Tue
Nov 20
7:25pm
Speedtest.net - geeks only
Don’t bother with this post unless you’ve got a bit of geek in you. Speedtest.net is yet another broadband speed test, but there’s a definite geek factor in the user interface.
It tells me my speeds are 706kb download / 209kb upload. I did the test at 8.15pm … presumably the reason it’s not closer to my supposed 1.5mb/256kb is that it’s probably peak hour.
However, when I click on the My Summary tab the picture painted for me is not pretty.
I’m supposedly on a waiting list with Westnet for ADSL2 (no ports at my local exchange, or some crap), which will up things for me somewhat, but I haven’t heard from them since I rang them in August. GET WITH THE PROGRAM WESTNET YOU SLACKERS.
The Global Stats tag tells me that the ISP of choice down here in Geeeelong is Neighbourhood Cable. Might be time to check my Westnet contract, methinks.
