Your internet connection?

[Mike_grpA]

At least you're getting fibre, it looks like we're only getting fixed wireless in my area.

Oh man, that sux the big one. The more remote rural areas of Tassie will be the same mate, we won't be getting fibre all over the state. We're moving to Launceston or Hobart at the end of this year, so we'll be looking for areas that already have fibre. We currently live in the north west, which is more rural, and even the ADSL here is shaky.

Edit: The funny thing about the "NBN" fibre rollout here in Tas, is that when Labor first started it, their plan was to start at one point of the state, and roll it out over the whole state. They started at the north-west tip, at Smithton. Then, shortly after that, they were voted out, and the libs changed the plan. Now we've got fibre at the two main cities, and in Smithton. For perspective, Smithton has a population of less than 4,000, most of which are either farmers or drug manufacturers (Big crystal meth problem out there). But at least they've got 50mb/s internet

 

[ProjectWHaT]

Yesssssssssss.

 

[Tom]

This is utterly appalling considering my line of work, and it's becoming increasingly more difficult to conduct my work due to poor internet, however I'm locked into a contract for the next nine months. Is there anything I can do?

 

[PASM]

For gaming that's actually not bad @Tom. At least that ping is good.

 

[Davidies]

 

[Robin]

Anyone know of a way to improve upload speeds?

Mine is a dismal 2 Mb/s upload and I am trying to put a 1GB file on OneDrive. Looks like it's going to take hours!

In this day and age people put just as much (if not more) stuff up on the web as they download and yet we are still in the dark ages with the up and down speed difference!

 

[Robin]

Since I posted it's taken an hour to do 280MB, so its going to take around 3+ hours

 

[Dennisch]

I'm liking that ping.

 

[Aggserp4]

When you live in Greece:

I know I live in the suburbs and have a bad connection but this is just unacceptable. Screw this.

 

[Turtle]

Test one:

Using Xfinity's own test:

Speeds worthy of my name. Nice.

 

[Obelisk]

No clue how to do that cut-out thing. Anyways, my ISP claims my ethernet is 75 Mbps up and down.

 

[Turtle]

@Obelisk If by "cut-out thing" you mean the smaller images everyone is posting, it's from the desktop version of the website, which has a "share" button. I don't think the app does that.

 

[Obelisk]

@Obelisk If by "cut-out thing" you mean the smaller images everyone is posting, it's from the desktop version of the website, which has a "share" button. I don't think the app does that.

That is what I meant.

 

[BobK]

Not too shabby.

 

[TB]

Anyways, my ISP claims my ethernet is 75 Mbps up and down.

You're going over wireless so your router might not be able to push that much out. Try a hard wired PC.

 

[Obelisk]

You're going over wireless so your router might not be able to push that much out. Try a hard wired PC.

I'll do that if I can, but the router itself is wired into something else.

 

[Smurfybug]

I'll do that if I can, but the router itself is wired into something else.

That my friend, would be called a modem

 

[Obelisk]

That my friend, would be called a modem

No, I have a router/modem unit and it's hooked up to a Roku.

 

[Smurfybug]

No, I have a router/modem unit and it's hooked up to a Roku.

Oh. I have the cable modem unit also, did they supply you with one or did you buy it?

 

[Obelisk]

Oh. I have the cable modem unit also, did they supply you with one or did you buy it?

Supplied. It's my parents' internet.

 

[ToyGTone]

My brother's new internet (used mostly for watching streamed videos), expected it to be faster than this.

It's better than our main one but not much.

 

[t3hgt3ftw1n]

3.5 years (and some ISP changes) later...



Now I can watch 1440p streams on my 768p screen. Yay!

Spoiler

But don't worry, I have a 1440p phone to compensate. BLU Pure XL, to be exact.

 

[Nexus]

Pathetic.

 

[Aggserp4]

Pathetic.

I heard ISPs in Australia have data caps
Is that true?

 

[Nexus]

I heard ISPs in Australia have data caps
Is that true?

For broadband, there are plans with unlimited data available. For mobile, yes we still have data caps.

 

[MHPALA]

 

[Formula1269]

Jesus! What I'd give for 130.09 mb/s 3mb/s DSL here.

 

[Thomas2012]

Internet feels alright. Not consistent but when it's running well it does the job. Big upgrade from my previous 10mb/s down and 0.4mb/s up

 

[GTRacer22]

It's something.

 

[Obelisk]

It's something.

I see it's Frontier. Aren't they in a bunch of hot water for something?