSpeed/Default.aspx
Local ISP in
Brisbane.
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Reply By: Bob of KAOS - Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 08:14
Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 08:14
I want cable, and I want every one else in Australia to pay for it (sound familiar Barnaby?)
With the one way
satellite my upload speed is rated at 64 Kbps which is just a bit faster than a dialup modem (56Kbps). I don't know how to measure upload speed though.
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Reply By: Mad Dog (Australia) - Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 08:57
Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 08:57
4533.3 Neighborhood Cable Geelong
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Reply By: Ray Bates - Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 09:02
Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 09:02
You blokes are lucky. Where I live I can only get dialup and Telstra have no intension of upgrading. There are 55 people in our village that want broadband so where do we go from here. We have already been in contact with our local federal member but broadband is all around us
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Follow Up By: Bob of KAOS - Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 09:33
Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 09:33
Ray
the nonTelstra
satellite at $70 a month looks attractive. You could even pool resources and run a small wireless network from the one
satellite connection. The other option is to contact www.yless4u.com and see if they are interested in supplying 55 users.
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Reply By: at4x4 - Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 12:39
Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 12:39
2747.5 Kbps or 336.7 Kbytes per second.
telstra adsl
geelong cbd.
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Reply By: Member - Chrispy (NSW) - Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 12:46
Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 12:46
4744.2 Kbps or 581.4 Kbytes per second on our 10mbps microwave link from our office in Pyrmont, over the harbour to AAPT. It is running slow - mainly (I'd imaging) that this link (Dungog) is in itself inefficient.
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Reply By: Member - Chrispy (NSW) - Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 12:51
Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 12:51
Here's one that is less congested - straight off the
internet backbone.
BigAir Link Speed
Test
On this I get:
Speed (Kbit/s): 6064, Speed (Mbit/s): 5.92, Speed (KByte/s): 758.63
Cheers
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Follow Up By: Bob of KAOS - Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 22:03
Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 22:03
Thats interesting. I get 1663 Kbits/sec with BigAir and 522 with Dungog?
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Reply By: sxc_thing - Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 13:45
Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 13:45
435.2 Kbps or 53.3 Kbytes per second. here in
young nsw
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Reply By: mattlobie - Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 14:07
Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 14:07
haha, my 56kbps dialup pulled 37.2 Kbps or 4.6 Kbytes per second. AWESOME!!!
matt
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Reply By: Member - Blue (VIC) - Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 14:28
Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 14:28
2773Kbps on a 1500 connection...??? Refreshed 3 times and got a variation of 2776 then 2773 again.
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Reply By: crowie - Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 15:32
Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 15:32
I get between 1300 and and 1500kps using Ozemail ADSL -
Test conducted at 3.30pm and probably a fair bit of traffic
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Reply By: S&N - Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 17:33
Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 17:33
3487.2 Kbps or 427.4 Kbytes per second.
optus cable
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Reply By: Bytemrk - Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 22:59
Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 22:59
734.9 KBytes/Sec...
Optus Cable rocks!!
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