What is your NBN speedtest result to USA?

skimp on 28/04/2021 - 11:53
Last edited 28/04/2021 - 11:55

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

Internet Broadband nbn

Comments

    • 51722 on 01/05/2021 - 15:21

      Exetel, 50/20, 35.78/17.53
      Crappy speed!

    • cooni on 02/05/2021 - 14:43

      Exetel 100/40 FTTP
      41.2 / 24.6

  • chubbypanda on 30/04/2021 - 14:42

    Optus HFC 100/40

    LA:
    111.6/21.1

  • matyr on 30/04/2021 - 14:52

    Aussie Broadband. At L.A i got 60.2 down and 6.3 up. Pretty much the exact same as i get with Aus speedtest

  • DingoBilly on 30/04/2021 - 15:12

    TPG 100/40 FTTB.

    91/29.5

  • j4ck on 30/04/2021 - 15:57

    Superloop 50/20 FTTP

    52.8/17.6

  • WhatWouldBiggieDo on 30/04/2021 - 16:22

    Telstra: 100/40

    Actual - 90.7/36 with about 10 different things also using the Wifi

  • Caped Baldy on 30/04/2021 - 16:51

    Belong 30/20

    31.5mbs down/17.8mbs up

  • Waffles on 30/04/2021 - 16:53

    Superloop 50/20 FTTC

    speedtest.net (AU) 52.44/18.27

    Speakeasy 52.1/16.8

  • itsme56 on 30/04/2021 - 16:57

    Launtel FTTP - 100/40

    LA Speed Test: 97/36

  • Powershopz on 30/04/2021 - 17:42

    Aussie BB 100/40 FTTC

    5:40pm Friday Night

    Actual 92.1/24.2

  • kenshin824 on 30/04/2021 - 17:48

    Belong (basic) 30/20 (HFC) 4/30/2021 17:39:59

    26.18 Mbps

    16.30 Mbps

    147.10.243.26

    Los Angeles, CA

  • srr on 30/04/2021 - 18:05

    tpg, 100/20 FTTC, 96/17.4

  • Soothsayer on 30/04/2021 - 18:59

    Aussie BB 100/20 FTTN

    7PM Friday night, 90.3/17.4

  • monty168 on 30/04/2021 - 19:07

    Telstra, 250/25, HFC, 265/13.9

  • anonymous01 on 30/04/2021 - 20:07

    Aussie BB on 50/20. To LA, 40/5.

  • lockmc on 30/04/2021 - 20:53

    I get the same speed as I do on the google speed test. 49.5/11

  • Aap Ke Papa on 30/04/2021 - 21:28

    TPG 41/11

  • dhnqt on 30/04/2021 - 21:55

    Optus 4G Home Internet. 67.2 / 20.3

  • jaffar on 30/04/2021 - 22:09

    iinet nbn50 30.6/23.2

  • DvApps on 30/04/2021 - 22:53

    93/33 on TPG 100/40

  • jmytch on 30/04/2021 - 23:44

    Launtel, 50/20 FTTN, 45.8/13.2

  • troy1976 on 01/05/2021 - 00:25

    Superloop, 50/20 FTTC, 52.7/16.8

  • kfcfatfat on 01/05/2021 - 00:40

    iinet, 50/20 HFC

    speedtest.net (Server: Frontier, Los Angeles) 52.97/17.80

    Speakeasy (Server: LA) 40.45/16.06

  • SamyKn on 01/05/2021 - 00:47

    Superloop , 100/40 FTTP , 105/20

  • [Deactivated] on 01/05/2021 - 01:02

    Aussie Broadband, 1gbps plan, I'm on wifi and I'm watching the F1 through Kayo at the moment, but I got 668/18. Optimised and wired I'm assuming I'd be 700-800mbps. My local speedtest ran at 1020mbps last night.

