What is your NBN speedtest result to USA?

My Vodafone NBN 50/20 plan is very slow downloading US-specific content (content not cached in Aus). The download speed I get from this US speedtest is 8-9Mbps. The pipe size ISPs purchase for overseas traffic (transit traffic which is much more costly than local peer traffic) contributes to the difference in the cost of plans and quality of service we pay for.

To compare ISPs I would be interested in your results from the US speedtest. Please set the city to Los Angeles. Could you kindly specify your - ISP, plan speed, result (down/up)

Using my example:
Vodafone, 50/20, 8/15 (yes upload is much faster)

Thanks

Comments

  • Telstra, 100/40, 92.7/33.5 (HFC)

    • Iprimus 104/44 on 100/40 plan fttp

      • Ditto, superloop

  • Superloop, 25/10, 22.6/8.5 on FTTP

    • Superloop 25/5 24.2/3.7 hfc

  • Aussie, 50/20, 55.2/13.6

    My upload speed is crap.

    • Aussie HFC, 50/20, 54.0/15.7

    • Aussie
      FTTP
      100/20 107.4/14.6

  • +1

    Superloop, 50/20, 40.7/16.7

    • Same plan with superloop, 51.3/14.6

      • +1

        Same again, 51.7/16.9

        • +1

          Another 50/20 superlooper here.
          I scored 50.0/17.9

    • Also on Superloop 50/20

      I got 51.1/19.9

    • Superloop 50/20, 51.7/12.1 via Wifi repeater

  • Telstra HFC, 100/40, 110.1/16.2

  • Tangerine FTTC 25/5, Speedtest to LA on your site 22.1/4.3

  • Aussie BB 1000/whatever
    192.7/14.3
    Via WiFi from my work desktop which is also VPN'd to my work server

    • +1

      Whatever = 50.

      • -5

        Whatever = irrelevant when considering download speeds only

        • +1

          Could you kindly specify your - ISP, plan speed, result (down/up)

  • Aussie BB 100/40 (FTTB, Static IP, Biz plan) 91.6/5.5

  • +1

    Iinet 50/20 plan - 252/26

    • +1

      How?

      • +1

        https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/602315
        so they are really on 250/25 albeit temporarily (thus "50/20 plan")
        Thanks for your reply re use of Fusion.

        • I didn't even know this was a thing. Havent checked my internet speed for so long - Was very surprised to see the speeds.

          At least now I know its not a forever thing.

      • +2

        iiNet gave lots of customers a free 6 month upgrade to NBN Superfast (250/25).
        I'm the same, on a 50/20 plan, but told by iiNet since Feb that I'm on 250/25 for 6 months for free. It's great.

  • Aussie BB 81/21 250/20 (?) plan

    Can I ask "why use the Fusion site?" - no tricks simply wondering why

    • +1

      Close. It's 250/25.

    • It's the first one on my search that did what I wanted in a simple way.

  • Aussie BB 250/25 plan, 198.5 / 22.9 actual

  • Optus NBN Business. 100/40 plan- 94/37

  • +5

    Vodafone hope you're seeing this.

    • vodafone has been crap for over a decade

    • +1

      Voda don't really care bro… just change providers?

    • Is Vodafone wifi NBN?

    • I'm with Vodafone and my result is different:
      23.8, 6.9

      City is LA as requested by OP.

      Now if I run a regular speedtest via Google and the city is Sydney I get:
      28.7, 6.78

      As you can see, results don't show what OP claims.

      I'm no fan of Vodafone either.

  • Optus NBN 100/40 - 104/18

    • Optus NBN 100/40 - 110/34.6 HFC

  • +1

    Telstra 50/20 HFC
    40.94 Mbps
    8.76 Mbps

  • Mate internet FttN 100/20 (actual achievable is 71 down) - 59.9/15.1

  • TPG 50/20 HFC, 51.2/18.3

  • TPG NBN 100/20 ——-> 95.6/8.4

  • Aussie Broadband.
    50/20 HFC
    47.6DL and 17.5 UL.

  • +1

    Telstra 5G on a moving tram Pixel 5
    333.2/3.6

    • What about close to a tower when you're stationary?

      • +1

        I got 1025mbps download and 108mbps upload to a local site when I was standing close to a Telstra 5G tower on iPhone 12 Pro Max. Also I didn’t get cancer after running that test.

        • +13

          Better get yourself tested for COVID, though.

