NBN Sagas

[VK4ADC]

Well after a lot of yelling at my ISP and threatening to go to the media (as I was quite prepared to do), the NBN connection is now in place and active. The VOIP phone connection will probably be in place next week sometime but, since we haven't had a landline for a month, that seems workable.

The initial info from the ISP indicated that we could expect a maximum line rate in the 80-85MB/s area on a 100MB/s plan as we are about 200m (from Google Earth) from the fibre node.  The actual values for my 25/5 plan via a screen grab :

Upstream line rate (kbit/s): 6400
Downstream line rate (kbit/s): 28100
Maximum upstream rate (kbit/s): 47235
Maximum downstream rate (kbit/s): 88681
Upstream noise safety coefficient (dB): 24.2
Downstream noise safety coefficient (dB): 25
Upstream interleave depth: 0
Downstream interleave depth: 0
Line standard: VDSL
Upstream line attenuation (dB): 16.7
Downstream line attenuation (dB): 9.7
Upstream output power (dBmV): -7.2
Downstream output power (dBmV): 2.2

A Linux box via a wired 100MB/s cable gave 22MB/s download rate.
Various wireless connections gave download rates from around 9 to 17MB/s. 
(Amazing variations in speed values depending on what web facility you use. )

I have more-or-less standardised on http://beta.speedtest.net/ across the platforms and selected the same servers to give comparative results.

Given that the highest value ever seen on my ADSL was 3.6MB/s, I am seeing at least a 3X improvement although I was hoping for more (as we all do).  I still have the option of a 100/40 NBN plan if need be.

73 Doug VK4ADC