  • WoodYouLikeSomeCash on 01/05/2021 - 01:56

    iiNet Ultra Broadband (Cable) 350/40, 177/28

  • No ONE on 01/05/2021 - 05:09
    +1

    Superloop 50/20 plan: HFC
    52.2/18.1
    5am test.

  • froggym on 01/05/2021 - 08:35

    Aussie BB fttp gigabit plan 131.5/13.2 a standard speedtest to a Brisbane server showed 928/35

  • Dsiee on 01/05/2021 - 09:05

    Aussie broadband NBN fixed wireless 50/20 48.8/8

    For comparison to a Local server (still 500km away) I'm getting 61/26 overwifi on my phone.

  • samyall on 01/05/2021 - 11:15

    [NOT NBN] Exetel 100/40 FTTB (TPG network)
    80/12 to LA
    Done over 5 GHz wifi

  • d86 on 01/05/2021 - 11:47

    Aussie BB 50/20 FTTN 40.6/15.6
    Done over 2.4 GHz wifi

  • TEER3X on 01/05/2021 - 11:58

    73/20 over 5ghz wifi using 4g connection

    Op sounds like they're doing data collection or maybe owns that site.

  • bargaineer on 01/05/2021 - 13:30

    AussieBroadband FTTC 100/40 connection

    Download: 93.6
    Upload: 18.9

  • Yuri Lowell on 01/05/2021 - 15:33

    Aussie Broadband HFC 50/20 via 5GHz wifi

    Down: 54.3
    Up: 16.5

    Actually that's a bit higher than what I get to Sydney which usually caps out at around 52mbps. Upload is a tad slower.

  • MattTheCat on 01/05/2021 - 15:45

    TPG 50/20 FTTC
    52.8/18.3

  • Daemos on 01/05/2021 - 15:58

    Superloop (FTTN) 100/40

    Test results:

    down: 91.3
    up: 37.3

  • finger on 01/05/2021 - 16:48

    Superloop 1000/50 HFC
    Down 540.4
    Up 19.7

  • Mizorex on 01/05/2021 - 17:51

    iinet cable - 217.3 down / 20.1 up (not nbn)

  • MrMoo on 01/05/2021 - 18:32

    Aussie BB 250/Forget

    6PM

    92/12

  • Sidewinder999 on 01/05/2021 - 18:33

    Lets be Mates FTTC 50/20 (Locally get 46.26/18.64) LA 32.5/17.4

  • Aureolus on 01/05/2021 - 19:18

    Vodafone 50/20 as well - get 8 down/9 up. Will be swapping off Vodafone completely later this year when my mobile plan expires.

    • skimp on 01/05/2021 - 20:03

      Where are you located? I am in Ryde council area (Sydney). No one else in this post has such poor speeds as us.

      • Aureolus on 01/05/2021 - 20:31
        +1

        Canberra - it's pretty disappointing seeing what everyone else is getting.

        Recently I've seen some really poor Steam download speeds. A single 15 gig game download fluctuates between 100kb/s and 3mb/s haphazardly over the entire download. I'd be okay if there were some flat periods of 3mb/s but it gets there and immediately tanks.

      • T0ken on 02/05/2021 - 07:25

        What technology are you on?
        There are quite a few TPG Telecom posts and your speeds don't correlate to what others are getting.
        Are a fibre to node NBN?

        • skimp on 02/05/2021 - 16:58

          HFC.
          Are you implying that Vodafone NBN performance should be similar to TPG NBN because of common ownership of the companies? I did wonder that too and was hoping to get TPG performance eventually. Still waiting.

  • timoid on 01/05/2021 - 20:12

    100/40 on origin https://www.speedtest.net/result/11351407217.png

  • jedimaster on 01/05/2021 - 20:56

    Superloop FTTH (100/20)

    105.5, 17.4

  • [Deactivated] on 01/05/2021 - 21:05

    Did it again tonight, running Kayo on TV, GF watching Netflix 4K in another room, testing on Macbook Pro on wifi on Aussie BB 1gig: 762mbps download, 34 upload. Love Aussie BB, great customer service, great actual service.