  • +1

    Telstra FTTP 250/50

    Los Angeles
    Download: 255mbps
    Upload: 15.8mbps

  • Superloop, los Angelos FTN - over Wifi - 100/40, 63.8/12.6

  • -4

    For faster internet response times, change your DNS settings to 1.1.1.1 (Cloudflare) vs Google's 8.8.8.8

    You'll get faster pings, which translate into faster loading times

    • +5

      Hmm. You're not going to get a faster pings to Google's or Cloudflare's resolver, comparing to your local ISP's, which is usually only 2-3 hops away from your router. However you may get a faster domain name resolution, which means your browser may connect to the websites faster from a cold local cache, which means the images may load faster.

    • Interesting, do I load the 1.1.1.1 on my router DNS settings or on my PC windows 10 settings?

    • Hope that was intended as a joke post?

  • Optus Home Wireless

    Timestamp:

    4/28/2021 19:16:43

    Download:

    145.33 Mbps

    Upload:

    42.86 Mbps

  • Aussie BB HFC 100/20

    Los Angeles
    109.2/16.6

  • AussieBB 1000/50 (FTTP) – 548.6/12.3

  • 52/14 Phoenix,AZ. Superloop 50/20 (HFC).

  • Belong 30/20 (HFC) Los Angeles - 31.1/17.4

    • Belong 30 (FTTC) Los Angeles - 35.4/16.7

  • Optus NBN FTTC 50 plan = 52.0 / 8.9

  • Future Broadband 50/20, 46.8/15.2 (FTTN)

  • I've mentioned before that I have had issues connecting to LA, but Superloop says the problem is in LA, not in the Superloop route. So, here it is again:

    https://www.speedtest.net/result/11338950340

    Speakeasy LA: 101/11

    I'm on Superloop 1000/50 (FTTP)

    Interestingly, using an Australian VPN (Nord) is faster than direct connection via Superloop: 125/13 (Speakeasy LA through NordVPN AU server)

  • AussieBB 100/20 HFC (Sydney South-Eastern suburbs), got 55/16 from Los Angeles at 12:30PM. Thoroughly disappointed. 109/19 to local servers though, so it might be AussieBB's international link that's a bit congested at the middle of the day.

  • Optus 250/20
    269/14.7

  • will vary on extent on monitoring taking place and your plan and company and connection and equipment.

  • Aussie BB 1000/50 FTTP
    315.9/3.1

  • Belong Starter 30

    24.7/18.1

  • ABB 1000/50 HFC 134/16 at 3:30pm

  • Vodafone NBN 100/40 FTTC (over wifi) 70.73/8.87 at 3:37 pm

  • Superloop HFC 250/25
    LA: 197/5.0
    Phoenix: 211/5.0

  • Superloop 100/40 FTTC -> 80/33

  • Superloop FTTP 250/25
    223/11

  • Superloop Fttn 100/40
    61/19

  • It's time for me to get Telstra superfast

  • Big Pond HFC 50/20 … 54.6/8.5.

  • Vodafone NBN 100/40 FTTP
    63.5 / 35.2 at 21:40.

    This is with wife currently watching drama.

  • Superloop NBN 50/20, FTTN
    51.8 / 13.3

  • Timestamp Download Upload IP Address Test Server
    4/29/2021 22:31:50
    193.94 Mbps
    9.83 Mbps
    Los Angeles, CA

    FTTP 250/25

    Superloop

  • Telstra FTTP 250/25
    57.2/13.3

  • Optus FTTC 100/20

    92.9/18.0

  • 153/19 on iiNet HFC "NBN Superfast" (250/25). Doing a local speed test using speedtest.net I get 233/22.

  • Optus HFC NBN 50/20
    51.3/18.7

  • Superloop FTTC 50/20: Actual 51.4/13.8

  • Telstra 100/40 plan. 108/35 to LA server at 9:15am local time.

  • ABB 50/20 HFC
    54.3/17.4

  • MyRepublic 100/40 FTTP
    104.3/12.7

  • 331/81 on Optus 5G home broadband. Local speed test is 514 down but only 43 up. Go figure!

  • Superloop 50/20 HFC, 52/15.7
    Upload speed suffered a little bit.

  • Superloop HFC 250/25
    Tried a few times ranging between 70~190/6~11

  • ABB 100/20 FTTN

    108.9/16.3

  • Exetel 50/20 FTTN

    direct, 25.2/6.7
    via VPN, 31.7/6.6

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