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and I thought I was doing OK at home
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@Stockcar86 what do you pay per month for that?
Here, on shitty copper VDSL at 17/3 I'm forking over $60. Includes a DID but that isn't worth much.
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$129/month for Gig fibre
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Mate of mine in Mangere
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@Stockcar86 said in The Interweb:
$129/month for Gig fibre
Would happily pay that if it was even available
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So the latest Speedtest Global Index is out and Australia ranks about where we expect them to be - behind Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Guam and Belarus sitting at 55. NZ is seeing the fruits of the implementation of a proper fibre network and sits at 20.
Speedtest Global Index – Internet Speed around the world – Speedtest Global Index
Find out which countries have the fastest internet speeds in the world. View global monthly comparisons of fixed and mobile internet speeds.
Weirdly Oz has fast mobile speeds.
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@nepia mobile is relatively easy I guess. And mobile networks know it, providing good speeds but shitty data limits to help make money.
Contrast to Korea/Japan which are world leaders in fibre speeds, but relatively slow mobile networks. They don't need it because wifi saturation.
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@nepia said in The Interweb:
So the latest Speedtest Global Index is out and Australia ranks about where we expect them to be - behind Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Guam and Belarus sitting at 55. NZ is seeing the fruits of the implementation of a proper fibre network and sits at 20.
Find out which countries have the fastest internet speeds in the world. View global monthly comparisons of fixed and mobile internet speeds.
Weirdly Oz has fast mobile speeds.
Not the best 'survey'y a long shot.
Speedtest results are significantly skewed by over-excited geeks that have either forked out a lot of money, moved location or simply leeched off a business connection then want to show someone that all important picture of how fast their connection is.
There is no way in hell NZ has a benchmark speed of 60Mbps
That speed is certainly available to a good portion of population but a vast number haven't taken it up.
Population availability and geographical availability are also big issues in NZ and Oz. -
@crucial said in The Interweb:
Find out which countries have the fastest internet speeds in the world. View global monthly comparisons of fixed and mobile internet speeds.
Hey, we're taking a swipe at OZ's dodgy infrastructure here ;).
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@nepia said in The Interweb:
@crucial said in The Interweb:
Find out which countries have the fastest internet speeds in the world. View global monthly comparisons of fixed and mobile internet speeds.
Hey, we're taking a swipe at OZ's dodgy infrastructure here ;).
I thought that horse had been well flogged, although it is good to send Nick off to work in a grumpy mood after struggling to download porn on his dial up before the missus catches him.
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@crucial said in The Interweb:
@nepia said in The Interweb:
@crucial said in The Interweb:
Find out which countries have the fastest internet speeds in the world. View global monthly comparisons of fixed and mobile internet speeds.
Hey, we're taking a swipe at OZ's dodgy infrastructure here ;).
I thought that horse had been well flogged, although it is good to send Nick off to work in a grumpy mood after struggling to download porn on his dial up before the missus catches him.
I live here and have to put up with it so will keep flogging the horse ....
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@nepia said in The Interweb:
@crucial said in The Interweb:
@nepia said in The Interweb:
@crucial said in The Interweb:
Find out which countries have the fastest internet speeds in the world. View global monthly comparisons of fixed and mobile internet speeds.
Hey, we're taking a swipe at OZ's dodgy infrastructure here ;).
I thought that horse had been well flogged, although it is good to send Nick off to work in a grumpy mood after struggling to download porn on his dial up before the missus catches him.
I live here and have to put up with it so will keep flogging the horse ....
Just the horse?
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@crucial said in The Interweb:
@nepia said in The Interweb:
@crucial said in The Interweb:
@nepia said in The Interweb:
@crucial said in The Interweb:
Find out which countries have the fastest internet speeds in the world. View global monthly comparisons of fixed and mobile internet speeds.
Hey, we're taking a swipe at OZ's dodgy infrastructure here ;).
I thought that horse had been well flogged, although it is good to send Nick off to work in a grumpy mood after struggling to download porn on his dial up before the missus catches him.
I live here and have to put up with it so will keep flogging the horse ....
Just the horse?
Depends if this ever loads!
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@crucial said in The Interweb:
@nepia said in The Interweb:
So the latest Speedtest Global Index is out and Australia ranks about where we expect them to be - behind Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Guam and Belarus sitting at 55. NZ is seeing the fruits of the implementation of a proper fibre network and sits at 20.
Find out which countries have the fastest internet speeds in the world. View global monthly comparisons of fixed and mobile internet speeds.
Weirdly Oz has fast mobile speeds.