  • mindurbiz on 01/05/2021 - 21:26

    Telstra 250/20 HFC

    Download - 232.3
    Upload - 12

  • oscinator1988 on 01/05/2021 - 22:10

    Optus (50/25) [HFC]

    5/1/2021 22:8:59
    Download 284.67 Mbps
    Upload 23.54 Mbps

  • T0ken on 02/05/2021 - 07:21

    Vodafone 100/20 HFC
    96.7/15.5

  • Daabido on 02/05/2021 - 08:53

    Superloop 50/20 HFC 50.4/7.1

  • [Deactivated] on 02/05/2021 - 09:58

    Timestamp 5/2/2021 9:57:26

    Download 102.09 Mbps

    Upload 34.20 Mbps

    Test Server Los Angeles, CA

  • Herbs on 02/05/2021 - 10:15
    +1

    Spintel 50/20 HFC, Down 29, up 5, really crap.

    • Murdrum on 02/05/2021 - 10:56

      Spintel 50/20 FTTP, Down 17.4, up 16.3, really crap.

  • Tr0jan on 02/05/2021 - 11:53

    Aussie Broadband - 250/20

    LA Speedtest Results - 271/21

  • Vadrin on 02/05/2021 - 12:18

    iiNet 198.9/7.6

  • Pinchy on 02/05/2021 - 14:36

    Vodafone 25/5
    18.1/3.2

  • Daddypoopup on 02/05/2021 - 14:38

    Telstra 50/20, 52/8.9 (HFC)

  • aston0100 on 02/05/2021 - 15:00

    superloop 1000/50 FTTP

    331.5/15.4

  • TON618CV on 02/05/2021 - 16:18

    FTTP Superloop 50/20 - 51.7/18.2

  • foolsgold on 02/05/2021 - 16:44

    sunday arvo, both connections at same property, same time

    Aussie Broadband 100/40 plan - Wifi
    91.1 down, 28 up

    TPG 100/40 plan - ethernet
    95.1 down 26.4 up

  • Domingo on 02/05/2021 - 17:17

    Superloop HFC 50/20 - 49.5/18

  • AlphaSquid1604 on 02/05/2021 - 18:20

    Aussie on 100/40 HFC, results are 107.6/17.7.

  • Jammar on 02/05/2021 - 19:23

    Optus 5g 180/50

  • Captain M on 02/05/2021 - 19:33

    Aussie 50/20 HFC - 51.6/12.9

  • Joshminey on 02/05/2021 - 19:50

    Superloop 50/20 FTTN

    52.5/13.7

  • truongster on 02/05/2021 - 20:00

    Telstra 100/40 FTTC
    Getting 102.3/27.6

  • CDNBargainer on 02/05/2021 - 20:36

    Optus NBN FTTP, 50/20, 45.2/18.8

  • johndoh89 on 02/05/2021 - 21:55

    40/6 To the USA

    60/30 to Sydney

    Telstra, from my phone wifi at the far end of the house and low battery…

    Actually was also on 2.4ghz for some reason…

    Retest on 5ghz
    79/25 to the USA
    101/35 to Sydney

    Still Telstra, FTTN with 100/40 plan.

  • mange on 03/05/2021 - 08:44

    Internode FTTP 100 (currently on promotional double speed)

    401.1
    12.5

  • pingMarky on 03/05/2021 - 08:58

    IInet (Tpg) HFC - 140/22

  • KiwiTheGreat on 03/05/2021 - 10:02

    Superloop HFC 100/20, getting 65.1/17.3

  • gimme on 03/05/2021 - 11:39
    -1

    I'm exactly like you OP. Voda(Kogan) HFC (VIC)
    It's cheap-ish and my local speeds are fine (52 DOWN and 19.5UP) so haven't really bothered changing.

