Except that's not what the ABS stats measure or show at all. The ABS measures data volume transferred not link capacity or bandwidth - these two aspects are only loosely related with each other. Data volume can increase by many times without link bandwidth changing at all.
-------- Original Message -------- From: David Boxall <[email protected]> Sent: 25 March 2016 8:16:33 pm AEDT To: Link <[email protected]> Subject: [LINK] A non-sensationalist look at Australian internet speeds <http://www.smh.com.au/technology/innovation/a-nonsensationalist-look-at-australian-internet-speeds-20160325-gnr0p7.html> > Australia has dropped down to 48th place in a global average broadband > connection speed rankings list published by Akamai Technologies. > ... > According to the report, the average broadband speed for Australia in > the fourth quarter of 2015 was 8.2Mbps, putting it in the 48th spot > (down from 46th) compared to the rest of the world. > > In terms of average peak internet speeds, at 39.3Mbps, Australia fared > far worse, plummeting to 60th position (down from 46th) in the quarter. > ... > Australia's average and peak internet speeds have increased by 11 per > cent and 6.4 per cent year-on-year, respectively. > ... With ABS data showing demand for bandwidth doubling every two years or so, that might be a problem. -- David Boxall | "Cheer up" they said. | "Things could be worse." http://david.boxall.id.au | So I cheered up and, | Sure enough, things got worse. | --Murphy's musing _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link -- Sent unplugged _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
