Speed Test

Bronze · Post by **Bronze** » 10 March 07 8:26 pm

How fast is your connection?

http://www.speedtest.net/

According to Speedtest.net that averages for Australia are:
Download = 4748kb/s
Upload = 507kb/s

Please also describe your set up / plan.

I'm running two computers through Optusnet 1.5mb/s plan here in Dubbo.
I used the Sydney exchange for the test.

XP Home computer - 1063 download and 170 upload
Linux Laptop wireless - 799 download and 151 upload.

tank47 · Post by **tank47** » 10 March 07 9:51 pm

BigPond ADSL Liberty 8000/384. XP desktop on home Lan.
Test results Download 4516 - Upload 327.

Gunn Parker · Post by **Gunn Parker** » 10 March 07 10:04 pm

iinet adsl2+ ( alleged )
xp home desk top

download 2101
upload 732

What does the "distance ~ 50 mi" mean?

setsujoku · Post by **setsujoku** » 10 March 07 10:13 pm

Interesting how it is able to determine your nearest point, seems to do a reverse trace route to you to figure it out.
Though according to it the distance i travel to my nearest point is 650miles. Interesting to see that i get better results by going to melbourne, rather than adelaide, or even sydney.

I'm on ADSL2+ - Annex A - with internode. Will keep testing and see if i can get any higher.

Tracing route to speedtest.net [69.17.117.207] over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 1 ms <1 ms 1 ms castle.7404VGO [192.168.1.254]
2 28 ms 29 ms 28 ms loop0.lns10.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.215.185]
3 30 ms 29 ms 29 ms v14.cor3.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.212.254]
4 198 ms 198 ms 197 ms po3.bdr1.adl6.internode.on.net [203.16.212.146]
5 363 ms 409 ms 216 ms pos2-2.bdr1.syd6.internode.on.net [203.16.212.133]
6 355 ms 409 ms 409 ms pos2-0.bdr1.lax1.internode.on.net [203.16.213.177]
7 354 ms 201 ms 310 ms ibx.ge-0-2-0.cr2.lax1.speakeasy.net [206.223.123.100]
8 349 ms 409 ms 409 ms 100.ge-0-0-0.cr2.sea1.speakeasy.net [69.17.83.254]
9 351 ms 230 ms 232 ms 251.ge-1-3-0.sr1.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.82.58]
10 371 ms 409 ms 409 ms host207.ookla.com [69.17.117.207]

Trace complete.

binns1012 · Post by **binns1012** » 10 March 07 10:20 pm

Hi adsl here Bigpond liberty 1500/512

regards Tony

cebidae · Post by **cebidae** » 10 March 07 10:42 pm

ADSL 2+

I can actually confirm that it is faster than this, but only if you are doing multiple downloads at once.

2dudez · Post by **2dudez** » 10 March 07 10:51 pm

My connection is on a Neighbourhood Cable (Ballarat) 1.5 mb/s plan
MacBook 2GHz through Airport Extreme. Motorola Surfboard Cable Modem 
1467kb/s Down , 214 kb/s up 
Nearest server was Melbourne. 
<a href="http://www.speedtest.net"><img src="http://www.speedtest.net/result/97210449.png"></a>

Bronze · Post by **Bronze** » 11 March 07 12:15 am

Very interesting results so far thats for sure.
It's interesting follow the trace.

Gunn Parker wrote: What does the "distance ~ 50 mi" mean?

I can't really say. Mine said 50mi as well and yet I'm 6 hours drive away from Sydney.

I tried a couple of speed test and the optus Speed test was the worst. In fact when I called Optus about this they told me to disregard the speet test on their site and got me to download a picture and ask me what the download speed was.

We have recently changed from 512 to 1.5. If it don't get any better soon for the money we are paying we can go with the Westnet 8mb plan but with a download limit.

Now were running Engin for our phone. I'm also looking at Dodo because they are now offering a free line rental and really thats all we are paying now.

Post by **CraigRat** » 11 March 07 12:21 am

Chwiliwr · Post by **Chwiliwr** » 11 March 07 12:23 am

I'm on Telstra Cable.

Using Perth I get 12323 and 244.

Using Sydney I get 4868 and 244.

Chwiliwr · Post by **Chwiliwr** » 11 March 07 12:32 am

Gunn Parker wrote:iinet adsl2+ ( alleged )
xp home desk top

download 2101
upload 732

You should be much higher. My son uses iinet on an adsl2 connection and gets approx 15000 upload. I can't remember his other figure.

Gunn Parker wrote:What does the "distance ~ 50 mi" mean?

I think they have adopted the smallest distance as 50 mile. If you use a Sydney or Adelaide server the distance is about right for straight line distances.

Sunshine Toledo · Post by **Sunshine Toledo** » 11 March 07 9:51 am

Well, Mine seems to be 4176 kb/s for downloads and 123 kb/s for uploads and I'm in Brisbane accessing the Sydney server. And I'm using an XP computer through a cable to the laptop downstairs and then out thru a cable modem and cable to Bigpond. Is this reading good or what??

Cached · Post by **Cached** » 11 March 07 10:06 am

TPG ADSL. Latop, wireless home LAN.

Did adelaide as well (where I am) and got 1284 & 208

Facitman · Post by **Facitman** » 11 March 07 10:37 am

XP laptop via wireless LAN to Bigpond Cable.

Interestingly, I get similar results on the XP Desktop (hardwired to the router) if the test is run using IE but get shocking results if I use Firefox, 140+ ms latency, 600kb/s download

Makes me wonder about the validity (or my PC?)

roundcircle · Post by **roundcircle** » 11 March 07 12:04 pm

My connection is on a Neighbourhood Cable (Ballarat), premuim (Uncapped)

4057 down and 1490 up.

XP on a Laptop via wireless conection, through a switch and then a router.