  • the4thzodiac on 03/05/2021 - 12:07

    ABB FTTP

    on 1000/50

    got 221/43 to LA

  • Lachie92 on 03/05/2021 - 13:42

    Telstra FTTP 1000/50

    369/18

  • KingJuf on 03/05/2021 - 13:58

    Mate NBN 50/20 = 33down/16up to LA from phone on wifi.

  • adnrw on 03/05/2021 - 14:15

    ABB 50/20 FTTC

    53.8 / 16.9

    That's over wifi, I'd get a little bit higher if I went through our ethernet

  • y on 03/05/2021 - 14:28

    Superloop HFC 250/25 in Melbourne

    Download 206.1
    Upload 13.4

    First and only attempt, Chrome on Mac, wired ethernet

  • jv on 03/05/2021 - 14:35 
    DOWNLOAD    UPLOAD
59.4 ▼      54.2 ▲

Change City:
Phoneix AZ
  • RevolverUpstairs on 03/05/2021 - 16:01

    D: 231
    U: 23.3

    https://i.imgur.com/gqk45SV.png

    50/20 NBN Optus - gave me a free speedboost for 6 months

    Wireless 5ghz

  • Freaksta on 03/05/2021 - 20:07

    Superloop 100/40 HFC - 89.5/20.4 WiFi mobile phone.

  • Agret on 03/05/2021 - 20:43

    Did you purposefully pick a server with bad routing from Australia?

    I'm on TPG 100/40 and my speedtest on this site is 12.1Mbps down / 2.4Mbps up.
    https://i.imgur.com/Z4fBmeo.png

    Meanwhile from a proper Australian server still getting good speeds
    https://i.imgur.com/L9dMHuK.png

    I guess going by your post TPG/Vodafone both share the same LA route.
    Goes to show how bad overseas peering is in Australia. Both tests done right now over 1gbps ethernet.

    Edit: When connected to NordVPN melbourne I get similar speed but when connected to NordVPN sydney I get 35/5 on the speedtest, double the speed I got without the VPN.

  • MrGecko on 03/05/2021 - 21:07

    Launtel 50/20 HFC, 15.7/9

  • roshanrbb on 03/05/2021 - 22:50

    Tpg ftth 100/40
    Got 87/50

  • kaleidoscope on 03/05/2021 - 23:04

    abb fttp 75/20, 72/16.6

  • mrsparmas on 03/05/2021 - 23:27

    Vodafone, 100/40, 87.7/31.5 (HFC)

  • skimp on 04/05/2021 - 00:13

    Thanks all for responding. I hope it was an interesting exercise. From the results posted the poorer performers where USA traffic is less likely to reach your prescribed speed were (in no particular order):
    Lets Be Mates
    Superloop
    Aussie Broadband
    Exetel
    iiNet
    Launtel
    Vodafone

    Looks like Telstra will give you the best performance if you can afford it.
    Obviously this is not a real test so don't take this post too seriously. Also, the majority of residential traffic (Netflix, YouTube) is cached locally so I imagine slow speeds to USA will only affect people infrequently.

    I finally joined a VPN tonight, my new results:47.4/18.4

  • Thaal Sinestro on 04/05/2021 - 05:58

    TPG 50/20 plan HFC at 6 AM to LA: 90.2 downstream / 23.6 upstream

  • 811b11e8 on 04/05/2021 - 14:53

    Tesltra NBN HFC to LA -> 262.8/23.4

  • Masteraal on 04/05/2021 - 15:43

    Aussie 250/25

    269.9/4.3

    (I'm currently uploading stuff hence the poor performance)

  • Whatisthatvelvet on 05/05/2021 - 09:18

    SL 100/40 FTTN

    LA - 84/34

  • Of Aquitaine on 13/05/2021 - 00:18

    Exetel, 50/20, 22/8.1

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