What's your internet speed?

[North Star]

I see - Is it some kind of shared connection?

Not as far as I know.. The download speed seems to have slowed during the summer for some reason. I could pay to upgrade it to 10/10 or 100/100 Mb/s but haven't seen the need to consider that until recently.

[nodogen]

Your Ping and Upload Speed is better than amw's but your Download speed is the lowest posted so far - I don't know a lot about Computers I guess but going from the data you posted your speed does seem very slow.

You're living in the UK right? - I lived in London for a few years back in the early 2000's and I remember the internet connection there was a revelation coming from Australia.
Places like Australia and New Zealand lag behind other parts of the world in internet connectivity so your result really surprises me - are you on a Dial-Up connect or living somewhere that's remote?.

Not dial-up, but wifi from Murdoch's Empire. I wish I did live somewhere remote, but no, a city in the middle of England.

No doubt we'll all have brilliant internet once we leave the EU. And pet unicorns, too. 🙄

[amw]

Thanks amw - I remember you saying that you download a lot of stuff; is that right?. Does it take forever when you want to download a full album? (I dread to think what time a box-set would take... ).

I usually just queue downloads up before I go to bed in e.g. Qobuz or the eClassical download manager or whatever other software I'm using, since I anyway leave the computer on at night in order to play music. (I have issues with getting to sleep, staying asleep, and quality of sleep, due to mental health issues. Music helps.) As for downloads of.... questionable legality.... torrent clients also still work <.<

It's not always quite that slow, either. I tested it just now again, a bit after midnight, and got 20 Mb/s down which is ideally what I'm supposed to have all the time. Certain times of the day it just doesn't work as well, presumably due to shark-related cable outages.

[drogulus]

     

     I discovered my connection was no longer 100 Mbps a couple of days ago. That's why I started this topic and asked for speed tests.

[Holden]

Your Ping and Upload Speed is better than amw's but your Download speed is the lowest posted so far - I don't know a lot about Computers I guess but going from the data you posted your speed does seem very slow.

You're living in the UK right? - I lived in London for a few years back in the early 2000's and I remember the internet connection there was a revelation coming from Australia.
Places like Australia and New Zealand lag behind other parts of the world in internet connectivity so your result really surprises me - are you on a Dial-Up connect or living somewhere that's remote?.

Are you on the NBN yet? My brother is in Armadale and when I was there in July I helped him transfer over from his adsl service. He went from figures a little bit better than yours (between 3 - 4 Mbps download) to 25 Mbps. Both with Telstra.

[Autumn Leaves]

Not as far as I know.. The download speed seems to have slowed during the summer for some reason. I could pay to upgrade it to 10/10 or 100/100 Mb/s but haven't seen the need to consider that until recently.

Ahh curious - there's quite a difference between your speed and 71dB's but maybe he pays (a lot?) more for his service?.
I could probably make do with a cheaper plan for my internet I think (as I don't stream or download a lot these days) so I can understand you being happy with your current connect.

[Autumn Leaves]

Not dial-up, but wifi from Murdoch's Empire. I wish I did live somewhere remote, but no, a city in the middle of England.

No doubt we'll all have brilliant internet once we leave the EU. And pet unicorns, too. 🙄

Thanks for your reply - to the best of my knowledge wireless connectivity is a bit slower than a cable so your data makes sense now (I was really scratching my head over the numbers you provided!).
I'm sort of following the news about the Brexit and such going on in the UK so I can understand your apprehension about it - I feel really sorry for people like yourselves living in the UK and US at the moment.
Australia has seen a similar rise in the kind of politics which have led to the Brexit in your country so we will probably end up like you guys before too long..

[Autumn Leaves]

I usually just queue downloads up before I go to bed in e.g. Qobuz or the eClassical download manager or whatever other software I'm using, since I anyway leave the computer on at night in order to play music. (I have issues with getting to sleep, staying asleep, and quality of sleep, due to mental health issues. Music helps.) As for downloads of.... questionable legality.... torrent clients also still work <.<

It's not always quite that slow, either. I tested it just now again, a bit after midnight, and got 20 Mb/s down which is ideally what I'm supposed to have all the time. Certain times of the day it just doesn't work as well, presumably due to shark-related cable outages.

