[jconnop]

Uncapped gigabit fibre is now available to a significant and growing portion of our population, and in almost all circumstances you have 10+ ISPs to choose from. None of these local monopolies that America seems to suffer from.

We used to be an internet backwater, lagging behind Australia and far behind Europe/USA, but in the last 10 years we've really leapt into the 21st century.

Case in point: http://www.speedtest.net/result/6217789165.png

[cwilkes]

That's to local .au servers. What is it like to the US? I think you can select a country with Speedtest.

[sitharus]

I normally get full speed to the US. Single connections hurt because of the latency, but the capacity is there.

The main issue was the monopoly on transit, but domestic competition has helped a bit.

[Taniwha]

yes I have gigabit fibre (in Dunedin), uncapped - I get close to full speed to local speedtest servers - but sadly only ~100Mb offshore to the US - 'sadly' because 100Mb is plenty for almost everything .... the big issue though is latency - speed of light and router delays across the Pacific

[chadgeidel]

Good to know, thanks!