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i did this test and several others and got these results much across the board,,, any one else gettin these kinda speeds...
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results were

download....12513kb/s
upload......677kb/s

just want to compare with other speeds with optusnet users

Sounds OK to me. Are you are on DSL Direct? Speed depends on many things including quality of the line and distance from the exchange. I am 4 kms away on DSL Direct.

Test Results from Oz Broadband Speed Test
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Test run on 11/05/2008 @ 10:36 AM

Mirror: OptusNet
Data: 9 MB
Test Time: 15.69 secs

Your line speed is 4.82 Mbps (4819 kbps).
Your download speed is 602 KB/s (0.59 MB/s).

Under speedtest.net I get
dowload 5233 kb/s
upload 591 kb/s

ok so what is the problem?..

optushelp writes...

ok so what is the problem?..

The OP never said there was a problem. They wanted to compare speeds.

Be careful with speedtest.net, cnet.com.au and a few others. Depending on how the test is coded and carried out with your firewall enabled you may get an inflated download result.

(This has already been documented in quite a few Web testing sites)

Speedtest with my firewall will run from 12000kbps to 17000kbps

(My Sync speed is 7300kbps so you know something is not right)

With the firewall off I run correctly at around 5800kbps

The Oz Broadband speed test is NOT affected by my firewall.

I am around 1,8km LOS, 3.2km (cable length) from the exchange with Attenuation of 41 db and a Noise Margin of 11.8 db.

Test Results Oz Broadband
Mirror: OptusNet
Data: 3 MB
Test Time: 4.3 secs

Your line speed is 5.74 Mbps (5739 kbps).
Your download speed is 717 KB/s (0.7 MB/s).

www.speedtest.net/result/272041094.png

Hi Tatts..

With the speed you're getting I reckon you'd be faster than a fair majority of people on ADSL...

Welcome to Whirlpool too by the way,
Anthony.