Which Auckland speedtest did you use? I believe one is hosted by Xnet and one by Vodafone which will obviously depend on the interconnection traffic between Telecom and those ISP's.
For international San Jose in LA is a reasonable test, hosted by large photo provider (Flickr alternative) SmugMug. San Jose is also where the southern cross cable lands.
My Stuff, Sony W705 Phone, Tivo S3, P4 3.0Ghz with 1.5Gig ram, 1TB HDD, Radion 9600 - Win7 Need a IT Consultant? Check my Profile for my Info. Linux, Windows etc.
Sorry can't edit my post can a mod fix it thanks.. also note the page RENDERS REALY badly on IE9, Firefox 3.6.15 and FireFox 4 RC
My Stuff, Sony W705 Phone, Tivo S3, P4 3.0Ghz with 1.5Gig ram, 1TB HDD, Radion 9600 - Win7 Need a IT Consultant? Check my Profile for my Info. Linux, Windows etc.
Ive found some webpage links timeout. Others are fine. The first article on Xtra homepage, and the CCC link to earthquake updates has not worked for days FF and IE9
It's also very slow for me right now. A new firmware for my phone just came out, but it keeps timing out after a few minutes. SSH into my computer in Auckland Uni, downloaded it in seconds...
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