Vroooom! The Results
At best, the results give a hint of what to expect from a broadband service. At worst... well they don't tell you much at all.
But we can draw one firm conclusion: with download speeds of almost 5Mbps and uploads of 6Mbps, we all want to work where Mal works!
| Provider/Package | Download Speed (kbps) |
Upload Speed (kbps) | Tester |
| ihug 2Mbps Light | 1,596 | 131 | Berryb |
| ihug 2Mbps Light | 1,535 | 131 | Berryb |
| ihug 3.5 | 3,160 | 133 | Jack Gruschow |
| Ihug Light | 3,390 | 118 | Jeremy |
| Ihug Light | 3,376 | 127 | Zippity |
| Ihug Light | 3,239 | 131 | Robert Murray |
| ihug Medium | 3,405 | 128 | Andrew Crawford |
| ihug Power | 3,357 | 503 | Martyn Chalmers |
| Inspire Wireless 1Mb | 900 | 850 | David Hill |
| Orcon Starter | 260 | 129 | Robert Hall |
| Orcon Surf Starter | 263 | 128 | Oldferix |
| Orcon Surfer Permium | 3,424 | 131 | Fred Low |
| Paradise 5Gb | 2,022 | 75 | Arnie |
| TelstraClear 2Mbps | 2,026 | 392 | personthingy |
| TelstraClear 2Mbps | 1,894 | 1,470 | Geoff Palmer |
| TelstraClear 2Mbps | 1,888 | 1,683 | Anonymous |
| TelstraClear fibre (work) | 2,148 | 656 | Chris |
| Packing Shed: Jetstream Adv | 2,626 | 104 | David Slater |
| unknown (work) | 4,816 | 6,099 | Mal |
| unknown | 2,137 | 129 | Shane |
| Wave Medium | 3,423 | 131 | Peter Harland |
| WorldxChange Xnet Xtreme | 1,913 | 118 | Stephen Heighway |
| Xnet HLS | 1,866 | 123 | Daniel Faulknor |
| Xnet Xtreme | 601 | 103 | roddy_boy |
| Xtra 3.5Mbps plan | 507 | 130 | Anonymous |
| Xtra Adventure | 3,163 | 125 | Terry Porritt |
| Xtra Adventure | 3,100 | 125 | Paul Barratt |
| Xtra Adventure | 2,962 | 122 | Matt Stubbins |
| Xtra Adventure | 2,536 | 109 | stu161204 |
| Xtra Adventure | 2,000 | 110 | Paul Barratt |
| Xtra Adventure | 1,445 | 127 | sarel |
| Xtra Adventure | 797 | 130 | someone |
| Xtra Adventure | 772 | 128 | Jason |
| Xtra Explorer | 1,112 | 129 | Kelem |
| Xtra Explorer | 1,062 | 132 | Jim Air |
| Xtra Explorer | 507 | 130 | David Gould |
| Xtra Jetstream | 4,527 | 657 | Brian Wheeler |
| Xtra Pro | 467 | 130 | Greg |
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Comments
Xtra explorer 5Gb on bad rural copper (on dialup u could tell how much rain by connect speed - not kidding)
download 3330k
upload 124k
Posted by: Warren | August 31, 2006 9:28 PM
Xnet xtreme 10GB cap $42.95 month
download 1593 kbps
upload 124 kbps
Rural location, only have broadband option since a line was installed from town to rural school.
Posted by: Alan C | August 14, 2006 6:30 PM
Orcon: Surfer Light 2Mbps/128Kbps 5GB cap
DL: 1937 kbps
UL: 130 kbps
Posted by: Lincoln | August 9, 2006 4:13 PM
I live in Picton and use the xtra go plan.
I got a download speed of 1941kbps and an upload speed of 128kbps over 3 tests.
Posted by: George | August 8, 2006 4:24 PM
With paradise upgrading to 4mbps down and 2mbps up I got -
Download Speed: 3274 kbps (409.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 1325 kbps (165.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
:D
Posted by: Stefan | August 8, 2006 12:22 AM
My plan is 350MB daily limit; Quick 256Kbps/128Kbps with Actrix Networks $39.95/mth I ran 3 tests at 7:20pm avg is as follows:
Download Speed: 262 kbps (32.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 132 kbps (16.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Posted by: Don M | August 5, 2006 9:25 PM
I use Xtra Explorer.
I tested 4 times in several minutes. The fastest download was 1067kbps and slowest download was 630kbps.
My fastest upload was 131kbps and slowest was 74kbps.
I live in Christchurch and am out of the TelstraClear area.
I am not impressed!
Posted by: Valerie | August 3, 2006 10:39 PM
I have Xtra "Explorer" and got download speeds of between 1698 and 1941 kbps.
Upload speeds of 93 kbps on 3 tests
Posted by: Anonymous | August 3, 2006 12:02 PM
I tried to comment last night but it didn't go through... That connex is runnng at 5/6 Mbps, not Gbps :P
Also, I'm on Xnet, not Xtra.
-roddy
** Thanks roddy. Your corrections have been noted (and made!) There's a delay when posting comments as they're moderated, which means we do actually read them!
** Geoff
Posted by: roddy_boy | June 28, 2006 3:09 PM
Yo you got some wrong info there, looks like Mal is pulling 5Mbps / 6Mbps, not Gbps.
Also, I am with Xnet, not Xtra as shown in your summary :)
** Du-oh! Now you know why I need an editor! Changes effected.
** Geoff
Posted by: roddy_boy | June 28, 2006 8:17 AM
Geoff,
When you say: "with download speeds of almost 5Gbps and uploads of 6Gbps, we all want to work where Mal works!"
shouldn't that be Mbps, not Gbps?
** Absolutely right! Corrections made.
** Geoff
Posted by: Stephen Heighway | June 27, 2006 11:37 PM