Hey Guys,
Simple question - thinking of upgrading my NBN from 100 Mbps to 1 Gbps. I'm on FTTP. If you're on 1 Gbps, do you actually get 1 Gbps? If not, then is 250 Mbps a good compromise?
Only asking as I see reports that advertised "evening speeds" for the 1 Gbps plans are closer to around ~250. For the record, I get very close to 100 Mbps at all times now (even evening) - usually around 98 - 99 on speedtests.
i avg 946 down and 36 up on my abb 1000/40 plan
That upload speed makes me want to cry. Seems unmatched to the 1gb/s and it's faster than my download speed.
1000/400Mbps costs about $430 a month ;-(
Have you created an upload shaper?
You should get around 48Mbps upload.
Alright, you guys convinced me to pull the trigger. It'll be nice being able to download files from around the world at the same speed that I can copy from my NAS at.
If only the interwebs actually worked like that….
Check your router can handle 1Gb first and you might want to sign up with Launtel so you can run Gb for a day, or every weekend, without having to pay for a full month.
Yeah, it's fine - I have a pfSense router running on an i5 3470, so I think that'll be fine.
Wait, no, it doesn't work like that. Speed is also limited by the sender. If you are visiting a website that throttles the speed to 10Mbps to ensure thousands of people can access the website at the same time without their servers getting exploded, your speed will still be 10Mbps.
However, if you are downloading… Linux ISOs through your favorite BitTorrent client, and the other person also has 1Gbps speed connection, you will be downloading those ISOs in a matter of (a) minute(s)!
Basically the only good thing the 1Gbps is good for. And maybe ripping 4K 60FPS YouTube videos too.
and the other person also has 1Gbps speed connection
Wait, no, it doesn't work like that. You're using the other person's upload speed, not their download speed. If they have 1000/40, it's the 40 you're sharing, not the 1000.
Yes you are right, forgot about it. I didn't know what plan OP was talking about, just assumed he is paying a premium price for 1000/1000 and the "sender" would have the same.
Luckily, in Blue Cat's post, there were 24 undisclosed peers that have the same linux iso, so 25*40=1000Mbps! That's why linux iso distribution works so well ;)
However, if you are downloading… Linux ISOs through your favorite BitTorrent client, and the other person also has 1Gbps speed connection, you will be downloading those ISOs in a matter of (a) minute(s)!
Most of my downloads are games on Steam, Epic…etc. these days. Waiting a few hours to download 200 GB is pretty rough.
You'll want minimum 10Gb/s connection speed for that…..assuming your NAS is all filled up with high spec SSDs(or RAID 0 HDDs) with a sequential write/read of over 1GB/s….
Storage could push even more but 99%+ (made up statistic) of home networks use gigabit ethernet (not 10 gig)
(This is overly simplistic but it'd be just as fast except for latency and bandwidth variability. But a NAS would be a lot more reliable, it's hard to consistently saturate a gigabit WAN connection, not many senders have that kind of upstream)
it's hard to consistently saturate a gigabit WAN connection, not many senders have that kind of upstream
Easy when you're uploading huge ass files…..
1 Gbps is only around 120 MB/s or so. Most hard drives will easily saturate Gigabit, let alone SSDs. Even my first server from 2012 would easily saturate 1 Gbps.
yeah of course, thats why I said minimum 10Gb/s line…..
Go into your router settings and you can see your max line speed that you can get. Correct me if im wrong
Op is on fttp.
VDSL2 modems show the maximum line speed for FTTN and FTTB.
Routers don't show a maximum line speed for FTTP and everyone on FTTP can get Gigabit or Home Ultrafast as NBN like to call it.
Got it! Thanks for pointing out its only for FTTN :) So in that case would the ISP for FTTP be able to find out?
For now Gigabit is the maximum on FTTP. It can go faster with hardware upgrades.
Also no point having 1Gbps on your Internet line if the rest of the infra you are using in your home to connect to it doesn't give the throughput (router, switch, cabling, wifi, etc )
Yeah, it's not a problem. My router is a pfSense box with an i5 3470, my ethernet backbone is on 10 Gbps trunk, with 1 Gbps clients.
Create a upload shaper in pfsense to get the best upload results.
From the Aussie BB CIS.
As this is a new plan, we do not have any data to enable calculation of typical download speeds, therefore currently we are suggesting that the typical download speeds during busy hours will be 215Mbps. Please Note: Once we have collated enough data, we will revise this CIS with accurate peak download speeds on our network.
Aussie Broadband 1000/50 here, only limited by your networking devices. Your router is gonna be driving it though, and will likely need to spend a few hundred on an upgrade.
On my two laptops I get 950/38 (Intel Wifi Card), and 800/43 (Realtek Wifi Card). 950/47 over ethernet on both. My router is a D-Link DIR-2680
I had it for a month with ABB. I couldn't justify paying $150/month for diminishing returns so went back to 100/20.
Apart from downloading things faster, does 1Gbps offer any other advantage?
I have NBN 100 and unless I’m downloading Blu ray etc. I can’t think of any advantage 1Gbps offer for day to day stuff.
Looking to genuinely learn something new here and not throw shade.
I'm the same - without a strong upload to match and losing the ability seed it back at the same speed there is only so much you wanna download at one time.
Others have reported to get 900mbps + on here and whirlpool.
Since your lucky enough to have FTTP, I'd say go for it.