Thread: Anyone else getting NBN speeds like this?

Supersonic Doug.
I’m just getting what I pay for 90-100 from TPG

FTTP or FTTN, I presume FTTN.

Originally Posted by Chris Parks

FTTP or FTTN, I presume FTTN.

It's NBN over the old Pay TV HFC network.

Your lucky re the cable. I had OPTUS cable internet before NBN came along and it was around 100mbps. When NBN came along they refused to use the cable as it was OPTUS so I had to settle for the old telephone wires (FTTC) and get 50mbps for the same cost as the previous cable.
Rant over.
Can’t explain your up and down readings however those high speeds are possible. Aussie Broadband is offering them now.

I read on Whirlpool that the NBN was going to release a new top speed called NBN250

Looks like its now done....



Edit - look like Im behind the times! 250 and 1000 now available... NBN 250 or NBN 1000 plans in Australia | WhistleOut

We're on a standard 50/20 plan but a few last month we got an email saying they were putting us on a free trial for 3 months of 100/20 plan but I did not bother to check the speeds.

Just checked, and using a wifi connection I'm getting 130/19 but with an ethernet connection to the modem I'm getting 273/23!

Funny thing is I haven't noticed any difference in practice.

Originally Posted by BobL

Funny thing is I haven't noticed any difference in practice.

Same here except for one nice little surprise.

We see no real difference with the computers, phones, tablets, television in the house. Obviously big files should be downloading faster but we are in the habit of starting big downloads, on the odd occasion we do them, and letting it take its time and come back and look later, so no appreciable advantage there.

But I have a cheap laptop in the shed which connects to the modem in the house wirelessly. It's primary function is playing youtubes for information on projects or 1970's music clips for entertainment while I "work". The wireless link to that laptop seemed to be the link that suffered the most and occasionally dropped out if net usage in the house was high, (maybe Jools working from home, listening to podcasts and downloading a big file at the same time). It has been running beautifully for the past few days.

Originally Posted by doug3030

But I have a cheap laptop in the shed which connects to the modem in the house wirelessly. It's primary function is playing youtubes for information on projects or 1970's music clips for entertainment while I "work". The wireless link to that laptop seemed to be the link that suffered the most and occasionally dropped out if net usage in the house was high, (maybe Jools working from home, listening to podcasts and downloading a big file at the same time). It has been running beautifully for the past few days.

Interesting you should say that

We have long narrow block and problems with the iron roof and (damp?) brick house walls, plus shed is colour bond clad with small windows so WIFI connection to shed is probematic.
Hence, connection to the shed is;
- NBN modem via ethernet cable to
- Ethernet switch in the middle of house, then via ethernet cable to
- Wiifi relay station at the back of the house to
- Wifi receiver station in shed.

Speeds at the end of all that are ~ 23/20

Originally Posted by BobL

We're on a standard 50/20 plan but a few last month we got an email saying they were putting us on a free trial for 3 months of 100/20 plan but I did not bother to check the speeds.

Just checked, and using a wifi connection I'm getting 130/19 but with an ethernet connection to the modem I'm getting 273/23!

Funny thing is I haven't noticed any difference in practice.

It is pretty well known a small jump such as yours is unnoticeable for most people while a jump from say 20 to 50 is very noticeable. We replaced part of the line into the house and our speed went from about 18 to 50 and the difference was huge. The biggest change is the up speed for most users.

Doug,

I’m on a 50/20 plan with TPG. I’m in inner Eastern Melbourne with HFC connection. Roughly 3 months ago I received an email from TPG saying they were giving a free 6 month speed upgrade.

Since then the speed has been fluctuating between as low as 7.67 and as high as 269. Mostly in the 35-65 range. The highest speeds have only been on the 5gHz band.

Regards,

Brian

Originally Posted by Chris Parks

It is pretty well known a small jump such as yours is unnoticeable for most people while a jump from say 20 to 50 is very noticeable. We replaced part of the line into the house and our speed went from about 18 to 50 and the difference was huge. The biggest change is the up speed for most users.

Another factor to consider is that the speed of your plan is only the speed between you and the NBN. The actual speed at which you can download is that of the SLOWEST link on the internet that the data has to pass through between the server it is stored on and your computer. If the slowest link is only 10 MB/s that's all you will get regardless of whether your plan is 20 or 1000.

Originally Posted by Chris Parks

It is pretty well known a small jump such as yours is unnoticeable for most people while a jump from say 20 to 50 is very noticeable. We replaced part of the line into the house and our speed went from about 18 to 50 and the difference was huge. The biggest change is the up speed for most users.

We went from 20 to a 50 in 2015 when we switched from ADSL to FTTH but I didn't notice that much of a difference then, although I remember SWMBO said she did, probably because she watches movies/TV/Youtube etc. I just asked her if she noticed anything form the recent speed boost but she said no.

My biggest downloads are OS upgrades but I schedule these to happen ON so they don't impact me.

For those on Wifi with their laptops and not adverse to a little electronic-surgery.... this little card works absolute magic.

My old 2.4 internal Wifi was very ordinary. As was the Bluetooth. Very ordinary indeed. This is on a decent Asus SonicMaster laptop that I use while on the couch

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The biggest thing people may notice, if they are Netflix users, is the jump to Ultra HD resolutions on their TV..... if their TV has this feature. This uses a solid 25MB/sec continuously.

For our household going to 100 saved our sanity. Loving Son is an internet FIEND.... if he is gaming, he also seems to be listening to a streaming video and downloading some ridiculous thing at the same time.... poor wires must be running hot some nights

If we were on Netflix we had troubles. This led to ... disagreements.

We have Fibre to the modem and the pings for games is very nice.

We use TPG, which has been solid for ~2 years. Decent pricing.