Internet Speeds And Costs Around The World.

[Don McKenzie]

Internet Speeds And Costs Around The World, Shown Visually:
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/10/internet-speeds-and-costs-around-the-world-shown-visually/#more-362769

Be sure to click the above image to see it in its full glory.

Yes, Australia if 5th from the right hand end of the graph.

Cheers Don...



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[Doug Jewell]

Don McKenzie wrote:

Internet Speeds And Costs Around The World, Shown Visually:
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/10/internet-speeds-and-costs-around-the-world-shown-visually/#more-362769


Be sure to click the above image to see it in its full glory.

Yes, Australia if 5th from the right hand end of the graph.

Cheers Don...



One thing you will notice about the countries with very high

speed internet - they are all small with high population.
Much easier and cheaper to provide high speed broadband to a
reasonable slab of the population in those circumstances. I
wonder what level of access people in say rural France have
though. At least in Australia, most people in major cities
have access to 8MBps (although very few opt for faster than
512K), and most people in rural towns have access to
1.5MBps. Thanks to the government assistance, people on
farms etc have access to 256-512kBps via satellite which is
a damned site better than what they could get through phone
lines. We still have some way to go, but personally I'd
prefer to make 1.5MBps available to anyone who wants it,
rather than having some people in some cities with 60M and
regional areas / people with pair gain etc with 14-33K.

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[Clocky]

"Doug Jewell" <ask@and.maybe.ill.tell.you> wrote in message
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Don McKenzie wrote:

Internet Speeds And Costs Around The World, Shown Visually:
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/10/internet-speeds-and-costs-around-the-world-shown-visually/#more-362769
Be sure to click the above image to see it in its full glory.

Yes, Australia if 5th from the right hand end of the graph.

Cheers Don...



One thing you will notice about the countries with very high speed
internet - they are all small with high population. Much easier and
cheaper to provide high speed broadband to a reasonable slab of the
population in those circumstances. I wonder what level of access people in
say rural France have though. At least in Australia, most people in major
cities have access to 8MBps (although very few opt for faster than 512K),
and most people in rural towns have access to 1.5MBps. Thanks to the
government assistance, people on farms etc have access to 256-512kBps via
satellite which is a damned site better than what they could get through
phone lines. We still have some way to go, but personally I'd prefer to
make 1.5MBps available to anyone who wants it, rather than having some
people in some cities with 60M and regional areas / people with pair gain
etc with 14-33K.

Fuck that, why should my internet experience be limited because of the tiny
percentage of the populus who choose to live in the middle of nowhere?
Besides, your assumption that those countries with high speed internet may
have remoter areas with poor service is just speculation.

 

[PhilD]

"Clocky" <notgonn@happen.com> wrote in message
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"Doug Jewell" <ask@and.maybe.ill.tell.you> wrote in message
news:K7ydnfYzaINfOnXXnZ2dnUVZ_vudnZ2d@westnet.com.au...
Don McKenzie wrote:

Internet Speeds And Costs Around The World, Shown Visually:
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/10/internet-speeds-and-costs-around-the-world-shown-visually/#more-362769
Be sure to click the above image to see it in its full glory.

Yes, Australia if 5th from the right hand end of the graph.

Cheers Don...



One thing you will notice about the countries with very high speed
internet - they are all small with high population. Much easier and
cheaper to provide high speed broadband to a reasonable slab of the
population in those circumstances. I wonder what level of access people
in say rural France have though. At least in Australia, most people in
major cities have access to 8MBps (although very few opt for faster than
512K), and most people in rural towns have access to 1.5MBps. Thanks to
the government assistance, people on farms etc have access to 256-512kBps
via satellite which is a damned site better than what they could get
through phone lines. We still have some way to go, but personally I'd
prefer to make 1.5MBps available to anyone who wants it, rather than
having some people in some cities with 60M and regional areas / people
with pair gain etc with 14-33K.


