Only until you hit your data cap!
Comment on Japan sets new internet speed world record — 4 million times faster than average US speeds
HollowNaught@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Meanwhile in aus we get like 5 mb/s
;-;
BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 6 days ago
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 days ago
And they won’t tell you what it is, they’ll just throttle you when you reach it.
dan@upvote.au 6 days ago
Yeah Australia still hasn’t quite caught up to the internet speeds other countries had 15 years ago. It’s kinda sad. I’m still sad the original (good) NBN got replaced by the janky NBN that’s taken years to fix.
The other weird thing in Australia is that even the expensive fibre plans are asymmetric. Most countries that have fibre have a 1Gbps symmetric plan (meaning upload and download are both 1Gbps) whereas the 1Gbps NBN plan has a ridiculously low ~50Mbps upload speed.
I moved from Australia to the USA in 2013. Back then, I had ~9Mbps ADSL2+ in Australia, compared to 600Mbps in the USA. Huge difference. Now I’ve got 10Gbps symmetric in the USA for $50/month through a local ISP.
octobob@lemmy.ml 6 days ago
Where the hell are you getting 10Gbps for $50/mo? I’m paying $95/mo for 1Gbps
dan@upvote.au 6 days ago
Alaik@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
Im paying 125/month for 50 Mbps. Lol
trk@aussie.zone 6 days ago
I’m still sad the original (good) NBN got replaced by the janky NBN that’s taken years to fix.
Malcolm Turnbull is the one I blame most for that. It was his party’s policy, but it was his charisma and perceived technology knowledge that sold it.
And he did it for the chance of being PM, not because it was the correct course of action for the betterment of the people he was supposed to be representing.
Imagine selling out an entire country’s future for a promotion. What a cockhead.
dan@upvote.au 5 days ago
One of my friends was part of the original NBN trial in Brunswick. I also lived in Brunswick but unfortunately I was a few blocks outside the test area. That was back in 2009 or 2010, and if I remember correctly it was 100Mbps down and 40Mbps up via FTTP.
15 years later, there’s still a lot of people with connections slower than that. My mum’s on a 12Mbps plan. Meanwhile the slowest speed I can get in the USA is 300Mbps.
InFerNo@lemmy.ml 6 days ago
That sounds like a coax network instead of fiber.
dan@upvote.au 6 days ago
It sure does, but AFAIK it was only available to houses that use fiber (FTTP) until recently. My mum could only get 250Mbps max over the coax network before (Aussies refer to it as “HFC” - hybrid fiber and coax).
They do have a 1000/250 plan but it’s ridiculously expensive compared to the “standard” 1000/25
InFerNo@lemmy.ml 6 days ago
My ISP used to advertise about fiber because their backend is fiber but residential connections are coax with DOCSIS whatever. Over of the downsides is assymetric up/download speeds. Upload gets reduced to favour download and you get these whack ratios.
AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 days ago
Wow, it’s that bad?
I live in rural Pacific NW and just upgraded to 5gbit symmetric fiber.
AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
Most Australians live in or near a major city, it’s pretty common to be able to get gigabit. if you’re unlucky you might be limited to 100 megabit, but in some remote or rural areas I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s 5Mb.
Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Until I switched ths other day from iinet to superloop I was paying 80 a month for 100mbs and lucky to get 20 on off peak times. Switched to superloop for an extra 10 dollars a month and meant to get 1gb instead. At the modem I get 950mbs and 350mbs over wifi to my phone. It’s amazing
Mihies@programming.dev 6 days ago
That’s quite a speed. How much does it cost and is this a company or personal subscription?
redlemace@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Half-duplex
CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world 5 days ago
A slow Internet is good for you… You dontt have to worry about losing hair, eyes going blind and going crazy (too fast)
DJDarren@sopuli.xyz 6 days ago
I was complaining to my wife yesterday that it’s not easy to find torrents for the Aus version of Taskmaster.
She told me to be patient, their internet is shit so it’ll take a while to get it off their servers.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 days ago
Is it? I feel like I’ve accidentally downloaded it by accident on more than one occasion when trying to get the UK version… I usually just go to tpb.