{"id":3514,"date":"2014-02-27T21:41:35","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T10:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=3514"},"modified":"2014-02-27T21:41:35","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T10:41:35","slug":"broadband-speed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/broadband-speed\/","title":{"rendered":"Is your broadband up to speed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/state-of-the-internet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3515\" alt=\"state of the internet\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/state-of-the-internet-277x300.jpg\" width=\"277\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/state-of-the-internet-277x300.jpg 277w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/state-of-the-internet-138x150.jpg 138w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/state-of-the-internet-50x55.jpg 50w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/state-of-the-internet.jpg 412w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Is your broadband up to speed? \u00a0Perhaps the question should be is Australia\u2019s broadband up to speed?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">In last year\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.akamai.com\/stateoftheinternet\/\">Akamai State of the Internet report<\/a>, Australia\u2019s average connection speed was just 4.8megabits per second which puts us in 45th position when it comes to average internet speeds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Meanwhile in the UK the latest tests with fibre optic technology have resulted in record breaking speeds of 1.4 terabits per second &#8211; that\u2019s fast enough to download 44 high definition movies in just one second.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Back to your home internet speeds. \u00a0If you do feel they are slower than normal here are a few things to check out:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.speedtest.net\/\">http:\/\/www.speedtest.net\/<\/a> &#8211; This can give you a good indication of the action upload and download speeds you are getting<\/li>\n<li>Call your Internet service provider and check the plan you are on along with any options to increase speeds<\/li>\n<li>Service your computer with an application like<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iolo.com\/products\/system-mechanic\/\"> iolo system mechanic<\/a> &#8211; this may also help.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Is your broadband up to speed? \u00a0Perhaps the question should be is Australia\u2019s broadband up to speed? 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