[LINK] Wi-Fi

[Philip Argy]

I'm only getting 21 Mbps on my BigPond Elite plan according to
http://www.ozspeedtest.com/ - it tests at 35.3 Mbps usingSpeednet, but
Speednet is always a bit on the optimistic side I find whereas ozspeedtest
is more realistic.  And as for symmetrical bandwidth, that will be the day.
I'm getting 1.1 Mbps upload speeds on a good day with a tail wind!  Is it
any wonder I don't have much on YouTube?

I wonder when BigPond Ultimate Cable will become available in Sydney.  Maybe
you're on that in Melbourne, David?

Philip


-----Original Message-----
From: link-bounces at mailman.anu.edu.au
[mailto:link-bounces at mailman.anu.edu.au] On Behalf Of Richard Chirgwin
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 6:06 PM
To: link at mailman.anu.edu.au
Subject: Re: [LINK] Wi-Fi

David,

The top speed offered on BigPond cable at the moment is 100M bits/s:
<http://go.bigpond.com/broadband/?ref=Net-Head-Int-Plans-Broadband>

Anyhow, ignoring potential errors in Speednet, YMMV. If Philip is on a
heavily contested node, or if there's a big torrenter on the same coax run,
it's quite feasible that he'll be complaining about poor speed from a
service you're perfectly happy with.

Cheers,
RC

On 26/04/11 5:50 PM, David Goldstein wrote:
> What do you mean "if BigPond cable could just deliver a decent speed" 
> Phil? I get download speeds of up to 150mb/s with BigPond cable according
to Speednet.
>