Well now, the standard answer which gets trotted out is: “Australia is a big country with a relatively small population so there’s just not enough money to build a good data communications infrastructure” While this may be true to a certain extent

Data collected by internet speed testing company Ookla has revealed the state of play for Australian internet users, showing rural users are more likely to get fast speed compared to city-dwellers Jun 01, 2020 · Australian computer scientists have achieved a record-smashing, potentially world-changing internet speed over 76.7km of ordinary fibre cables between two Victorian universities. The results of the high-speed internet test, completed in February, were published last week, making headlines around the world along the lines of: “Fast enough to Jan 28, 2015 · When it comes to Australia versus the UK, the UK is a clear winner. Both of our countries though are behind the United States. If you want really fast Internet, then South Korea is the place to be. So there you have it, the state of the Internet here in Australia compared to the UK and a couple of other countries. A "game-changing" submarine fibre optic cable that will emerge from the sea at Maroochydore will provide Australia’s fastest internet link to Asia and its second-fastest link to the US. This is Australia's internet problem in a green, box-shaped nutshell. A problem borne of the country's insistence on using decades-old inferior copper phone lines for internet access as the world Mar 06, 2019 · According to the company that provides an online speed test service for internet users, Australia has fallen to 60th place for download speeds behind our neighbours New Zealand, China, and a raft

When looking for the fastest internet, consider what connection types are available near you. A plan’s connection type directly impacts how fast your internet will be. Fiber-optic internet, also referred to simply as fiber, is the fastest internet type available — a fiber internet connection can deliver 1000+ Mbps.

Jan 09, 2017 · Here’s what you do: you just take two national broadband network lines, plug them both into a router, and boom – 190 megabits-per-second download speeds. You could download an episode of Game of Thrones (legally, of course) in about 19 seconds, or the whole first season in a little over three minutes.

Jun 01, 2020 · Australian computer scientists have achieved a record-smashing, potentially world-changing internet speed over 76.7km of ordinary fibre cables between two Victorian universities. The results of the high-speed internet test, completed in February, were published last week, making headlines around the world along the lines of: “Fast enough to Jan 28, 2015 · When it comes to Australia versus the UK, the UK is a clear winner. Both of our countries though are behind the United States. If you want really fast Internet, then South Korea is the place to be. So there you have it, the state of the Internet here in Australia compared to the UK and a couple of other countries. A "game-changing" submarine fibre optic cable that will emerge from the sea at Maroochydore will provide Australia’s fastest internet link to Asia and its second-fastest link to the US. This is Australia's internet problem in a green, box-shaped nutshell. A problem borne of the country's insistence on using decades-old inferior copper phone lines for internet access as the world