Haha yes, good stuff; I used to do these "overnight" type of downloads too - Good to know your connect is better at non-peak times!.
Sorry to hear about your health problems - I suffered quite badly from anxiety and depression for most of my life (although it has somewhat improved in my later years) so I understand where you're coming from.
Music is a great healer I think - I listen to Music during any free time I have to calm and center my mind and I do the same as you and listen before sleep.

[Autumn Leaves]

Are you on the NBN yet? My brother is in Armadale and when I was there in July I helped him transfer over from his adsl service. He went from figures a little bit better than yours (between 3 - 4 Mbps download) to 25 Mbps. Both with Telstra.

Hey Holden - I'm supposedly on the NBN now and was issued a new Modem and such a couple of months back.
I haven't noticed much of an improvement in my connect speed so far but I remember hearing/reading somewhere that the NBN is not finished/fully active yet (I could certainly be mistaken though..)?.
I'm in Morley which is a bit closer to the city center than Armadale and I'm with Telstra too - I'll check out my speed again later today and post to see if my figures are closer to your Brothers.
BTW, you live in Queensland - is that right?. Has the NBN been set up in your state yet?.

[drogulus]

     Is Optus widely available in Australia? They have the fastest plan I've found.

[drogulus]

     It's a good idea to reboot your modem from time to time to get performance back up to spec. Try that if everything seems slower than it should be.

[Parsifal]

Download 66.34 Mbs
Upload 5.84 Mbs
Ping 9ms

Connected to a router by Gb ethernet.

This with Comcast Cable using their fastest service. The only alternative here is AT&T, which is is slower.

[Holden]

Hey Holden - I'm supposedly on the NBN now and was issued a new Modem and such a couple of months back.
I haven't noticed much of an improvement in my connect speed so far but I remember hearing/reading somewhere that the NBN is not finished/fully active yet (I could certainly be mistaken though..)?.
I'm in Morley which is a bit closer to the city center than Armadale and I'm with Telstra too - I'll check out my speed again later today and post to see if my figures are closer to your Brothers.
BTW, you live in Queensland - is that right?. Has the NBN been set up in your state yet?.

When I set up my brother's NBN service I did some research and called his ISP. What I discovered was that just plugging in the new modem and doing the things in the set up brochure is not the whole process. Yes, if you just plug it in it will work... but very slowly.

Apparently (from what the nice and very helpful lady at Telstra told me) you have to go to a new port at the exchange. Activating this port (took about 10 days) gives you the full NBN service. My Bro and SIL are very happy with it. What you need to do (if you haven't already) is call Telstra and start the NBN registration process. You also need to tell them that you've plugged the new modem in already. (I'm fairly sure it will be running off your old system). When I read all the literature that came with the new modem, contacting Telstra was not mentioned.

Qld has been rolling out NBN for a while now but it doesn't look like making my area until 2019. I'm not concerned as I am Foxtel cabled and run my internet through that with a respectable 30mbps. I could upgrade to 100 mbps but don't really need it.

Finally, it doesn't matter how close to the city you are, it's the distance from the exchange that affects the speed. Let me know how you get on with Telstra.

[Autumn Leaves]

     Is Optus widely available in Australia? They have the fastest plan I've found.

     It's a good idea to reboot your modem from time to time to get performance back up to spec. Try that if everything seems slower than it should be.

When I set up my brother's NBN service I did some research and called his ISP. What I discovered was that just plugging in the new modem and doing the things in the set up brochure is not the whole process. Yes, if you just plug it in it will work... but very slowly.

Apparently (from what the nice and very helpful lady at Telstra told me) you have to go to a new port at the exchange. Activating this port (took about 10 days) gives you the full NBN service. My Bro and SIL are very happy with it. What you need to do (if you haven't already) is call Telstra and start the NBN registration process. You also need to tell them that you've plugged the new modem in already. (I'm fairly sure it will be running off your old system). When I read all the literature that came with the new modem, contacting Telstra was not mentioned.

Qld has been rolling out NBN for a while now but it doesn't look like making my area until 2019. I'm not concerned as I am Foxtel cabled and run my internet through that with a respectable 30mbps. I could upgrade to 100 mbps but don't really need it.

Finally, it doesn't matter how close to the city you are, it's the distance from the exchange that affects the speed. Let me know how you get on with Telstra.

Thank you both very much for the helpful replies and sorry I took so long to respond - I'll consider the measures that you have described.
Holden - I didn't know about registering the new port with Telstra; I'll definitely have a look into that .