Melbourne customers of Aussie Broadband, for example, had the fastest peak downloads – 292.5Mbps – while the ISP was also fastest in Perth, but with a peak of just 212.9MBps. iiNet customers in Perth had the slowest peak speeds of any capital city, recording an average of just 94.3Mbps.
The best place to get fast internet in Australia might actually be Tasmania, with results from thousands of home broadband tests revealing the island state has the speediest connections.
Australia now ranked 74th in the world when it comes to fixed broadband speeds, with a median download speed of 52.75 Mbps, uploads of 17.78Mbps, and latency of 11ms.
Singapore tops the list with fixed internet speed being five times faster than Australia's. Hong Kong, Monaco, Romania and South Korea make up the top five while India ranks 67th on the list with a broadband speed of 41.1 megabits per second.
Surfshark's study revealed large disparities between rural and urban states, highlighting the country's digital divide. Here's their full list of 50 U.S. states and internet index rankings in 2022. New Jersey, Massachusetts, and New York deliver the best value for internet services.
Australia is currently ranked 51st in the world when it comes to internet speeds, with an average speed of 8.5 Mbps. To put it into perspective, streaming giant Netflix recommends speeds of 25 Mbps for Ultra HD quality.
Australia ranks 50th, with an average of 11.1 megabits per second, while Kenya ranks 43rd, with an average of 12.2 megabits per second.
Average internet speeds for mobile and fixed broadband in Australia 2022. In July 2022, the average mobile internet download speed in Australia was 161.61 Mbps. Mobile internet outperformed fixed broadband in terms of download speeds, however, fixed broadband performed slightly better in upload speeds.
It's the most expensive NBN 1000 plan available right now by some way, but if you want the absolute fastest speeds, Telstra is the provider for you.
For Australians, about 99% of our digital connectivity to the rest of the world comes through underwater subsea cables. We currently own or operate about 400,000km of these cables across the ocean floor – so much in fact, that you could lap the world 10 times with that amount of cable.
Carlton, Parkville, Brunswick East and select areas of Brunswick West are the biggest winners, with almost blanket NBN saturation north of Victoria St in the CBD. For students living in accommodation around Melbourne University, the chances of living in a building connected to the NBN are pretty high.
Finland. Of all the countries with free wifi, Finland's Helsinki is famous for offering public internet services which are faster than your private internet connections or paid-subscriptions. Not just that, it is fast, safe, and unrestricted as well. Intrigued much?
Average hourly speeds for NBN very high speed services
The average hourly download speeds for NBN very high speed services ranged from 688 Mbps to 820 Mbps during December 2022.
In general, the internet speed in Oceania is slower than in other developed regions of the world, such as North America and Europe. According to the Speedtest Global Index, Australia ranks 64th in the world for fixed broadband speeds, with an average download speed of 46.24 Mbps.
Average download speeds on Australia's NBN fixed wireless plus broadband plans (36.4 Mbps) were higher than those on New Zealand's regional fixed wireless network (29.2 Mbps).
Fixed-line 100/20 Mbps plans compared (NBN 100)
Outside of busy hours the average download speed in Australia is 102.1Mps, which is slightly faster than New Zealand's average of 101.2Mbps.