Fuck that, why should my internet experience be limited because of the
tiny percentage of the populus who choose to live in the middle of
nowhere?
I've never been to Perth or Hobart and only visit Adelaide roughly once a

year. Correct me if I'm wrong, but from memory none of the Capital cities
have Uranium/Gold/Iron/Coal etc mines in the middle of them and I believe
that most of the food growing areas are outside the cities. That being the
case it's hard to see what the Capital cities do other than consume our
products, produce copious pollution and provide services to support the
productive regions of Australia that keep people like you in a comfortable
lifestyle.

Somewhere in the world there is a village short of its idiot, please feel
free to take up the vacancy.

PhilD

 

[The Old Bloke]

"Don McKenzie" <5V@2.5A> wrote in message
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Internet Speeds And Costs Around The World, Shown Visually:
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/10/internet-speeds-and-costs-around-the-world-shown-visually/#more-362769

Be sure to click the above image to see it in its full glory.

Yes, Australia if 5th from the right hand end of the graph.

Cheers Don...

I wonder how they determine that our cost for 1mbps is $1 - $5 per month.

Even if that is per each 1mbps, it seems far too low.

Regards

 

[Rod Speed]

The Old Bloke wrote

Don McKenzie <5V@2.5A> wrote

Internet Speeds And Costs Around The World, Shown Visually:
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/10/internet-speeds-and-costs-around-the-world-shown-visually/#more-362769

Be sure to click the above image to see it in its full glory.

Yes, Australia if 5th from the right hand end of the graph.

I wonder how they determine that our cost for 1mbps is $1 - $5 per month. Even if that is per each 1mbps, it seems far
too low.

They appear to be taking the average broadband speed available in
each country and dividing that into the lowest cost per month available.

Rather dubious on the lowest cost per month, but otherwise not too bad, although
it ignores the fact that many of ours only bother to pay for 512 or less speed wise.

 

[SG1]

"terryc" <newsninespam-spam@woa.com.au> wrote in message
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On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:30:41 +1100, Rod Speed wrote:


Rather dubious on the lowest cost per month, but otherwise not too bad,
although it ignores the fact that many of ours only bother to pay for
512 or less speed wise.

More than enough speed.

Now now we are talk Bps not Roddles per message???????

 

[David L. Jones]

Don McKenzie wrote:

Internet Speeds And Costs Around The World, Shown Visually:
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/10/internet-speeds-and-costs-around-the-world-shown-visually/#more-362769

Be sure to click the above image to see it in its full glory.

Yes, Australia if 5th from the right hand end of the graph.

Cheers Don...

Well, my Telstra cable gives me up to 30Mbps so no complaints there, but
then they sting me $70/month for 12GB including uploads :-(

Dave.

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[Rod Speed]

terryc wrote

Rod Speed wrote

Rather dubious on the lowest cost per month, but otherwise not too
bad, although it ignores the fact that many of ours only bother to
pay for 512 or less speed wise.

More than enough speed.

Depends on what you want to do. ABC's Iview doesnt work that well at those speeds.

 

[terryc]

On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:30:41 +1100, Rod Speed wrote:

Rather dubious on the lowest cost per month, but otherwise not too bad,
although it ignores the fact that many of ours only bother to pay for
512 or less speed wise.

More than enough speed.

 

[David L. Jones]

terryc wrote:

On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:18:05 +1100, David L. Jones wrote:


Well, my Telstra cable gives me up to 30Mbps so no complaints there,
but then they sting me $70/month for 12GB including uploads :-(

Erk, Exetel even. No uploads count. $40 for 12Gb downloads in peak,
56Gb downloads in off peak and no uploads.

You can run your soho business and get a static IP if you wanted. DNS
is $50p.a. or go elsewhere.

Check http://www.broadbandchoice.com.au

Nope, been there, done that, fought for several years with endless ADSL2+
problems. Basically it doesn't work at my place, too far from the exchange
(>5km), and I'm using some bizzare pair which is routed differently to
everyone else in the street.
So I'm stuck with Telstra cable.

Dave.

