In Penang I Was Getting 1100Mbps on 5G Local Sim Card, Is Anything Like This Possible in Sydney

mrkorrupt on 08/05/2024 - 21:50

In Penang I was getting 1100Mbps on 5G local sim card, is anything like this possible in sydney

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  • webbj on 08/05/2024 - 22:17
    +1

    Yes, I managed to download at 2000Mbps on 5G+ in Sydney a couple of months ago.

    https://ibb.co/Y7DKkrt

    This was in the CBD, I assume near a test/trial cell

    • hashtagbargain on 09/05/2024 - 01:17
      +1

      Which device? Also what is 5G+?

      • bazingaa on 09/05/2024 - 08:14

        probably 5G SA band N78

        • Joshminey on 09/05/2024 - 14:06
          +1

          I suspect it's probably MMwave on a pixel 8 pro or something due to the plus icon

          • bazingaa on 09/05/2024 - 14:07

            @Joshminey: could be too, I don't have mmWave in S23U, only US version got it :/ But I have seen posts by Canadian about 5G+ in N78

            • Joshminey on 09/05/2024 - 14:11
              +1

              @bazingaa: I believe in Australia the + symbol is only for MMwave

  • bazingaa on 08/05/2024 - 22:44

    I have tested same a while ago in Melbourne on Boost (before speed limits)

  • 7ekn00 on 08/05/2024 - 22:46
    +3

    Wow, fast … what can you do at 1100Mbps that you can't at 100Mbps on a mobile device?

    • c64 on 08/05/2024 - 23:27
      +8

      what can you do at 1100Mbps that you can't at 100Mbps on a mobile device?

      burn through your data allowance in under 1s?

    • Mechz on 08/05/2024 - 23:28
      +3

      Hotspot to multiple devices giving over 100Mbps to each.

    • bargaino on 08/05/2024 - 23:35

      Brag on the interweb.

      When you start talking that sort of bandwidth, you are running a server, so it is the uplink speed that counts.

    • superhans on 09/05/2024 - 08:08
      +2

      "640K ought to be enough for anybody."

    • non-core promise on 09/05/2024 - 09:59

      Bandwidth to share between multiple devices.

      The nature of any wireless technology (including wireless routers in a home or wireless towers for mobile phones in a city) is that you're basically screaming in random directions and hoping devices will pick up enough to do whatever it is their owners want to do.

      So more bandwidth is always better. You can always place artificial speed limits per device later on if you want to ration it a bit.

      Even now, anyone who commutes from Sydney CBD to Western Sydney can tell you how awful the reception + speeds are on all 3 networks. Full fat Telstra or Boost is the least worst, but it's still awful.

      Also, the nature of technology is that we always end up finding stuff that will take up more bandwidth and more storage. Don't be that guy who says X storage/bandwidth is more than enough for most people for eternity. If we went with this logic, we would never have moved off ADSL2+ for internet or floppy discs for storage.

  • AustriaBargain on 09/05/2024 - 00:02
    +2

    Check your plan. For example, the cheapest Telstra plan with 5G has capped speeds, you need to move up to the next most expensive one.

  • DOGGYWOWWOW on 09/05/2024 - 02:58
    +3

    I've seen up to 800mbps on 4G, it just depends on how far you are from a tower and how busy it is.

  • altomic on 09/05/2024 - 11:14
    +2

    I remember 5 years ago travelling through central cambodia on a bus and getting better mobile internet speeds than what I do at home in North Brisbane.

    • pharkurnell on 09/05/2024 - 12:09
      +1

      interesting what internet speeds are available overseas..
      In 2019 mate was getting 224down and 196up in a backstreet motel in Morelia Mexico… He put it down to cartels

      what was a good speed in AU back then…

      some speeds overseas
      https://www.speedtest.net/global-index

  • Joshminey on 09/05/2024 - 14:09

    I've had over 1400 mbps on both Telstra and Optus 5G before

    https://www.speedtest.net/result/i/5319290228

    https://www.speedtest.net/result/i/5526807370

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