Internet speed, 2015

[Aractus]

I actually just changed VDSL2 plans, I don't think it will affect my speed, but I'll post it when it's transferred to the new plan.

Here's the plan: Buisness VDSL2 $99.99/month, includes all local, national (except 1300's), & mobile calls on VOIP. The speed I get should be 40-50Mbits down, & about 20Mbits up. I bought the business plan rather than the residential plan because the shaping speed is 20Mbits - which for Aussies is still "fucking fast internet mate!" Plus it should exempt me from the mandatory data retention law, which only applies to residential connections. I had to speak to the Business sales team to sign up for it - had a good banter & yarn with the bloke as well while doing so!

It's also much better value than the NBN plans (residential or business, which have a shaping speed of just 8Mbps down/1Mbps up for the residential and just 512Kbps/512Kbps for the buisness), even IF the NBN was available I'd still rather pay for VDSL2 - it may only be half the speed (pretty much exactly) for both Up & Down, but the 20Mbps/20Mbps shaping speed can't be beaten.

I'll post back when connected through the new plan, but I think it'll stay the same:

Okay here we go:



My line rate was (approx) 52000/22000 kbit/s, but when I took out the splitter that went up to 71000/26000 kbit/s. Then I put the splitter back in, but it made no appreciable difference to my sync speed - so I think what happened was since I unplugged the phone it has improved the line quality (despite being connected through a splitter). It could well be caused by improper cabling, or something like that.