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[kreed]

On Oct 29, 4:58 am, Don McKenzie <5...@2.5A> wrote:

Internet Speeds And Costs Around The World, Shown Visually:http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/10/internet-speeds-and-costs-around-th...

Be sure to click the above image to see it in its full glory.

Yes, Australia if 5th from the right hand end of the graph.

Cheers Don...

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The graph is pretty useless as they do not cover the "download limits"
or the forced speed reduction (PC name = shaping) after a small limit
is reached. Many countries do NOT have a download limit. This is
certainly the case in Russia, the Ukraine and US.

To compare without this important data, is not giving the full
picture.


In the days of common use of things like VOIP, Online TV services
such as ABC I-View, You Tube and other such legitimate data intensive
services, (we could mention torrents and other file sharing if you
want) this cannot be overlooked.


It's like saying that you can have a new top of the range Mercedes but
are limited to 100km a month at normal speed, after which you can only
do 25, or a used Commodore that you can drive as much and as far as
you like and at the speed limit. Unless you are the "little old lady
who only drives to church on sundays", then the commodore is the
better offer.

 

[terryc]

On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:24:43 +1100, Rod Speed wrote:

terryc wrote
Rod Speed wrote

Rather dubious on the lowest cost per month, but otherwise not too
bad, although it ignores the fact that many of ours only bother to pay
for 512 or less speed wise.

More than enough speed.


Depends on what you want to do. ABC's Iview doesnt work that well at
those speeds.

True, but I can only afford 2 hrs max of that per day anyway.

The big problem with iview is that by the time you could watch news, it
was ancient or weeks old.

Cheaper and faster just to buy a USB san/dongle for the desktop box

 

[kreed]

On Oct 29, 10:09 am, "PhilD" <replytonewsgroupo...@aussient.com.au>
wrote:

"Clocky" <notg...@happen.com> wrote in message

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"Doug Jewell" <a...@and.maybe.ill.tell.you> wrote in message
news:K7ydnfYzaINfOnXXnZ2dnUVZ_vudnZ2d@westnet.com.au...
Don McKenzie wrote:

Internet Speeds And Costs Around The World, Shown Visually:
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/10/internet-speeds-and-costs-around-th...
Be sure to click the above image to see it in its full glory.

Yes, Australia if 5th from the right hand end of the graph.

Cheers Don...

One thing you will notice about the countries with very high speed
internet - they are all small with high population. Much easier and
cheaper to provide high speed broadband to a reasonable slab of the
population in those circumstances. I wonder what level of access people
in say rural France have though. At least in Australia, most people in
major cities have access to 8MBps (although very few opt for faster than
512K), and most people in rural towns have access to 1.5MBps. Thanks to
the government assistance, people on farms etc have access to 256-512kBps
via satellite which is a damned site better than what they could get
through phone lines. We still have some way to go, but personally I'd
prefer to make 1.5MBps available to anyone who wants it, rather than
having some people in some cities with 60M and regional areas / people
with pair gain etc with 14-33K.

Fuck that, why should my internet experience be limited because of the
tiny percentage of the populus who choose to live in the middle of
nowhere?

I've never been to Perth or Hobart and only visit Adelaide roughly once a
year. Correct me if I'm wrong, but from memory none of the Capital cities
have Uranium/Gold/Iron/Coal etc mines in the middle of them and I believe
that most of the food growing areas are outside the cities. That being the
case it's hard to see what the Capital cities do other than consume our
products, produce copious pollution and provide services to support the
productive regions of Australia that keep people like you in a comfortable
lifestyle.

hear hear !

Somewhere in the world there is a village short of its idiot, please feel
free to take up the vacancy.

PhilD

 

[terryc]

On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:18:05 +1100, David L. Jones wrote:

Well, my Telstra cable gives me up to 30Mbps so no complaints there, but
then they sting me $70/month for 12GB including uploads :-(

Erk, Exetel even. No uploads count. $40 for 12Gb downloads in peak, 56Gb
downloads in off peak and no uploads.

You can run your soho business and get a static IP if you wanted. DNS is
$50p.a. or go elsewhere.

