Speed demon
Over the last few days I've
been testing TelstraClear's
upgraded cable speeds. That's my best score over there on the left,
meaning they were right when they sent me mid-winter Christmas email in
late July announcing they were giving users a special present; "From
August, for no extra charge, your broadband download speed will be
increased from 4Mbps to 10Mbps!"Of course that is my best score. Over the course of the day on Friday my average download speed ranged between 3.6 to 7.8Mbps. At the moment -- 9:00am Monday morning -- it's averaging 5.6Mbps according to NZ DSL's SpeedTest.
So how are Telecom users faring a year after being "maxed out"? Post a comment and let us know your scores.
(Note: to attempt a little consistency, I ran three speed tests in a row then averaged the scores in the figures posted above.)
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Comments
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Posted by: internet speed test | January 12, 2008 3:03 AM
I am on Xtra Go Large
Download speed 2802kb/s
upload speed 117kb/s
Posted by: Alexander | August 25, 2007 1:50 AM
Just curious - are you on a normal residential plan? There seems to be no mention of it on Telstra's site.
Posted by: Theo Cozens-Price | August 20, 2007 8:18 PM
As others note, I often only get 3 -5 Mbs from speed test sites (10Mbs cable, Wellington).
Downloads of large files from a good server using FDM are almost always at 9 - 10 Mbs.
Posted by: david | August 17, 2007 12:42 PM
I'm on Xtra Go Large in Wellington CBD
at 9:40pm I had:
Download: 2000 kbps
Upload: 128kbps
The figures seemed so strangely rounded.
Posted by: Wayne | August 16, 2007 10:18 PM
At 9am
Download :1500kbps
upload:67kbps
Posted by: Michael | August 14, 2007 6:24 PM
XNet - Whitford, Auckland, 4.20pm:
2634 Down
116 Up
I'm happy after years on dial-up :)
Posted by: nzo | August 14, 2007 5:12 PM
Sorry to double enter but i am passionate about the accuracy of the speed test sites.
I can ALWAYS get 9 to 10Mb with real life downloading from a known fast source or multisource. These Test sites often only show 5MB which I know is false. It probably relies on there server load for an accurate result.
Want a good article? investigate the accuracy of these speed test sites. Please stop using them in articles it is misleading.
Posted by: Battleneter | August 14, 2007 3:13 PM
If you used REAL multi source downloading opposed to inaccurate speed tests, you would discover your true download speed is always over 9MB and often 10MB.
I cringe when i see these speedtest sites used as I know they are seldom accurate.
Posted by: Battleneter | August 14, 2007 2:55 PM
I'm on ihug and got 768kbps download 130kbps download on both NZ DSL Test and speedtest.net
Test done at 11:50am
Posted by: Adrian | August 14, 2007 12:32 PM
Xtra Go Large. Time: 1035 am
Download: 3149kb/s
Upload: 119kb/s
This is pretty typical for my connection, except in evening peak periods. I live in Waterview, Auckland.
Posted by: Steve | August 14, 2007 11:14 AM
Before I was on Go Large:
Fastest Download:
3406 kb/s
Fastest Upload:
137 kb/s
On Go Large:
Average Download:
1982 kb/s
Average Upload:
133 kb/s
Posted by: Fishy | August 14, 2007 10:13 AM
My sad speed is always between 600kbps and 1000kbps.
Sob.
Posted by: pctek | August 14, 2007 8:29 AM
tested at 5.24 am
Download: 6297 kbps
Upload: 611 kbps
I use The Packing Shed, "Jetstream Go Express" plan.
Posted by: David | August 14, 2007 6:04 AM
Callsouth (FS down / 128 up) down=2800 up=128
Posted by: Rob | August 13, 2007 9:45 PM
I'm with Xnet on the River plan (FS down/128 up) in a rural area about 10 mins from Whangarei.
My avg speed down: 6412
My avg speed up: 123
Posted by: CYaBro | August 13, 2007 5:28 PM
So you can suck down a linux ISO in what, 10 minutes? You wouldnt bother saving them would you? Just burn to CD and delete the ISO - you could always grab the latest one while you made your morning coffee....
Posted by: chris | August 13, 2007 4:22 PM
I presume those speed increases are only available in certain areas. Here in urban Napier, Telstraclear still tops out at 3035 down and 480 up for me.
Posted by: chris | August 13, 2007 4:12 PM
I am on Xtra Go Large
At 2:19 pm I got:
Download Speed: 1881 kbps (235.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 124 kbps (15.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Iam in South/east Auckland
Posted by: stu161204 | August 13, 2007 2:58 PM