Internet speed. Has it improved or ?

By Peter Csorba, in WorldWideWeb, posted: 16-Aug-2007 14:26

Internet speed is a long ongoing discussion here in New Zealand.
Some people are satisfied with their speed, but the majority are not.

Yesterday accidently I ran a speed test and the result was very impressive:
speedtest.jpg picture by AlohaNZ_photos

My speed has improved a lot. I ran the test at 7pm.
I remember half a year ago when I ran the same speed test at the same time it hardly went over 2Mbps and now I am over 4.

I am on a Xtra Broadband Pro plan, which is a maximum DL/UL speed plan.

Is it improved or I am just lucky to live close to the exchange? I wonder if New Zealanders are still disappointed with the speed they have or things have changed a little bit since this issue went public many month ago (or last year).

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Comment by stevonz, on 16-Aug-2007 15:03 , user id: 20228)

Yep... my speeds are up around the 4000kbps mark too. I'm on xnet.

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Peter Csorba
Sydney
Australia

In my private life I am a non-professional websurfer.
I am living in Sydney at the moment as I had to relocate in June '08 because of my work.
Shame on me, I know.

In my professional life I am working for a big international mobile company in the Network Implementation area.

Some "geeky things" we have at home:
IBM T61 laptop
Sony Vaio SZ laptop
iPod Nano 1GB
iPhone 3G
Nokia N95-1
Nokia 6500 classic
Nokia N770 Internet Tablet
Esky Lama v4 4ch eletric helicopter :)

Games I play:
Call of Duty 4
Enemy Territory: RTCW
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

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