Check http://www.broadbandchoice.com.au

 

[Rod Speed]

terryc wrote

Rod Speed wrote
terryc wrote
Rod Speed wrote

Rather dubious on the lowest cost per month, but otherwise not too
bad, although it ignores the fact that many of ours only bother to
pay for 512 or less speed wise.

More than enough speed.

Depends on what you want to do. ABC's Iview doesnt work that well at those speeds.

True, but I can only afford 2 hrs max of that per day anyway.

Some ISPs dont count Iview in the quota.

The big problem with iview is that by the time you could watch news, it was ancient or weeks old.

It is however useful for stuff you miss on the FTA.

Cheaper and faster just to buy a USB san/dongle for the desktop box

But that doesnt allow you to watch stuff you missed.

 

[Rheilly Phoull]

"kreed" <kenreed1999@gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Oct 29, 10:09 am, "PhilD" <replytonewsgroupo...@aussient.com.au
wrote:
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"Doug Jewell" <a...@and.maybe.ill.tell.you> wrote in message
news:K7ydnfYzaINfOnXXnZ2dnUVZ_vudnZ2d@westnet.com.au...
Don McKenzie wrote:

Internet Speeds And Costs Around The World, Shown Visually:
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/10/internet-speeds-and-costs-around-th...
Be sure to click the above image to see it in its full glory.

Yes, Australia if 5th from the right hand end of the graph.

Cheers Don...

One thing you will notice about the countries with very high speed
internet - they are all small with high population. Much easier and
cheaper to provide high speed broadband to a reasonable slab of the
population in those circumstances. I wonder what level of access
people
in say rural France have though. At least in Australia, most people in
major cities have access to 8MBps (although very few opt for faster
than
512K), and most people in rural towns have access to 1.5MBps. Thanks
to
the government assistance, people on farms etc have access to
256-512kBps
via satellite which is a damned site better than what they could get
through phone lines. We still have some way to go, but personally I'd
prefer to make 1.5MBps available to anyone who wants it, rather than
having some people in some cities with 60M and regional areas / people
with pair gain etc with 14-33K.

Fuck that, why should my internet experience be limited because of the
tiny percentage of the populus who choose to live in the middle of
nowhere?

I've never been to Perth or Hobart and only visit Adelaide roughly once a
year. Correct me if I'm wrong, but from memory none of the Capital cities
have Uranium/Gold/Iron/Coal etc mines in the middle of them and I believe
that most of the food growing areas are outside the cities. That being
the
case it's hard to see what the Capital cities do other than consume our
products, produce copious pollution and provide services to support the
productive regions of Australia that keep people like you in a
comfortable
lifestyle.


hear hear !


Somewhere in the world there is a village short of its idiot, please feel
free to take up the vacancy.

PhilD

Yeahbut if we didnt buy your stuff you would be winging about that too

Rheilly P

 

[son of a bitch]

Don McKenzie wrote:

Internet Speeds And Costs Around The World, Shown Visually:
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/10/internet-speeds-and-costs-around-the-world-shown-visually/#more-362769


Be sure to click the above image to see it in its full glory.

Yes, Australia if 5th from the right hand end of the graph.

Cheers Don...

Butt

Oz is among the Elite Highest usage of Computers per household.
Now if Howie was still driving the boat, we'd be pretty much the same
place we are now. But After Ruddy installs a super fast highway that
only the government will be able to afford, we're still going to be in
the same boat.

No matter what happens, we will always be paying too much for too
little, that much is a certainty.

 

[Doug Jewell]

Rheilly Phoull wrote:

Yeahbut if we didnt buy your stuff you would be winging about that too
Perhaps - but in a day or two you'd be so hungry you

wouldn't even notice if the farmers were whinging.

Rheilly P

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[Clocky]

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Rheilly Phoull wrote:


Yeahbut if we didnt buy your stuff you would be winging about that too

Perhaps - but in a day or two you'd be so hungry you wouldn't even notice
if the farmers were whinging.

Farmers whinge by default.