Not the best 'survey'y a long shot.
Speedtest results are significantly skewed by over-excited geeks that have either forked out a lot of money, moved location or simply leeched off a business connection then want to show someone that all important picture of how fast their connection is.
There is no way in hell NZ has a benchmark speed of 60Mbps
That speed is certainly available to a good portion of population but a vast number haven't taken it up.
Population availability and geographical availability are also big issues in NZ and Oz.I assume for this one they've just compiled the average of every speedtest that's been made from each country. So definitely skewed by nerd factor, but presumably that's the case in every country so as a ranking - it's probably not bad.
Sooo...unless Jacinda connects me up to some decent speed fibre, I'm going to sit here for the next month doing repeated Speedtests and dragging New Zealand down...!!!
Lower than fucking Lebanon, Jacinda!!!
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@chris-b said in The Interweb:
@crucial said in The Interweb:
@nepia said in The Interweb:
So the latest Speedtest Global Index is out and Australia ranks about where we expect them to be - behind Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Guam and Belarus sitting at 55. NZ is seeing the fruits of the implementation of a proper fibre network and sits at 20.
Find out which countries have the fastest internet speeds in the world. View global monthly comparisons of fixed and mobile internet speeds.
Weirdly Oz has fast mobile speeds.
Not the best 'survey'y a long shot.
Speedtest results are significantly skewed by over-excited geeks that have either forked out a lot of money, moved location or simply leeched off a business connection then want to show someone that all important picture of how fast their connection is.
There is no way in hell NZ has a benchmark speed of 60Mbps
That speed is certainly available to a good portion of population but a vast number haven't taken it up.
Population availability and geographical availability are also big issues in NZ and Oz.I assume for this one they've just compiled the average of every speedtest that's been made from each country. So definitely skewed by nerd factor, but presumably that's the case in every country so as a ranking - it's probably not bad.
Sooo...unless Jacinda connects me up to some decent speed fibre, I'm going to sit here for the next month doing repeated Speedtests and dragging New Zealand down...!!!
Lower than fucking Lebanon, Jacinda!!!
Or you could stop living in the sticks but expecting the benefits of cities?
Oh, hang on that describes the whole NZ problem really. We want all the things big populous countries have but without the population.
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@crucial said in The Interweb:
@chris-b said in The Interweb:
@crucial said in The Interweb:
@nepia said in The Interweb:
So the latest Speedtest Global Index is out and Australia ranks about where we expect them to be - behind Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Guam and Belarus sitting at 55. NZ is seeing the fruits of the implementation of a proper fibre network and sits at 20.
Find out which countries have the fastest internet speeds in the world. View global monthly comparisons of fixed and mobile internet speeds.
Weirdly Oz has fast mobile speeds.
Not the best 'survey'y a long shot.
Speedtest results are significantly skewed by over-excited geeks that have either forked out a lot of money, moved location or simply leeched off a business connection then want to show someone that all important picture of how fast their connection is.
There is no way in hell NZ has a benchmark speed of 60Mbps
That speed is certainly available to a good portion of population but a vast number haven't taken it up.
Population availability and geographical availability are also big issues in NZ and Oz.I assume for this one they've just compiled the average of every speedtest that's been made from each country. So definitely skewed by nerd factor, but presumably that's the case in every country so as a ranking - it's probably not bad.
Sooo...unless Jacinda connects me up to some decent speed fibre, I'm going to sit here for the next month doing repeated Speedtests and dragging New Zealand down...!!!
Lower than fucking Lebanon, Jacinda!!!
Or you could stop living in the sticks but expecting the benefits of cities?
Oh, hang on that describes the whole NZ problem really. We want all the things big populous countries have but without the population.
Like the world's best rugby team, Lima?!!
To paraphrase the Rocky Horror Picture Show - I expect nothing - and I'm receiving it in abundance!
Actually, the shit download speed is perfectly adequate for our purposes - though doubtless no good for people who play heavy duty online games or need to download half a dozen movies simultaneously or whatever. Might become an issue if Amazon manages to grab rugby broadcast rights.
I know you know about this stuff, though, so a quick question - I live between Brightwater and Wakefield - both of which have UFB2. My neighbours told me that a couple of years ago when roadworks were happening that it was installation of fibre - so assuming they're right - there's likely some sort of cable running right past my place. Is that something I could tap into - like is suggested here?
https://www.chorus.co.nz/help-and-support/rural-broadband/how-do-i-get-rural-fibre
When I use their address checker (and Sparks') it says only ADSL is available - so I'm assuming not.
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