Australia dropped to spot 62 in the global speed ranking for fixed internet broadband, behind a myriad of other developed and developing nations.

Nov 08, 2017 · And despite MyRepublic’s promotional campaign to build Wollongong into Australia’s first “gigatown”, Geelong in regional Victoria has the fastest broadband in Australia — with a stunning average of 67.05Mbps download, which is in the range of the highest commonly available NBN speed tier. Rank Country/Territory Avg. connection speed ()1 South Korea 52.4 2 Norway 48.2 3 Canada 42.5 4 Netherlands 42.4 5 Singapore 39.3 6 Australia 37.4 7 Switzerland 35.2 8 Denmark Apr 21, 2020 · The fastest residential internet speeds usually top out around 1,000 Mbps. Xfinity offers speeds up to 2,000 Mbps, but that plan is a little cost prohibitive at this point. Mar 28, 2016 · Australian-owned and operated, Lightning Broadband is in many cases faster and cheaper than the NBN. The service will also be made available in areas where the NBN is yet to gain a foothold – or may ever do. 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.

Apr 21, 2020 · The fastest residential internet speeds usually top out around 1,000 Mbps. Xfinity offers speeds up to 2,000 Mbps, but that plan is a little cost prohibitive at this point.

Nov 08, 2017 · And despite MyRepublic’s promotional campaign to build Wollongong into Australia’s first “gigatown”, Geelong in regional Victoria has the fastest broadband in Australia — with a stunning average of 67.05Mbps download, which is in the range of the highest commonly available NBN speed tier.

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

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