Mike@Bonbeach Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Hi We are on holiday in Queensland at the moment and in the two places we've stopped at (apartment blocks) in Trinity Beach and Airlie Beach, the internet speed has been abysmal. On a speed test (Ookla) it is showing a speed of less than half a Mbps. At home in Victoria the same test shows around the 15Mbps. Surely the speed I'm getting in Queensland isn't typical?. I guess the quality of the in-house WiFi in the two apartment blocks could have a bearing on the speed though. I'd hope so for business' sake. Interested to hear what locals are experiencing. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelensvaleHoward Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 I get over 100Mbps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perthbum Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 15 seems relatively slow these days, anything less than say 5 is stone age Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Can get round 100 with Cable. My ADSL varies from about 10-15 which is fine for right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calNgary Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 I find internet in Hotels etc really slow compared to at home and we have stayed in quite a few hotels across QLD this last year. My home internet is great (no ideahow to check the MBs though) unless it rains hard, then it seems to slow down a little. Cal x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gbye grey sky Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 HiWe are on holiday in Queensland at the moment and in the two places we've stopped at (apartment blocks) in Trinity Beach and Airlie Beach, the internet speed has been abysmal. On a speed test (Ookla) it is showing a speed of less than half a Mbps. At home in Victoria the same test shows around the 15Mbps. Surely the speed I'm getting in Queensland isn't typical?. I guess the quality of the in-house WiFi in the two apartment blocks could have a bearing on the speed though. I'd hope so for business' sake. Interested to hear what locals are experiencing. Mike I assume you are talking wireless internet here. On our travels around Qld wifi availability was hit and miss. Even when advertised the speeds available rendered it virtually unusable at many places. At home we get a paltry 8mbps maximum download but more typically 3mbps via pur router as we are only on ADSL and a long way from the exchange. Pretty rubbish really and many of our Skype and Facetime calls drop out. We are suburban (not on acreage). Would not even consider services like Netflix for this reason. Australia definitely way behind the times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anoh Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Absolutely awful at times in Trinity Beach where we live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike@Bonbeach Posted October 30, 2015 Author Share Posted October 30, 2015 I find internet in Hotels etc really slow compared to at home and we have stayed in quite a few hotels across QLD this last year. My home internet is great (no ideahow to check the MBs though) unless it rains hard, then it seems to slow down a little. Cal x Hi calNgary www.speedtest.net will let you check your speed. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parley Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Presumably if you are in shared accommodation such as a hotel you might have 20 people all trying to share the connection. At home you are the only one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gbye grey sky Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Presumably if you are in shared accommodation such as a hotel you might have 20 people all trying to share the connection. At home you are the only one. True. Also depends how far your room is from the router. When we stayed in accommodation near reception wifi was someimes ok but if not it was a total lottery whether you got a signal at all even though it was advertised as available in the room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelensvaleHoward Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Presumably if you are in shared accommodation such as a hotel you might have 20 people all trying to share the connection. At home you are the only one. Don't forget when especially on adsl your probably on a contention ratio of 1 of 20 or even 1 of 50 sharing the connection which is why when low speeds will get even worse at peak times Doesn't happen with cable though Choose wisely where you live if internet is important as not all Australia is bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish.01 Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Don't forget when especially on adsl your probably on a contention ratio of 1 of 20 or even 1 of 50 sharing the connection which is why when low speeds will get even worse at peak times Doesn't happen with cable though Choose wisely where you live if internet is important as not all Australia is bad Normal cable is shared at an even earlier point than ADSL though isn't it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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