[LINK] Average Aussie Broadband Speed Is 348KBps

Darrell Burkey darrell.burkey at anu.edu.au
Thu Sep 29 17:35:46 AEST 2011


On 28/09/11, Richard Chirgwin  <rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> Pando wants the publicity, not analysis. I asked for a full breakdown of 
> the Australian data, plus a methodology discussion. Both were promised, 
> neither was delivered.
> 
> I can't, for example, tell you with confidence whether the supposed 384 
> Kbps is an average of all uploads plus all downloads, or what.
> 

Technically, Australian consumers don't have access to broadband for Internet access at all and never have.

Unless I'm mistaken that broadband is generally considered 1 Mbit/sec and the bandwidth is synchronous. 

Have you uploaded any video content lately on a typical Australian ADSL account?

Calling
 ADSL broadband is one of the biggest cons the public have ever fallen 
for. It's right up there with 'Unlimited' Internet accounts. 

Cheers. 

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