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Virgil

Moved house last week, only up the road but pleased to see our speeds have increased 
On VDSL, went from a 15 - 20mb connection up to around 37mb

Crucial

Closer to the cabinet gets better speed. The drop off over distance from VDSL is rapid. 
It's like high and low frequency sounds or AM v FM

antipodean

My VDSL2:
<img src="http://www.speedtest.net/result/4522485027.png" alt="4522485027.png">
 
I'm probably a kilometre from the exchange.

NTA

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My VDSL2:
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I'm probably a kilometre from the exchange.
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Suburb?

antipodean

Canberra.

Nepia

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Canberra.
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Ah, so near all the Pollies aye, meanwhile most of Sydney is barely a step above Jetstream from 2003. ;)

NTA

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Canberra.
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Still not worth it ;)

Crucial

Had to hunt and retrieve this thread, but for those of you in NZ on a VDSL connection, run yourself a speedtest and there is a good chance you have received a pressie in the last couple of months without asking for it.
 
Due to a bandplan change through the VDSL network to align NZ with the bandplan that has become standard across the world, the affect has been an increase in speed for many users. I have gone from 30 to 42 Mbps. some lucky sods that were getting awesome VDSL speeds anyway from proximity to the cabinet have nearly reached Fibre speeds.
 
Copper is still inferior to fibre (when under heavy load especially) and this is probably economical peak on copper but still, for those that are waiting on the Fibre rollout this is great news for streaming

NTA

Fark that's nice.
 
For the NBN, my area has just changed to "Build Commenced" so I could potentially be only 12 months away from Fibre to the Node, enabling whizz bang speeds of 25mbps! Actually that will be four times what I get now, so I should be a good little consumer and not complain too much.
 
I love how NBNCo are bullshitting their way through FTTN, like this article: <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.nbnco.com.au/corporate-information/media-centre/media-releases/nbn-co-confirms-successful-fttn-speed-test.html'>http://www.nbnco.com.au/corporate-information/media-centre/media-releases/nbn-co-confirms-successful-fttn-speed-test.html</a>
 
The caveat for all speeds listed with an asterisk is:
 
*NBN Co provides services to its wholesale customers, telephone and internet service providers, and does not provide services directly to end users. This trial involved testing speeds over physical network layers rather than end user speeds. End user experience including the speeds actually achieved over the NBN depends on some factors outside our control like equipment quality, software, broadband plans and how the end userâ€s service provider designs its network.
 
I bought a backup modem and it is NBN ready apparently. I'll hold off on configuring it until I know what the fuck is happening.
 
In the meantime I might just buy myself a new 16 port PoE switch to pass the time. Or rewire my cabinet to a different spot in the garage.
 
 
And yes, I know: first world problems.
 
With third world internet.

Crazy Horse

I just want to bitch that I live in a Brisbane suburb that in the last 5 - 10 years has been developed into a quite a mini city - they are expecting 450 000 people to be living in the area within the next few years. You would think that while they were building they would have set things up for the internet. But No. I have to have wireless 4g internet. I am lucky enough to get 8gigs a month for around $70 -$80. No sign of the NBN for the foreseeable future. Fucktards.

NTA

<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.mynbn.info/'>http://www.mynbn.info/</a>
 
That is what I'm using to track the rollout. It is painfully slow.

dK

I'm not even on the 3 yr plan

NTA

You have a beach full of Nordic tourists to look at, so you'll understand if my heart doesn't bleed for you.

Nepia

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You have a beach full of Nordic tourists to look at, so you'll understand if my heart doesn't bleed for you.
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The beach is actually full of British tourists, who treat it like an ash tray and/or a dump. 
 
There's a decent amount of South Americans though. :yes:

NTA

I was at Manly on the weekend and there was a crapload of willowy 20somethings speaking like the chef out of the Muppets.

JC

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The beach is actually full of British tourists, who treat it like an ash tray and/or a dump. 
 
There's a decent amount of South Americans though. :yes:
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Was at Waipatiki on the weekend and there was a Brazilian couple along from us. The bloke was the best looking woman I've ever seen, apart from his girlfriend.

Nepia

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I was at Manly on the weekend and there was a crapload of willowy 20somethings speaking like the chef out of the Muppets.
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Considering I actually live in Manly and walk those beaches every day I'd suggest you got lucky - the bulk of the foreigners in Manly are English/Irish (not that there aren't sizeable numbers of backpackers from other areas).
 
 
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Was at Waipatiki on the weekend and there was a Brazilian couple along from us. The bloke was the best looking woman I've ever seen, apart from his girlfriend.
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I haven't been to Waipatiki since I was about 4. It's always easier to go to Ocean.

JC

Well Nepia, I went to Ocean last week and believe it or not, I couldn't even get parked! Not good. Mind you Waipatiki now has actual streets which are full of glass, aluminium and cedar two-storied "baches".
 
Things have gone downhill ever since Piggy Muldoon left office if you ask me. :ireful:

NTA

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Considering I actually live in Manly and walk those beaches every day I'd suggest you got lucky - the bulk of the foreigners in Manly are English/Irish (not that there aren't sizeable numbers of backpackers from other areas).
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Weather wasn't great - think they were all looking for breakfast.

Nepia

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Weather wasn't great - think they were all looking for breakfast. 
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So they weren't wandering around in bikinis at the time? :(
 
 
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Well Nepia, I went to Ocean last week and believe it or not, I couldn't even get parked! Not good. Mind you Waipatiki now has actual streets which are full of glass, aluminium and cedar two-storied "baches".
 
Things have gone downhill ever since Piggy Muldoon left office if you ask me. :ireful:
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We're (my family) are from Ocean - it always gets crazy busy on the hot days. A few years ago the Lowe Corporation were trying to develop Ocean Beach into a seaside community but thankfully it didn't go ahead.

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